What a week to be a Potterhead. Although Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has only been roaring in cinemas for a few weeks, our resident Demiguises at Leaky HQ have called upon their precognitive sight to give us the latest on the DVD and Blu-ray release. According to reports from Amazon, Warner Bros. …read more!

A new species of spider discovered in India was named  “Eriovixia gryffindori” after Godric Gryffindor, one of the four founders of Hogwarts, and original owner of the Sorting Hat. Researchers discovered the spider in forestlands of the central Western Ghats, Karnataka, India. The spider camouflages itself by mimicking dry-foliage, and (as an added bonus) resembles …read more!

From the moment it was announced that our beloved Emma Watson would be playing Belle in the new, live action Beauty and the Beast, none of us has been able to contain our excitement. Emma Watson is the Harry Potter fandom’s perfect Belle, people have been creating fan art of it for years. But many of us never …read more!

Entertainment Weekly’s PopFest was headlined by Eddie Redmayne and Katherine Waterston, who debuted four new clips of Fantastic Beasts: “The first saw Redmayne’s magizoologist Newt Scamander arriving to New York; the second introduced one of Newt’s many beasts to the screen; the third offered a look inside his mysterious case; and the fourth had Ezra …read more!

One of the most magical things about Harry Potter’s world is how the pictures and paintings come to life. The famed, albeit sometimes biased, Daily Prophet is a prime example of this magic. While we do not have magic in the muggle world we do have technology that can help us emulate the other worldly …read more!

The final trailer for J.K. Rowling’s new Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them films is here! It is 2 minutes and 30 seconds packed with new and exciting material for the upcoming film. Reguardless of whether or not someone is a Harry Potter fan, the film just looks like it is going to be a …read more!

Come August 19th, we will be able to see our beloved Sirius Black, a.k.a Gary Oldman, on the big screen once again. Gary will be playing Nathaniel Shepherd, a NASA scientist in charge of sending astronauts to live on Mars. With Gary Oldman alongside Asa Butterfield and Britt Robertson, The Space Between Us is about a boy …read more!

We know you have all been waiting with anticipation for the return of your favorite podcasters…and it’s time! There is a new Pottercast available on iTunes. Episode #257 talks about the upcoming fan convention unlike any other–GeekyCon. Pottercast and Leaky will take part in hosting GeekyCon and its Harry Potter events, including the Cursed Child …read more!

Imagine frequenting a place for months, getting so comfortable it becomes like a second home to you. Then imagine watching as it gets torn down. That’s how Alison Sudol and Katherine Waterston felt today when their characters, Queenie and Tina’s apartment in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was getting torn down. A representative …read more!

The wonderfully worn down and hand-decorated chair J.K. Rowling sat in to write the first two Harry Potter books will be auctioned in New York next month. Rowling originally donated the chair in a 2002 auction called ‘Chair-ish a Child’. The money for which went to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, raising £15,000 ($23,475), …read more!