Jan 30, 2016
Warner Bros. Studio Tour London held an exclusive panel with Prop Makers for the Harry Potter films, as part of A Celebration of Harry Potter! The event started with Head Prop Maker – Pierre Bohanna – talking about Philosopher’s Stone: On wand design: Fantastic Beasts was also discussed – the briefcase is very important (as we saw in the …read more!
Jan 10, 2016
Pottermore had the opportunity to sit and talk with Molly Sole, the woman who has designed all of the character wands for the Fantastic Beasts films. Ms. Sole talked of how the wand designs came to be, how they were made to reflect the character they belonged to (the wand chooses the wizard, remember), and …read more!
Jan 10, 2016
2016 marks the 15th anniversary of the release of the first Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s/Sorcerer’s Stone. As hard as it is to believe so many years have passed since we all rushed to the theaters, as youngin’s, to see how our new favorite book series was going to be adapted to …read more!
Dec 18, 2015
The highly acclaimed British dancing show, Strictly Come Dancing, features the Great Hall set from the WB Studio Tour London in this years Christmas Special. BBC One posted photos of the episode, revealing details of where the show, and its behind the scenes content was filmed. Much of the episode has been filmed with the …read more!
Dec 05, 2015
Leaky was honored to earn a seat at the press table at Warner Bros. Studio Tour London’s Dinner in the Great Hall. Seated with MuggleNet, SnitchSeeker, Time Magazine, and the Pottermore Correspondent (yes, the mysterious PMC…who will remain a mystery by gag order), the dinner was everything a Potter fan could dream: good company, good …read more!
Dec 04, 2015
Leaky was honored with the opportunity to talk with the wonderful Graphic Art designers of the Harry Potter films, Mira Mina and Eduardo Lima, at the Graphic Art of the Harry Potter Films Exhibition. Hidden away in a small gallery off of Tottenham St., only set apart from the other shop windows by it’s floating …read more!
Nov 30, 2015
As we reported previously, MinaLima has a special exhibition currently in London. The Pottermore Correspondent took a trip to the exhibition (and hinted that a Harry Potter actor or two may show up to see the exhibition themselves sometime). The PMC was also able to conduct an exclusive interview with Miraphora Mina and Eduardo Lima. Pottermore …read more!
Nov 12, 2015
Today (12th November), The Leaky Cauldron was lucky enough to be invited along to the very special (and exclusive) opening event for the annual Hogwarts in the Snow feature at Warner Bros. Studio Tour London: The Making of Harry Potter. So many brilliant additions were made to the tour to make it as festive as possible, and …read more!
Sep 21, 2015
This week, someone will own a piece of Harry Potter film history. Prop Store, a source for movie collectibles, will be holding its world-wide live auction on Wednesday, September 23rd. In August, Entertainment Weekly reported on the upcoming sale, and now, Moviefone and others have articles about it. Nearly 500 items related to film production, …read more!
Jul 16, 2015
SnitchSeeker recently made an early visit to the brand new exhibit (opened July 16th) at the Warner Bros. Hollywood Studio Tour – Stage 48: Script to Screen. This is a $13 million addition to the tour, which takes about two hours to complete, moving from set to set on the archetypal navigator of the Hollywood film industry: a golf cart. Giving guests a deep and …read more!