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‘Fantastic Beasts’ Wins Best Production Design at BAFTAs

Feb 13, 2017

Posted by: Lainey Ruffner

Fantastic Beasts, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Film Awards, Films, Honors/Awards, J.K. Rowling, Movies, News, Redmayne, Stuart Craig

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Production Designer, Stuart Craig, won Best Production Design at the 2017 BAFTAs last night. Fantastic Beasts was also nominated in four other categories for this year’s BAFTAs including Special Visual Effects, Costume Design, Sound, and Outstanding British Film, which went to I, Daniel Blake. The event was attended by Eddie …read more!

New Special Effects Clip Released for ‘Fantastic Beasts’

Feb 07, 2017

Posted by: Lainey Ruffner

Crew Interviews, Fantastic Beasts, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Filmmaker Interviews, Films, Movies, News

A new special effects video demonstrating the behind the scenes creation of many of the incredible beasts from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was recently released by Framestore on YouTube. Framestore, the special effects company that also worked on the Harry Potter films, breaks down the special effects they used to create the …read more!

Ralph Fiennes Aids the Dark Knight and Directs ‘The White Crow’

Feb 04, 2017

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Fantastic Beasts, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Fiennes, Films, HP Cast, Kravitz, Movies, News

This year Ralph Fiennes, known for his superior acting, will lend his other talents to the film industry. He voices Bruce Wayne’s butler, Alfred, in the upcoming The Lego Batman Movie and is set to direct The White Crow. After the breakout success of The Lego Movie in 2014, Will Arnett (Bruce Wayne/Batman) signed on for the stand-alone venture. Once that film …read more!

New Trailer and Poster Unveiled for Robert Pattinson’s ‘The Lost City of Z’

Feb 04, 2017

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Films, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, HP Cast, Movies, News, Pattinson

As the release date for The Lost City of Z nears, the promotional wave rolls out a second official trailer and new poster. The film stars Robert Pattinson, known to fans as the brave but ill-fated Cedric Diggory of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire fame. He is the aide de camp of British explorer Percy …read more!

Hogwarts House 20th Anniversary Editions of ‘Philosopher’s Stone’!

Feb 03, 2017

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Art, Bloomsbury, Books, Cover Art, Harry Potter and the Philosophers / Sorcerers Stone, News, Publishers

Today Pottermore released photos of the previously announced Hogwarts house editions of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, and we’re going to need all eight of them. Eight – rather than four – because there are unique covers for paperback and hardback! The covers are illustrated by Levi Pinfold and are set to publish by Bloomsbury on 1st June to …read more!

The Four Stars of ‘Fantastic Beasts’ in New Interview Clips

Feb 03, 2017

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Actor Interviews, Fantastic Beasts, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Films, Fogler, Interviews, Movies, News, Redmayne, Sudol, Waterston

Our own ‘fantastic’ four, (yes, pun intended), sat down for “Flicks with Patrick Stoner” to talk about their involvement in the magical film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Though we heard them talk about the film for months in the lead up to the November release, and then again during the height of the promotional wave, every clip that …read more!

Happy Birthday Warwick Davis!

Feb 03, 2017

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Actor Birthdays, Celebration of Harry Potter, Davis, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, HP Cast, News, Theme Park

Less than a week after spending a magical time at Universal Orlando Resort’s “A Celebration of Harry Potter”, Warwick Davis celebrates his 46th birthday on February 3! Davis, known to Harry Potter fans as Professor Flitwick and the bank-telling goblin, Griphook, was one of the four special guests on hand throughout the entire Wizarding World 3-Day …read more!

A Celebration of Harry Potter 2017: Day 3!

Jan 29, 2017

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Actor Interviews, Celebration of Harry Potter, Coltrane, Contests, Davis, Davis Interviews, Events, Fandom, Fans, Fantastic Beasts, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Felton, Felton Interviews, Films, Grint, Harris, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, HP Cast, Interviews, Isaacs, Isaacs Interviews, Lewis, Lewis Interviews, Movies, News, Pottermore, Props-Sets, Radcliffe, Theme Park, Warner Bros., Watson

The second day of A Celebration of Harry Potter was an eventful one, with guests attending a Q&A panel, participating in numerous exciting giveaways and contests, and plenty of magical sights, and secrets, for the O.W.L and N.E.W.T.-level–witch or wizard to find! It ended with a fantastic program, covered by Leaky, featuring a message from the Cursed …read more!

On-Set Photo from Gary Oldman’s ‘Darkest Hour’ Surfaces

Jan 28, 2017

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Films, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, HP Cast, Movies, News, Oldman, Props-Sets

Gary Oldman is best known to Harry Potter fans as Harry’s godfather, Sirius Black. Black was a bit of a renegade in his time, rejecting his family’s pureblood mania, joining the Order of the Phoenix and, though wrongly-convicted of murder, risking the danger of capture to come out of hiding and fight for Harry. Oldman now stars as Winston Churchill in the upcoming …read more!

Pottermore’s Exclusive New ‘Celebration of Harry Potter’ Content!

Jan 27, 2017

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Celebration of Harry Potter, Fantastic Beasts, Pottermore, Redmayne

This weekend, fans are celebrating everything Potter at Universal Orlando’s Wizarding World of Harry Potter, and Pottermore just announced new content over on their website! Take a look at an exclusive message from Eddie Redmayne and a video of the stars of Fantastic Beasts finding their Patronuses below, and read more here. Watch the #FantasticBeasts cast …read more!



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