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From San Diego Comic Con: Scholastic’s 20th Anniversary Panel with Melissa Anelli!

Jul 21, 2018

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Exclusives, Fan Events, Fan Sites, Fandom, Fans, GrandPre, Jim Kay, Leaky, News, Posters, Publishers

This afternoon featured another exciting event for Harry Potter fans–a panel celebrating 20 years of Harry Potter with host Scholastic at San Diego Comic Con! The panel, moderated by Melissa Anelli, author of Harry, A History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter and founder of LeakyCon, featured the artists …read more!

Breakdown of the ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ Comic-Con Official Trailer!

Jul 21, 2018

Posted by: Emma Pocock

BigNews, Exclusives, Fan Events, Fandom, Fans, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Movies, News, Posters, Warner Bros.

Opening an epic theatrical panel featuring a surround-screen room, the core cast and Deathly Hallows bands, Warner Bros delivered the Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindewald official full-length trailer at San Diego Comic Con today, adding to our questions about the series! A new poster  puts Nicolas Flamel front and centre in this film, and during the panel we …read more!

Jude Law Talks Young Dumbledore in ‘Fantastic’ New Interview!

Jul 17, 2018

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

BigNews, Exclusives, Fandom, Fans, Fantastic Beasts, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Films, Interviews, J.K. Rowling, Law, News, Warner Bros., Yates

As San Diego Comic Con approaches and summer turns the mid-year corner, Warner Bros. is gearing up for the Nov. 16 release of the highly-anticipated wizarding sequel, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. In the last week, we’ve seen an exclusive featurette on the upcoming film and exciting “sneak peek” images from Entertainment Weekly. We’ve …read more!

Sky Cinema airs exclusive “Fantastic Beasts ” featurette, plus interviews & sneak peek images

Jul 12, 2018

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Actor Interviews, Exclusives, Fantastic Beasts, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Film Images, Films, Interviews, J.K. Rowling, JKR Interviews, Law, Miller, Movies, News, Redmayne, Sudol, Waterston

Today the UK’s Sky Cinema aired an all-too-brief, tantalising, exclusive sneak peek at Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald. The 4-minute featurette begins with Eddie Redmayne and Katherine Waterston giving a quick recap, with footage, of the first Fantastic Beasts film.  They explain how chaos ensued when magizoologist Newt Scamander shows up in New York with a …read more!

Your Guide to Potter Panels at San Diego Comic Con 2018

Jul 11, 2018

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Actor Interviews, BigNews, Contests, Conventions, Cover Artists, Events, Exclusives, Fan Events, Fandom, Fans, Fantastic Beasts, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Felton, Films, Fun, GrandPre, Harry, A History, HP Cast, Info, Interviews, J.K. Rowling, Jim Kay, Movies, News, Posters, Potter News, Scholastic, Television Programmes, Tena, Warner Bros.

San Diego Comic Con is the ultimate event for fans celebrating fandoms and favorite characters and the ultimate outlet for showcasing upcoming films and television series through highly-anticipated panels and top-secret reveals. Though some high profile regulars, such as Marvel’s Avengers and Game of Thrones, are absent this year, numerous Potter-related panels are on the …read more!

Syfy and USA Network to Hold Special Wizarding Weekend ‘Harry Potter’ Marathons!

Jul 10, 2018

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Events, Exclusives, Fan Events, Fans, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Films, Movies, News

As previously reported by Leaky, Harry Potter will make the move to Syfy and USA Network this weekend! The channels are celebrating the arrival of the series at its new homes with special Wizarding Weekend movie marathons featuring exclusive content and promotions – the first of which will be held this weekend! From July 13–15, …read more!

Theater Round-Up: Tom Burke’s “Spotlight on Don Carlos” to Live Stream, Franc Ashman Cast as Hermione Granger and More!

Jul 09, 2018

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Actor Interviews, BigNews, Broadway, Burke, Casting, Charity, Cormoran Strike series/Robert Galbraith, Events, Exclusives, Fandom, Fans, Fantastic Beasts, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Films, Fun, Games, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Honors/Awards, HP Cast, Interviews, J.K. Rowling, Law, News, Noma Dumezweni, Potter News, Round-Up, Staunton, Theater, Theater Round-Up, West End

Perhaps the biggest theater news to be released in the last two weeks regards the further expansion of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child around the globe. Not one–but two!–new productions are planned to open over the next two years–the first in San Francisco, California in 2019 and the second in Hamburg, Germany in 2020! …read more!

A Guide to Recent & Upcoming ‘Harry Potter’ & ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Publications

Jul 06, 2018

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Art, Bloomsbury, Books, Books - Release Dates, Celebration of Harry Potter, Companion Books, Cover Art, Cover Artists, Exclusives, Harry Potter and the Philosophers / Sorcerers Stone, MinaLima, Movie Art, News, Paperbacks, Publishers, Scholastic, Tales of Beedle the Bard, Titles

From the upcoming Crimes of Grindelwald original screenplay to the updated and revised Page to Screen and Film Wizardry volumes, there are huge amounts of Wizarding World texts releasing this year. Alongside an interactive Honeydukes “scratch and sniff” book, pop-up 3D guides to Hogwarts and the Forbidden Forest, scratch-art books and books teaching how to cast spells, also included in this …read more!

REVIEW: Loot Crate’s ‘Hogwarts House Pride 2018’ Box

Jun 25, 2018

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Exclusives, News, Products, Review

It’s time for another look inside the latest Loot Crate box, and this month’s loot brought with it various ways to show off Hogwarts house pride, because there are never too many ways to do this. Personally, I identify with Luna’s level of dedication in fashioning a lion hat just to support Gryffindor! I received a …read more!

UPDATED: Photos of Universal Orlando’s Hogsmeade Construction Give Clues to New Ride!

Jun 21, 2018

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

BigNews, Exclusives, Fandom, Fans, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Philosophers / Sorcerers Stone, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K. Rowling, Movies, News, Potter News, Theme Park, WIzarding World of Harry Potter Orlando

After the addition of Diagon Alley in recent years, hosting A Celebration of Harry Potter, and adding The Nighttime Lights at Hogwarts Castle show exclusive to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Universal Orlando Resort continues to update its theme parks with all new Potter-themed attractions – and we couldn’t be more excited! *UPDATE 07-17-18 …read more!



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