Nov 22, 2020
OK, not really, but close: The diaries of Alan Rickman are going to be published, and they include entries from his time working on the Harry Potter films, in which he perfectly embodied the role of Severus Snape. According to The Guardian, Rickman kept witty, gossipy, and candid handwritten diaries for 25 years, snidely commenting …read more!
Nov 16, 2020
It’s been a strange year in the Wizarding World, and with events being cancelled, the Studio Tour closed once again, Fantastic Beasts 3 delayed and cast members confined to their homes for the most part, it’s been a strange year for Wizarding World news! However, we’re back with our weekly cast round-ups, and have plenty …read more!
Nov 15, 2020
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!
Nov 09, 2020
Harry Potter cast members will be taking part in a “Wonderful Wizarding Quiz” (a Harry Potter themed virtual quiz!), fundraising for three brilliant charities, thanks to uWin! Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood), Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy), David Holmes (Daniel Radcliffe’s stunt double), Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom), James and Oliver Phelps (Fred and George Weasley) and Bonnie …read more!
Jul 09, 2020
It’s an embarrassment of riches this week. We’ve barely had time to watch/listen to Chapter 11, Chapter 12, and Chapter 13, yet Wizarding World has already uploaded Chapter 14. I expected new chapters at a rate of about one per week, not one per day. Could it be that they are intending to narrate not …read more!
Jul 07, 2020
Continuing the Harry Potter at Home activities created by Wizarding World to entertain fans during the pandemic, David Tennant and David Beckham share reading duties for Chapter 11, “Quidditch”, of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. David Tennant and David Beckham team up for Chapter Eleven: ‘Quidditch’ #HarryPotterAtHome. Watch now: https://t.co/jwGPKZI5BL pic.twitter.com/ki4Kew2m17 — Wizarding World …read more!
Jul 06, 2020
It’s true, Matthew Lewis and Imelda Staunton, joined by Helen Howard, who plays Umbridge in Cursed Child, read Chapter 12 of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone as part of Wizarding World’s Harry Potter at Home series of online activities to keep us amused, engaged, and fully Pottered during the pandemic. We are back with …read more!
Jun 01, 2020
Today, Wizarding World Digital announced the ninth chapter of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone will be read by Fantastic Beasts stars Alison Sudol and Dan Fogler. As part of the free Harry Potter -at-Home initiative, they will reunite to take on “The Midnight Duel,” and fans will undoubtedly rejoice to see them collaborating again onscreen! Sudol plays American legilimens Queenie Goldstein, who …read more!
Jun 01, 2020
This week’s theater news centers largely around the ongoing shutdown. Both Broadway and the Society of London Theatres announced closure extensions, and Sonia Friedman published a feature discussing the impact on the performing arts. The reach of that impact postponed Imelda Staunton’s upcoming show and prompted BBC’s and Belfast’s Lyric Theatre’s partnership and lockdown dramas. …read more!
May 31, 2020
This was a special week in the Wizarding World when fans around the globe, who are always clamouring for new material from J.K. Rowling, were delighted by the expansion of the author’s literary universe with the release of a new children’s fairytale The Ickabog. Several chapters are being released each day for two weeks with a print …read more!