Recently, BBC News interviewed Harry Potter and the Cursed Child show-makers J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne on the making of the play. Interviewer Will Gompertz starts by asking about the process of three people co-writing one play.  After many discussions between the three creators, the story of Cursed Child was fleshed out and ready for writing. John Tiffany explains: …read more!

19 years ago the publishing house, Bloomsbury, released the first book in the Harry Potter Series. Today they are still finding success with this beloved story. Now, thanks to last year’s publication of an illustrated version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Bloomsbury is seeing great growth in their children’s book division. Check out our review of …read more!

Barnes and Noble recently released the finalised cover for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Parts I and II) on their website. The scriptbook is available to pre-order in most major book stores (here for Barnes and Noble) and will be released on July 31st (Harry Potter / J.K. Rowling’s Birthday), following preview performances of the play. The …read more!

EXCITING NEWS! Not only is the Cursed Child script book being published in July following preview performances, but Pottermore have just announced that J.K. Rowling will also be releasing the Fantastic Beasts screenplay in book form! The screenplay will be published on November 19th – a day after the movie’s release date of November 18th, and details on pre-ordering are coming soon, so …read more!

size=”3″>When I first began to write this article, I was determined to get my opinion down before it could be tainted ’ for better or for worse ’ by the influence of friends and the media alike (especially that Rotten Tomatoes meter). It’s not that I have no backbone about my opinion; it’s just that, …read more!

Matthew Lewis InterviewHalf-Blood Prince SetFebruary 2008Melissa Anelli / transcribed by Katie Russell Listen to the whole interview here! Q: So, good? Okay. So, tell us what your character gets to do in this film? And, you get to do a lot more, or a lot less? Or, what?ML: Well, Neville’s not as (unintelligible) featured in …read more!

Daniel Radcliffe InterviewHalf-Blood Prince SetFebruary 2008Melissa Anelli / transcribed by Delana Gray Listen to the whole interview here! Q: Someone said this movie was more comic and it’s sort of sex, drugs and rock and roll for the Harry Potter world. Is that true? Dan Radcliffe (DR): Yeah. I mean, as far as we get …read more!

Get a Clue 2002 Thank Yous The Leaky Cauldron would like to thank the following people for their effort, services and kindness in support of the “Get A Clue” Auction Effort. Your support is bringing literacy to thousands of children! (Updated 12/5/02) Note: These are not names of donors, which take longer to compile and …read more!

The long-awaited Chris Rankin interview! Enjoy! Click on the link below for the whole interview, and click the pics for larger versions. By Melissa Anelli for The Leaky Cauldron size=”-1″>On the yellow brick road How busy has Chris Rankin been since finishing filming on Prisoner of Azakban? Busy. Busy. Buuuu-sy. So busy that we sat …read more!

Happy New Year everyone! Because 2005 is going to be such a big year for Harry Potter fans, we thought now was a good time to look back at 2004, which wasn’t too shabby either where we’re concerned. Editor Sue scoured our archives and found all our 2004 highlights, so we hope you enjoy this …read more!