Archive for the ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ Category

Preordering “Cursed Child,” Already Number One in Charts

Feb 11, 2016

Posted by: Catherine

Books, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, J.K. Rowling, News

Yesterday, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was made available for preorder shortly after the announcement of its publication. (I preordered a hard copy lat night from Amazon, as soon as they put it out there.) The book, that is not a novel but still a book, of the eighth Harry Potter only took hours …read more!

UPDATE: ‘Cursed Child’ Script to be Published in July, and Jim Kay’s Illustrated ‘Chamber of Secrets’ Announced!

Feb 10, 2016

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Books, Companion Books, Exclusives, Fantastic Beasts, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Films, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, J.K. Rowling, Jim Kay, Movies, News, Pottermore, Publishers

Following speculations, Pottermore and Little Brown UK have just announced that the script book for Cursed Child will be released July 31st – Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling’s birthday AND during GeekyCon! Pottermore reports: A host of new print and digital publishing has been announced from J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World, including a Special Rehearsal Edition of the script …read more!

More Exclusive Cast Interviews from ‘A Celebration of Harry Potter’!

Feb 05, 2016

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Actor Interviews, Conventions, Events, Exclusives, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Grint, Grint Interviews, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Interviews, Leung, Leung Interviews, Lewis, Lewis Interviews, Lynch, Lynch Interviews, News

Huffington Post and Hollywood Life have recently published two cast interviews with Matt Lewis, Rupert Grint, Evanna Lynch and Katie Leung following A Celebration of Harry Potter. Rupert Grint thinks Hermione and Ron would be separated (if not divorced), none of them would overlook a role in Star Wars, and Rupert thinks Cursed Child made a huge mistake. First up is …read more!

Closing Q&A From Today’s Live Stream from the HP Celebration

Jan 30, 2016

Posted by: Catherine

Books, Conventions, Events, Grint Interviews, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, J.K. Rowling, Leung Interviews, Lewis Interviews, Lynch Interviews, Movies, News, Wright Interviews

The Harry Potter Celebration wrapped up its first day with a live Q&A from Rupert, Bonnie, Evanna, Katie, and Matt. The Harry Potter actors did a live Q&A earlier that afternoon that was exclusive to guests with premium passes. Earlier in the day, WB Studio Tour did a Q&A with the prop makers and hosted a …read more!

Behind the Scenes of “Cursed Child,” “Fantastic Beasts” and More Surprises from the HP Celebration

Jan 30, 2016

Posted by: Catherine

Fantastic Beasts Movie, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, J.K. Rowling, News, Pottermore, Theme Park

Pottermore is releasing surprise after surprise from the Harry Potter Celebration in Orlando. Pottermore has released a short video from behind the scenes of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child as well as Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Here’s an exclusive message from #CursedChild producers, Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender #HPCelebrationhttps://t.co/t1L157VABT — Harry Potter Play …read more!

Bonnie Wright and Katie Leung Answer Fan Questions on Facebook

Jan 30, 2016

Posted by: Katie Eller

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Leung Interviews, News, Wright Interviews

 As part of the A Celebration of Harry Potter 2016 festivities, the official Harry Potter Facebook page hosted Katie Leung (Cho Chang) and Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley) today.  Fans submitted questions for the pair to answer.  See the video below. #KatieLeung and #BonnieWright are live now! #AskHPCast #HPCelebration Posted by Harry Potter on Saturday, January …read more!

‘Cursed Child’ Play Publication in the Works?

Jan 28, 2016

Posted by: Katie Eller

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, News

While this HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED by J.K. Rowling or anyone associated with Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Rowling Library book blog reported yesterday that two publishers are vying for the right to publish the play.  MuggleNet also shared the unconfirmed news.  The Rowling Library writes, Our sources have informed [us] that at …read more!

Rupert Grint’s Interviews with IGN and Entertainment Weekly: ‘Moonwalkers’, ‘Fantastic Beasts’, and ‘A Celebration of Harry Potter’

Jan 18, 2016

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Actor Interviews, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Grint, Grint Interviews, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, HP Cast, Interviews, News, Theme Park

Last Friday, IGN published an interview with Rupert Grint covering everything from his latest appearance in Moonwalkers to his attendance of A Celebration of Harry Potter next week. Entertainment Weekly published an interview on the same day, and extracts from both can be read below. During the interviews, Grint spoke about working with Fantastic Beasts actor Ron Perlman – hopefully we can …read more!

More Cursed Child Casting Underway?

Jan 13, 2016

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, News

The National Youth Theatre’s website has seemingly confirmed rumours that Cursed Child is casting more actors, this time looking for young male ‘white actors aged 17yrs – 24yrs’: The casting says this is for ‘large, central roles’, so it’s entirely possible this is for one of the older Potter kids – either James Sirius, or potentially Teddy …read more!

Noma Dumezweni Talks of Playing Hermione in “Cursed Child”

Jan 10, 2016

Posted by: Catherine

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, News

It would be putting it very subtly to say that Noma Dumezweni’s casting as Hermione in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child received mixed reactions. However, there are many more important discussion points and interest to take with the Harry Potter sequel other than the color of an actor or actresses skin. How Noma is …read more!



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