Archive for the ‘HP Cast’ Category

Weekly Round-Up: Alison Sudol Announces New Music, Emma Watson Joins #MexicoRises Campaign & More!

Nov 24, 2017

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Bonham Carter, Branagh, Broadbent, Charity, HP Cast, MinaLima, News, Spall, Studio Tour, Sudol, Tennant, Thompson, Warner Bros., Watson

  This week saw new additions to the chocolate frog collection in the Wizarding World, as well as Bonnie Wright being added to the guest list for A Celebration of Harry Potter, coming to Universal Orlando’s Wizarding World in January. WB Studio Tour London also launched Hogwarts in the Snow, which this year features the Yule Ball in …read more!

Evanna Lynch’s Launches Christmas Gift Basket With PETA

Nov 23, 2017

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Charity, Lynch, News

Teaming up with PETA’s youth division (peta2) once again, Evanna Lynch has created a limited-edition Vegan Gift Basket which is launching just in time for Christmas – we’re sure she’d be great friends with Newt Scamander. The basket features magical items such as vegan chocolate frogs, a ‘Vegans are Magical’ T-Shirt (which Evanna wore in her Hogwarts recipe …read more!

Theater Round-Up: New Tickets to be Released for ‘Cursed Child’ London, Actors Support Local Theater, and More!

Nov 20, 2017

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Actor Interviews, Broadway, Burke, Charity, Cormoran Strike series/Robert Galbraith, Cormoran Strike TV Series, Events, Fandom, Fans, Fantastic Beasts, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, J.K. Rowling, Law, News, Noma Dumezweni, Producers, Round-Up, Television Programmes, Theater, Theater Round-Up, West End

This week in theater news we get to see a few of the many ways the Harry Potter story continues to impact performing arts around the world. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child shows no sign of diminishing success in London as a new round of tickets will be released in December! The production, moving …read more!

Bonnie Wright Joins A Celebration of Harry Potter 2018

Nov 20, 2017

Posted by: Kim McChesney

BigNews, Celebration of Harry Potter, MinaLima, News, Phelps, Theme Park, WIzarding World of Harry Potter Orlando, Wright

Breaking news from Universal Orlando on the upcoming 2018 Celebration of Harry Potter; it looks like a Weasley reunion is in store for Harry Potter fans this year! Bonnie Wright, the actress and filmmaker who played Ginny Weasley Potter, will be joining the previously announced lineup of special guests including two of her “older brothers”, …read more!

Weekly Round-Up: Daniel Radcliffe in ‘Miracle Workers’, An Interview With Dame Julie Walters & More!

Nov 19, 2017

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Broadbent, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Harry Potter Round-Up, Heyman, HP Cast, Isaacs, Kravitz, Movies, News, Oldman, Pattinson, Pattinson Interviews, Radcliffe, Round-Up, Spall, Staunton, Thewlis, Walters, Walters Interviews, Warner Bros.

This week has seen the most exciting Fantastic Beasts 2 announcement yet: a title! The year-long wait for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald will take over all of our lives a little as we try to theorise our way through the anticipation, but here’s hoping our latest round-up on the current whereabouts of Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts actors will help …read more!

‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’–Still an Epic Film Twelve Years Later

Nov 18, 2017

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Directors, Events, Fandom, Fans, Films, Fun, Gambon, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling, Movies, Newell, News

It’s hard to believe 12 years have passed since Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire opened in theaters. The book had come out a little over three years earlier. Eager fans were already well-acquainted with the plot and, by that time, anxious to meet their beloved favorites again on the big screen. Following the …read more!

Theater Round-Up: A ‘Cursed Child’ Award, Christmas Benefit Concert, ‘King Kong’ Musical, and More!

Nov 14, 2017

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Anthony Boyle, Broadbent, Broadway, Casting, Charity, Events, Fandom, Fans, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Holidays, Honors/Awards, HP Cast, Jack Thorne, News, Producers, Round-Up, Sonia Friedman, Theater, Theater Round-Up, West End

In this week’s theater news, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child picked up yet another award, Anthony Boyle announced plans to appear in Belfast for a Christmas benefit concert, Jack Thorne’s King Kong musical set a premiere date, Jim Broadbent is named as the star of a new play from Martin McDonagh, and Sonia Friedman, …read more!

BBC’s ‘Harry Potter: A History of Magic’ Documentary Releasing As DVD

Nov 13, 2017

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Bloomsbury, Davis, HP Cast, J.K. Rowling, Lynch, News, Products, Publishers, Staunton, Thewlis, Williams

BBC Two’s Harry Potter: A History of Magic will release on DVD this month, so if you couldn’t watch live on BBC or want to own a physical copy of the documentary, you’re in luck! The documentary aired last month and introduced us to some of the fantastic items on display at The British Library’s History of Magic exhibition, …read more!

Weekly Round-up: ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Flamel Teaser, Bonnie Wright’s Greenpeace Campaign & More

Nov 10, 2017

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Actor Interviews, Bradley, Davis, Events, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Gleeson, Harry Potter Round-Up, Jodorowsky, News, Oldman, Pottermore, Redmayne, Round-Up, Spall, Wright

This week has seen a huge announcement for Potter fans: a confirmation that there will, in fact, be a Pokémon GO style app for fans of the wizarding world! On top of this, Evanna Lynch’s podcast The ChickPeeps launched, we released our exclusive interview with Hero Fiennes Tiffin at LeakyCon, PotterCast released their first LeakyCon episode with members …read more!

Julie Walters and Helen McCrory Receive Royal Honors!

Nov 09, 2017

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Films, Honors/Awards, HP Cast, McCrory, Movies, News, Walters

Julie Walters and Helen McCrory appeared at London’s Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, Nov. 7 as special guests of the Queen, where she awarded both women distinguished honors! Walters, known to Potter fans as the beloved matriarch Molly Weasley, was officially named Dame Commander of the British Empire, an endowment which was first announced in June …read more!



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