UPDATE: Fantastic Beasts has surpassed $500 million, as reported just a few hours ago. Half a billion dollars! Variety reported,   “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” has passed $500 million at the global box office in less than two weeks of release worldwide. The studio’s domestic distribution president, Jeff Goldstein, issued a bullish forecast: …read more!

Yesterday was the eldest Weasley child’s birthday. Pottermore celebrated by posting fun facts about Bill Weasley. Tweets included trivia questions and polls on when Bill met Harry, how many OWLs he received (same as his brother, Percy), the date of his wedding to Fleur Delacour, his middle name and more. How many of these trivia …read more!

After Black Friday and Cyber Monday comes the most important, yet least heard of, day in post-Thanksgiving tradition: Giving Tuesday. It is incredibly important to play our part in helping the world heal–one individual does make a difference. Earlier this week, we brought you the story of Bana, a little girl who is suffering so …read more!

PotterCast is out with a new episode, just scratching the surface of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which was theatrically released worldwide just 10 days ago. The movie is so amazing, and the perfect introduction back into the Wizarding World for both Potter fans and newcomers alike. If you haven’t seen the movie, stop …read more!

Warwick Davis has been working on a Harry Potter documentary, learning more about the J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World and the massive fandom behind it. This last weekend, the documentary, Fantastic Beasts and J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World aired on ITV.   We met Warwick Davis several times during the press week for Fantastic Beasts in New York. …read more!

Recently, the Fantastic Beasts twitter account has been releasing a series of video clips featuring the Fantastic Beasts cast. In short, twenty second clips, the cast plays little games, such as “Name that Spell,” “Magical This or That,” and “If I was a Wizard.” The tweets are below in chronological order. Magical this or that? …read more!

J.K. Rowling is known for her charitable ways and her grounded disposition, but her interaction with a child of war-torn Syria had us in tears. It all started when Fatemah, the mother of a child called Bana living in Aleppo, tweeted Jo with a message of love for the series that brought you here: Hi …read more!

Disney’s animated Beauty and the Beast celebrated its 25th birthday a few weeks ago, and as we are approaching the end of the year, March 17th, the premiere of Disney’s live-action remake is getting closer and closer. Empire has shared a new exclusive picture featuring Luke Evans as Gaston and Emma Watson as Belle. In addition, the article …read more!

J.K. Rowling recently tweeted that – in light of revelations in Fantastic Beasts – the ins and outs of Leta Lestrange’s character will be explored in the next movie: hey @jk_rowling who is leta lestrange plz i can’t live like this pic.twitter.com/gDqDe8WgC3 — nyatasha ? (@KUHNUCKLES) November 24, 2016 Next movie. https://t.co/xucE0TeUv4 — J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) …read more!

Pottermore have debuted the jazz song Blind Pig just before the film’s release. The track comes from a scene set in the seedy 1920s wizard speakeasy, and Pottermore have just released an interview with singer, Emmi! The voice of the goblin singer in the film is sultry and strong, singing lyrics written by J.K. Rowling and …read more!