London’s historic Soho district is about to get a whole lot geekier! September 1, 2020, the very same day the scarlet steam engine The Hogwarts Express embarks from Platform 9 ¾ on its long journey to Hogwarts Castle, the House of MinaLima will be setting up shop in its brand new location.  With a swish …read more!

Today, Wizarding World Digital announced the ninth chapter of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone will be read by Fantastic Beasts stars Alison Sudol and Dan Fogler. As part of the free Harry Potter -at-Home initiative, they will reunite to take on “The Midnight Duel,” and fans will undoubtedly rejoice to see them collaborating again onscreen! Sudol plays American legilimens Queenie Goldstein, who …read more!

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is nominated for the European Film Awards 2019 People’s Choice Award, giving fans across Europe the opportunity to name the second installment in J.K. Rowling’s epic new film series as their favorite of the year. Fans can vote NOW through Oct. 31, and participating voters are entered for a …read more!

Paris is the “City of Light,” a beloved destination for travelers the world over–and 1920s Paris, as Woody Allen’s nostalgic Gil Pender knows in 2011’s Midnight in Paris, is truly magical. Yet those familiar with wizarding history, however well concealed from the Muggles and No-Majs passing them in the streets, know that 1920s Paris was …read more!

For fans who have not already added the second installment in J.K. Rowling’s new Fantastic Beasts series to their collection, it’s about to get a lot more convenient to watch the film at your leisure. Beginning July 13, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald will be available for Hulu subscribers with an HBO add-on. According …read more!

Yes, there are awards for best movie trailer.  This is a real thing.  Leaky is not making this up.  Film marketing is a major industry in itself and merits its own awards. When the trailers for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald were released, we were so excited by the substance in them that we might …read more!

Perhaps you thought J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald screenplay was not worth reading. You might reason, what more can it reveal that I didn’t see in the film which is a direct adaptation of the script? You might think, I’ll be disappointed. What I wanted was a book, not a screenplay, so …read more!

Since J.K. Rowling revealed her plans to write the Fantastic Beasts screenplays and extended the series to five full-length feature films, fans began doing the math to see how the storyline might overlap with what is already known about wizarding history as told in the Harry Potter series. In particular, fans have looked for recurring …read more!

Fans of the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts series expected Warner Bros. to maintain a rapid-fire production schedule that churned out the new films in regular succession. With a November 2016 release for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them followed by a November 2018 release for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, this seemed …read more!

The extended cut of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is finally out in digital format in the U.S., and after revealing an exclusive clip and giveaway, we’re summarizing the top five deleted scenes on the edition. SPOILER ALERT: If you’d rather save the deleted scenes until you can watch the extended cut, come back to this …read more!