After the addition of Diagon Alley in recent years, hosting A Celebration of Harry Potter, and adding The Nighttime Lights at Hogwarts Castle show exclusive to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Universal Orlando Resort continues to update its theme parks with all new Potter-themed attractions – and we couldn’t be more excited! *UPDATE 07-17-18 …read more!

Washington is probably not the first place that comes to mind for fans planning a wizarding world excursion, but now the state boasts two magical destinations! Newsarama reported that J.K. Rowling is among the 2017 honorees inducted into the Museum of Pop Culture’s (MoPOP) Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. This means Rowling, alongside …read more!

Though we will forever love Daniel Radcliffe for portraying The Boy Who Lived (a.k.a. The Chosen One) in the eight films adapting J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series and have closely followed his subsequent film career filled with eclectic choices, it seems the stage holds a special draw–and challenge–for him. He first tested his theater chops …read more!

Most Potter fans are up for a little friendly competition now and then, especially where our knowledge of the wizarding world and the Harry Potter series is concerned and, for those who love board games, there are more options available than ever before. In fact, USAopoly announced two new products are coming soon, and they …read more!

Most of this week’s theater news centers on the juggernaut that is Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. It is a force to be reckoned with–and certainly one that cannot be ignored! Noma Dumezweni (Hermione Granger-Weasley), Alex Price (Draco Malfoy), Sam Clemmett (Albus Potter) and Anthony Boyle (Scorpius Malfoy) all gave interviews discussing the production …read more!

Rupert Grint, best known to fans as Ron Weasley in the eight-film adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, joins the cast of BBC One’s next made-for-television installment of Agatha Christie’s classic murder mysteries, The ABC Murders. Grint will play Inspector Crome alongside renowned character actor John Malkovich, cast as the famous Belgian detective Hercule …read more!

UPDATE: All eight Harry Potter films will begin airing on their new network homes, Syfy and USA, July 13, kicking off with a marathon over the weekend. Fans can start from the very beginning with Sorcerer’s Stone at 8pm ET through Deathly Hallows Part 1 and 2 airing Sunday, July 15 at 5:15p ET. An …read more!

Typically, I would set to indirectly honoring mothers of the fandom through a tribute to the remarkable qualities of resilience, generosity, determination and love found in the mothers of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. As a mother herself, Rowling understood intimately the daily sacrifice and the fierce hearts of her invented characters, and she wrote …read more!

Robert Pattinson’s rise began the moment the charred slip of paper bearing Cedric Diggory’s name burst from the Goblet of Fire. Close to giving up on a career in acting before he was cast, Pattinson’s “map to the stars,” as it were, was secure in director Mike Newell’s hands, and though he has bounced from …read more!

We loved Domhnall Gleeson as Bill Weasley in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Parts 1 and 2, and in the relatively short span of time since those films brought one of the greatest franchises in recent memory to a close, Gleeson seems to have endeared himself to global audiences and to the broader film …read more!