David Heyman is beyond familiar with J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World. After convincing J.K. Rowling to trust film production companies with her stories, working closely with her as producer on every single Potter film and then continuing the series with Fantastic Beasts, it’s clear to anybody speaking to David about Potter that he has an intimate knowledge of not just …read more!

Walking into the props department on set of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald was like walking into a store full of Wizarding World merchandise. Head Prop Maker Pierre Bohanna greeted us amongst shelves of textbooks, bottles, wands, bags, papers and odd parts for various scenes in the film. In front of him was a table of never-before-seen …read more!

Our introduction to the wizarding world in Paris will come mainly through exploring through magical Parisian high streets (much like Diagon Alley), the French Ministry of Magic, and Circus Arcanus, all of which we received more details on when exploring the sets of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald. Art Director Martin Foley walked us through the process …read more!

Returning to set of Fantastic Beasts for our exclusive insight into Crimes of Grindelwald, we entered once again through the familiar Leavesden set café, where actors on the Harry Potter movies – and indeed, now the Fantastic Beasts movies – met to have lunch. We were just minutes away from the start of a full day of sneak-peaks and interviews on set …read more!

Since the release of the first teaser trailer at the beginning of 2018, we’ve been growing increasingly impatient to see Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald… and Jude Law as Albus Dumbledore. After many months of waiting, fans finally received an official trailer at San Diego Comic Con (where Leaky was reporting live and Melissa Anelli moderated Scholastic’s 20th …read more!

A new MinaLima-designed Fantastic Beasts poster has spread like wildfire through the Potter community, and it’s not hard to see why! The latest promotional piece for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald not only features core characters Newt, Tina, Jacob, Queenie, Credence, Claudia Kim’s ‘Maledictus’ character, Leta, Theseus, Dumbledore and Grindelwald, but also features a haunting line: …read more!

As previously reported on Leaky, both Bloomsbury and Scholastic recently announced illustrated editions of The Tales of Beedle The Bard (coming this October), and today revealed the covers for each edition! Bloomsbury’s U.K. edition is illustrated by Chris Riddell, and we recently received a first look at the art within this new edition of J.K. Rowling’s wizarding world fairytales. …read more!

IT’S FINALLY HERE! The trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald released today, and we could not be more excited! It started with a brand new poster image of Newt and Dumbledore: #FantasticBeasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald arrives in theaters November 16. pic.twitter.com/F3OpkjD2fV — Fantastic Beasts (@FantasticBeasts) March 13, 2018 Then the trailer finally arrived – …read more!

It’s official: the trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald will drop tomorrow, March 13th, and we could not be more excited! Warner Bros are encouraging fans everywhere to share photos with their #WandsReady on social media, or use the photo uploader on FantasticBeasts.com to make a personalized video to share. Here’s Leaky’s #WandsReady photo from on …read more!

On Saturday night, A Celebration of Harry Potter’s Evening Tribute took place, with a fantastic surprise for guests! A new video featuring actors and new footage from Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald debuted at the event, giving a glimpse into new and old characters. The video is not available online yet, and official livestreams showed a …read more!