The latest in a long list of special guests confirmed for LeakyCon 2018 are Harry Potter‘s Scarlett Byrne and Louis Cordice, who portrayed Slytherin’s Pansy Parkinson and Blaise Zabini in the film series! Pansy Parkinson will be joining us at #LeakyCon 2018! We are thrilled to welcome Slytherin’s @ScarleyByrne to LeakyCon this August. Tickets for her …read more!

This week in theater news the spotlight returns to Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. According to Broadway World, Cursed Child continued its record-breaking streak, posting a banner week of ticket sales and making Broadway history with the best week ever! The play reported a gross of $2,277,446 for the week ending yesterday, $138, 587 …read more!

What better day than Father’s Day to discuss the complex world of legacy and fatherhood in the Harry Potter series? From James Potter to Xenophilius Lovegood, we take a look at fathers and Harry’s father figures in Harry Potter, and Harry’s own experience of fatherhood in Cursed Child. From the lovable Mr Weasley encouraging mischief in the Weasley …read more!

Not only did Cursed Child win SIX Tony Awards over the past week, but Universal Orlando Resort made an exciting announcement about a brand new state-of-the-art nighttime lagoon show coming this Summer, featuring moments from the Harry Potter series (read our exclusive interview revealing details about the show here). The Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle also announced …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!

This Summer, Universal Orlando will debut a brand new nighttime lagoon show in Universal Orlando’s Cinematic Celebration. By using state-of-the-art technology Universal Orlando’s lagoon will be enveloped in an immersive cinema experience, including moments and characters from the Harry Potter series. We spoke to Mike Aiello, Universal’s Senior Director for Entertainment Creative Development,  who explained to us exactly what we …read more!

The 72nd annual Tony Awards took place last night (June 10th) at Radio City Music Hall, and broadcast live on CBS. After sweeping the Olivier Awards on the West End, the cast, crew and creative on Cursed Child once again proved their might, by clearing out at the Tonys! The production received TEN nominations in total, including …read more!

CB Strike finally made its way to US audiences when the first episode of The Cuckoo’s Calling aired on Cinemax last week. The seven installments originally broadcast in the UK on BBC One cover the first three books of J.K. Rowling’s Strike Series, the mystery novels penned under pseudonym Robert Galbraith starring Tom Burke as …read more!

Heading into tonight’s Tony Awards–for which Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has an astounding 10 nominations!–anticipation could not be higher. The lead-up to the culminating ceremony of the Broadway season has included scores of luncheons, promotional events and interviews, and this week is no exception. In addition to breaking down the Tony predictions, we’ve …read more!

This week has been riddled with exciting announcements in the wizarding world! We received the announcement that there will be three Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald premieres (one for each city in the film: London, New York and Paris), and Lumos launched a campaign offering the chance to attend one of them, as well as other brilliant …read more!