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Go behind the scenes with “Secrets of Dumbledore” movie magic companion book from Insight Editions

Apr 09, 2022

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Books, Books - Release Dates, Companion Books, Fantastic Beasts, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Film Images, Filmmaker Interviews, Films, Interviews, Movies, News

With the release of each new film, we fans expect that, in addition to the film itself, video, audio, photos, and interviews will take us behind the scenes, revealing bloopers, scenes that ended up on the cutting room floor, and on-set antics from the cast and crew. These details enrich our experience of the story …read more!

20th anniversary preview images are magically nostalgic

Dec 29, 2021

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

19 Years Later, Actor Interviews, Alfonso Cuaron, Columbus, Directors, Events, Film Images, Filmmaker Interviews, Films, HP Cast, HPPS/SS Film, Info, Media, Movies, Newell, News, Props-Sets, Television Programmes, Trailers, Videos, Warner Bros., Yates

If you are awaiting the special program commemorating the 20th anniversary of the release of the first Harry Potter film that will air on HBO Max on 1 January 2022 as eagerly as we are, then you have probably already seen the preview images and clips floating around the ether. There have been so many …read more!

Director Chris Columbus reflects on first film for 20th anniversary

Nov 13, 2021

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Columbus, Columbus Interviews, Directors, Filmmaker Interviews, Films, Harry Potter and the Philosophers / Sorcerers Stone, HP Cast, HPPS/SS Film, Interviews, Movies, News

Adding to the reflections on the 20th anniversary of the release of the first Harry Potter film, director Christopher Columbus gave an interview to Variety about his experience working on it and his hopes for future Potter-related features. You can read the interview in its entirety at the Variety site linked above, but here are …read more!

Tom Felton Hosts “19 Years Later” Harry Potter Cast Reunion For Charity

Nov 15, 2020

Posted by: Emma Pocock

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Towards the end of a historic year of turmoil and uncertainty, Tom Felton swooped in with a welcome respite: a Harry Potter cast reunion celebrating the power of fandom and togetherness. The best part? It was all for charity! Hosted via Veeps and benefiting The Liv Project, Tom Felton’s Home Party livestream took place just …read more!

Accio talent! Warner Bros. to use Wizarding World to inspire creative careers

Mar 04, 2020

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Colleen Atwood, Crew Interviews, Education, Filmmaker Interviews, Films, Heyman, Heyman Interviews, Info, Interviews, MinaLima, News, Studio Tour, Tech, Videos, Warner Bros.

Quick!  What are the twelve uses of dragon’s blood?  What are the names of all the behind-the-scenes creative careers that make the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films look and sound so amazing?  Bet you could rattle off the answer to the first question easily but get Ron’s “Bloody hell, Professor McGonagall is calling on …read more!

Weekly Round-Up: Ralph Fiennes Discusses Voldemort, Potter Trivia with Tom Felton, Rumors of ‘Fantastic Beasts 3’ Sighting & More!

Apr 07, 2019

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Actor Interviews, Casting, Davis, Depp, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Felton, Felton Interviews, Fiennes, Fiennes Interviews, Films, Films - Trailers, Fun, Harry Potter Round-Up, Humor, Interviews, Isaacs, Isaacs Interviews, Movies, Radcliffe, Round-Up, Shaw, Shaw Interviews, Smith, Thompson

Another magic filled week in the Potterverse! Leaky apparated to Planet Comicon for a Weasley sibling reunion, and to the unveiling of the new Gringotts Wizarding Bank feature at Warner Bros Studio London, we’re making room in our Potter collections for an illustrated version of Quidditch Through the Ages, a new Chocolate Frog Card and …read more!

Fantastic Beasts 3: Change in Production Schedule Doesn’t Spell Trouble for Upcoming Release

Mar 02, 2019

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Actor Interviews, Alfonso Cuaron, BigNews, Columbus, Fandom, Fans, Fantastic Beasts, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Filmmaker Interviews, Films, Fogler, 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, Interviews, J.K. Rowling, Movies, News, Opinion, Potter News, Redmayne, Warner Bros.

Fans of the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts series expected Warner Bros. to maintain a rapid-fire production schedule that churned out the new films in regular succession. With a November 2016 release for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them followed by a November 2018 release for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, this seemed …read more!

Alfonso Cuaron Looks to Oscar Gold

Feb 21, 2019

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Alfonso Cuaron, BigNews, Events, Fandom, Fans, Filmmaker Interviews, Films, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Honors/Awards, Movies, News

Alfonso Cuarón is up for four personal Oscars at the Academy Awards for his Spanish-language labor of love Roma, which he wrote and directed. Cuarón also helmed the cinematography for the project when a scheduling conflict left his longtime collaborator Emmanuel Lubezk unavailable. The resulting film has been the darling of this awards’ season, winning …read more!

More Inside Information From David Heyman and the ‘Crimes of Grindelwald’ Cast!

Dec 05, 2018

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Actor Interviews, Fandom, Fans, Fantastic Beasts, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Films, Fogler, Heyman, Heyman Interviews, Interviews, J.K. Rowling, Miller, Movies, News, Pottermore, Producers, Redmayne, Redmayne Interviews, Sudol, Waterston

The Pottermore news team had the opportunity to delve even deeper into the film Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald with producer David Heyman and cast members Alison Sudol, Eddie Redmayne, Dan Fogler, Katherine Waterston, Callum Turner and Ezra Miller, discussing both humorous behind-the-scenes details and character development. From David Heyman… David Heyman discussed the …read more!

Weekly Round-up: A New Role for Rupert Grint, Awards and Nominations for Alfonso Cuarón, Emma Thompson and Brendan Gleeson, & More!

Dec 01, 2018

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Alfonso Cuaron, Branagh, Casting, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Film Images, Filmmaker Interviews, Films, Gleeson, Grint, Harry Potter Round-Up, Henderson, Heyman, Heyman Interviews, Honors/Awards, Interviews, Movies, News, Round-Up, Television Programmes, Tennant, Thompson, Trailers

Another busy week has passed and we heard news from all corners of the Wizarding World. The Tony-winning Broadway production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child broke another record for weekly tickets sales and both the Melbourne and New York shows released new tickets, and a Weasley sibling reunion is heading to the Midwest. …read more!



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