Potterheads have fallen in love with Funko Pop! figures modeled after their favorite Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts characters, and the company is regularly coming up with new versions of the adorable collectibles. Just in the last year they’ve released Crimes of Grindelwald figures including Thestrals, Nifflers and Bowtruckles, as well as Newt, Grindelwald and Dumbledore, and a …read more!

Twelve years ago today, on July 21, 2007, the last book in the 7-book series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was released.  Due to the immense and ever-growing popularity of the books and films, bookstores and cinemas had taken to holding midnight release parties for the books and midnight screenings for the movies.  Fans …read more!

Leaky reporters Lauren Osborne and Sydney Dean returned to the San Diego Convention Center for day three of SDCC 2019. With plans to apparate from booth to booth, it was important to have the floor scoped out. Strategy pays off, as master chess player Ron Weasley would tell you. On Friday, Lauren and Sydney snagged …read more!

Welcome to day one of the con of all cons, Potter fans! San Diego Comic-Con 2019 got off to a cracking start on Thursday, July 18. And though Leaky correspondents were not yet on site, we’ve put together a recap of the day’s events and announcements for the fandom members who couldn’t make it. The …read more!

Scholastic has revealed the cover art for upcoming book, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: The Journey: Behind the Scenes of the Award- Winning Stage Production. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has been an award winning, record-breaking, production since it’s premier in London’s Palace Theatre on 30th July 2016. Written by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack …read more!

Her Universe is known for franchise-themed collections tailor-made to the fandoms that follow them. With clothing inspired by Disney, Star Wars, Doctor Who, Marvel and more, it was only a matter of time before company head Ashley Eckstein took the leap–or rather, the Floo Network–into the wizarding world for some magical inspiration. SYFY just announced …read more!

We previously reported on the success of subversive romantic comedy Bite Me, currently on The Joyful Vampire Tour of America, and recently Leaky had the exclusive chance to interview the film’s writer and star, Naomi McDougall Jones, as well as co-star Christian Coulson, who you’ll recognise as Tom Riddle from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets! …read more!

Jim Kay has officially begun work on the illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and that’s good news that would make even Madam Pince rejoice! After previously announcing on his website Creepy Scrawlers Ltd. about the completion of his work on Goblet of Fire, Kay went on to inform readers that he aims to …read more!

Voting is open to pick the final four towns in the UK and Ireland to host the giant wands that were created as a promotion for the Fantastic Beasts films.  The wands will visit the four winning towns, in order of votes cast, in the run-up to the release of the third film in the …read more!

Time to break open your niffler piggybanks and count your galleons, sickles and knuts… A first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is set to be auctioned at the end of the month with the Derbyshire auction house Hansons Auctioneers. Expected to bring in between £20,000 and £30,000, the book copy was instantly dubbed the “holy …read more!