Ginny Weasley turns 36 today—August 11, 2017. Weren’t you pleased when you found out that “Ginny” was short for “Ginevra” and not “Virginia”?  No offence to the Virginias out there—that’s a lovely name as well.  It’s just that Virginia is probably what you assumed her full name to be; Ginevra was unexpected.  And that’s what …read more!

Yesterday evening an exclusive screening of the first episode of BBC One’s Strike took place at the BFI in London, followed by a discussion with the cast and crew. The good news for those unable to be there? We finally have a release date! BBC One announced that the seres will begin airing this month on August 27th at …read more!

LeakyCon is set to kick off in just under three weeks, and special guest announcements are still being made, with the latest being Fantastic Beasts star Dan Fogler! Dan recently attended London Film and Comic Con, greeting fans at the Heavy Metal comic stand. He’s been busy filming on the next Fantastic Beasts movie, so he’ll presumably be taking a trip …read more!

London Film and Comic-Con took place July 28th-30th this year, and there were plenty of Harry Potter actors in attendance to keep guests occupied. Leaky were lucky enough to be granted exclusive access to a Doctor Who talk by David Bradley (Filch) and Sylvester McCoy (who you may also know as Radagast in The Hobbit), as well as interviews catching …read more!

Katie Leung, the Scottish film and stage actress best known to Potter fans as Harry’s first love interest Cho Chang, celebrates her 30th birthday today. As reported here by Leaky, Leung will also be a special guest at this year’s LeakyCon in Dublin, Ireland Aug 31-September 3 along with fellow Potter alumni Evanna Lynch who …read more!

Holliday Grainger has spoken more about her role as Robin Ellacott in the new Cormoran Strike TV series, Strike: The Cuckoo’s Calling. The first book will be split into three hour-long episodes which will air on BBC One. Strike is, of course, based on J.K. Rowling (/Robert Galbraith’s) best selling Cormoran Strike detective book series, and will preview on August …read more!

This week has seen announcements of cast and ticket details for Cursed Child on Broadway, Jason Isaacs spoke on his role in Star Trek, sparking debate and Tom Felton shared moments of filming on his new movie, Whaling. We also raised our wands to the late Robert Hardy (Cornelius Fudge), who passed this week at 91 years of …read more!

Entertainment Weekly released a teaser for it’s new Star Trek-centric issue out last week, and it was not without some controversy! The report included a preview from their on-set visit in which Jason Isaacs, known to Potter fans as Lucius Malfoy, was introduced to Star Trek: Discovery’s interpretation of Gene Roddenberry’s science-based utopia after some improvisation gone awry. The scene unfolded as …read more!

Filming began on Tom Felton’s newest movie Whaling last Thursday, and cast photos have been shared from the set: ?: @wendi_mclendon_covey – Cast photo from #whaling : @DavidKoechner @tamminsursok #tomfelton! Can’t wait for you to see this bonkers movie! #actorslife #independentfilm #comedy #movie #actorslife #tomfelton A post shared by Tom Felton is ? (@tom_22_felton) on Jul 30, …read more!

Actor Robert Hardy, who played Cornelius Fudge in the Harry Potter films, has died aged 91. Hardy was a prolific British actor of both stage and screen, with many well-known and memorable roles under his belt before he joined the Potter franchise as weak and ambitious Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge. Ironically, he was perhaps …read more!