Rarely a week goes by when news from the Wizarding World slows down. In the past seven days we’ve seen a changing of the guard for the West End Cursed Child cast, more interviews with the Tony-nominated Broadway cast, a new project for Rupert Grint, updates from Universal’s Wizarding World of Harry Potter Hollywood and Japan, a …read more!

This week in the Potterverse has not only seen us celebrate Teacher Appreciation week (with dedicated Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin Head of House appreciation posts), but we also reported on new additions to Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, voting opened for Broadway.com’s Audience Choice Awards, Scholastic announced their Harry Potter themed Summer Reading Challenge and Warner Bros Studio Tour London …read more!

Plenty of Harry Potter alumni and Fantastic Beasts stars are hoping to charm film distributors at the Cannes Film Festival this weekend, as new projects are being announced and screened for the festival. From a new film starring both Ezra Miller (Credence) and Frank Dillane (Young Tom Riddle) to a Masterclass held by recent Oscar Winner …read more!

This is the season when theater comes alive. Award nominations are issued, recognizing the worthy stagecraft of Broadway’s residents–and, now, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child enters stage right, a tour de force if ever there was one. With the recent premiere only days behind us, there’s still plenty of ground to cover as reviews …read more!

The Fantastic Beasts cast appeared at CinemaCon yesterday as part of the Warner Bros. presentation, answering questions from MC Will Arnett and, to the surprise and delight of the audience, unveiling new footage from the upcoming Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald film! Warner Bros. is proud to present our class of 2018. #CinemaCon2018 A …read more!

It’s breaking records, it’s inspiring masses of global Harry Potter fans to flock to major theaters, and now Cursed Child has officially opened on Broadway! Leaky was lucky enough to attend the red carpet premiere of the official opening of the show in New York yesterday, where we met with J.K. Rowling, the creative team behind the …read more!

As Cursed Child prepares for its premiere on Broadway this Sunday (which J.K. Rowling will highly likely be attending), we’ve have many exciting updates in the Wizarding World, including honours for audiobook reader Jim Dale, an interview with Cursed Child lead Jamie Parker, and records broken by the show. We also celebrated World Art Day with discussions on …read more!

Plenty of exciting announcements were made this week, as we received a Potter masterpiece in the form of Brian Selznick’s elaborate mural book covers for Scholastic’s 20th anniversary copies of Harry Potter. Bloomsbury revealed first look images of The Tales of Beedle the Bard illustrated edition by Chris Riddell, and LEGO set up a big Wizarding World reveal …read more!

As always, it’s been a busy week in the world of Potter. Leaky covered interviews with Anthony Boyle and Sam Clemmett as they near the Broadway premiere for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, rumors began circulating of an expansion of Universal Orlando’s Wizarding World of Harry Potter and a release date was announced for …read more!

It’s been an incredibly busy week in the Harry Potter fandom–not that that’s unusual! We celebrated the birthdays of David Thewlis and Gary Oldman, and heard Dan Fogler talk Fantastic Beasts, Brooklyn Gladiator and LeakyCon in his podcast. Where books are concerned, J.K. Rowling’s Crimes of Grindelwald screenplay became available for pre-order, and the final …read more!