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Weekly Round-Up: David Tennant & Jason Isaacs Narrating H.G. Wells Audio Collection, Ezra Miller in Gucci & More!

Mar 31, 2019

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Casting, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Film Images, Films, Harry Potter Round-Up, Heyman, Honors/Awards, Margoyles, Movies, Round-Up, Shaw, Television Programmes, Thewlis, Trailers, Walters

This week was truly a record-breaker! Harry Potter fan Victoria Maclean set a Guinness World Record for the largest collection of Wizarding World memorabilia, and beating her record will certainly take some Galleons! We also saw new images from the new Cursed Child cast on Broadway, a first look at Tom Burke in his new London show, …read more!

Weekly Round-Up: Rupert Grint’s First US Comic Con, Miranda Richardson Joins ‘Game of Thrones’ Prequel and More!

Mar 24, 2019

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Actor Interviews, Bradley, Casting, Conventions, Fan Events, Fans, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Films, Grint, Grint Interviews, Harry Potter Round-Up, Law, Movies, Pattinson, Richardson, Round-Up, Television Programmes

Does a week ever go by that isn’t a momentous one in the Wizarding World? In the past seven days the original award-winning cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child took their final bow, Ralph Fiennes revealed he would like to play Voldemort again, Universal Hollywood announced they will host a Dark Arts at …read more!

Weekly Round-Up: Dame Maggie Smith Discusses Downton Abbey, Rupert Grint & Others Head to Cons & More!

Mar 16, 2019

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Bradley, Casting, Conventions, Coulson, Davis, Events, Fan Events, Fans, Felton, Films, Gleeson, Grint, Harry Potter Round-Up, Honors/Awards, Isaacs, Isaacs Interviews, Miller, Phelps, Round-Up, Smith, Smith Interviews, Television Programmes, Wright, Wright Interviews

It’s been an action-packed week in the Potterverse, as we got a first-look at the upcoming mobile game Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, as well as the new Universal Orlando Resort ride coming this Summer, Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure, with the special guest appearances of Robbie Coltrane and Alan Gilmore at a launch event in London! …read more!

Weekly Round-Up: Eddie Redmayne Supports Red Nose Day, Miracle Workers with Daniel Radcliffe Premieres on YouTube, Killing Eve and Harry Potter Comparisons Drawn and More!

Feb 10, 2019

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Actor Interviews, Alfonso Cuaron, Casting, Charity, Directors, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Fiennes, Film Awards, Film Images, Films, Films - Trailers, Harry Potter Round-Up, Honors/Awards, Kravitz, Melling, Miller, Movies, Oldman, Pattinson, Phelps, Radcliffe, Radcliffe Interviews, Rankin, Redmayne, Round-Up, Shaw, Spall, Staunton, Television Programmes, Trailers, Waterston

Exciting Wizarding World news this week from screen, stage and show. Harry Potter, the Exhibition is heading back to Spain, ticket sales and a premiere date for Cursed Child San Francisco were announced, and just a week from the digital release of Crimes of Grindelwald there was news on the delay of Fantastic Beasts 3. …read more!

Producer of ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald – Makers, Mysteries and Magic’ Takes Us Behind The Scenes

Jan 24, 2019

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Audio, Audio Books, Casting, Directors, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Interviews, News, Pottermore, Producers, Review, Warner Bros.

Since Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald released, we’ve been theorising, re-watching, preordering and trying to soak up as much bonus material on the film as possible. Now, thanks to Pottermore Publishing and Audible, fans can delve into a complete audio documentary narrated by Dan Fogler, letting us go behind the scenes of the second film. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald …read more!

Theater Round-Up: ‘Cursed Child’ Makes TIME’s List of Ten Best Plays, Ticket Announcements for Melbourne and Hamburg–and More!

Jan 21, 2019

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Anthony Boyle, Broadway, Casting, Fandom, Films, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, HP Cast, News, Round-Up, Shaw, Theater, Theater Round-Up, West End

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald headlined most Potter news sites this week as providers began outlining the special features of DVD and Blu-ray packages ahead of the upcoming release to stores, and the third series entry, yet-to-be-named, announced a delayed start date due to a need for more time in pre-production–but the stage continuation …read more!

Weekly Round-Up: Fiona Glascott and Maggie Smith Share a Wand, Hogwarts Meets Ilvermorny on 2 Dope Queens and More!

Jan 20, 2019

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Actor Interviews, Alfonso Cuaron, Branagh, Casting, Davis, Directors, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Film Awards, Films, Harry Potter Round-Up, Honors/Awards, Interviews, Movies, Oldman, Radcliffe, Round-Up, Spall, Television Programmes, Tennant, Williams

It was a special week for Leaky as we had the opportunity to cover the original cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child live at Broadwaycon, the fourth annual event that celebrates all things Broadway theater and its fandom created and produced by Leaky’s own webmistress Melissa Anelli and her company Mischief Management. 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!

Theater Round-Up: Cursed Child New York and Melbourne to Release November Batch of Tickets–and Much More!

Nov 16, 2018

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Actor Interviews, BigNews, Broadway, Casting, Directors, Enoch, Events, Fandom, Fans, Gareth Fry, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Holidays, Honors/Awards, HP Cast, Interviews, John Tiffany, News, Phelps, Potter News, Radcliffe, Round-Up, Theater, Theater Round-Up, West End, Williams, Williams Interviews

With all the coverage leading up to the worldwide released of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald today, it would be easy to forget that the theater world also continues to make magic on a daily basis. But look no further than the following recap for confirmation that it does, indeed, march on with a …read more!

Weekly Round-Up: Emma Thompson Receives Damehood Honours, Emma Watson Reunites with Tom Felton, Dan Fogler Debuts in ‘TWD’, Ezra Miller Shares His #MeToo Story and More!

Nov 11, 2018

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Actor Interviews, Broadbent, Casting, Directors, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Felton, Felton Interviews, Film Images, Filmmaker Interviews, Films, Fogler, Gleeson, Harry Potter Round-Up, Honors/Awards, Interviews, Melling, Miller, Movies, News, Producers, Round-Up, Staunton, Television Programmes, Thompson, Trailers, Walters, Watson, Yates, Yates Interviews

It’s been a star-studded week of magic in the Potterverse as Leaky brought exclusive coverage of the World Premiere of Crimes of Grindelwald in Paris! Ahead of its wide release next week, we shared our SPOILER-FREE review of the film, new behind-the-scenes featurettes that give a deeper look at the characters, a whole host of …read more!



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