Harry Potter News

RUMOR: Possible ‘Harry Potter’ Role-Play Game “Magic Awakened” Footage Leaked

Oct 05, 2018

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Fans, News, Rumor, Video Games, Warner Bros.

Leaked footage of an unconfirmed Harry Potter role-playing game – possibly named Magic Awakened – went viral this week, and though it looks INCREDIBLE, it’s not due in the near future! The footage first leaked on Reddit via ‘VapeThisBro’ who claimed they filmed the footage during part of a focus group survey at a mall. The footage was blocked …read more!

“Harry Potter: A History of Magic” and Plant Lore, Part One: J.K. Rowling and Culpeper’s Complete Herbal

Oct 04, 2018

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Art, Bloomsbury, Books, Exclusives, Fandom, Films, Fun, Interviews, J.K. Rowling, Jim Kay, News

Harry Potter: A History of Magic opens at the New York Historical Society tomorrow, with a guide narrated by Natalie Dormer, and will bring together all audiobook readers for the first time ever. Though the New York City exhibition will contain different elements (Brian Selznick’s 20th anniversary illustrations for Scholastic, for example), it’s sure to give the same profound revelations …read more!

New Exclusive ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Content in Empire Magazine on Stands Tomorrow!

Oct 03, 2018

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Art, Fantastic Beasts Movie, Interviews, Law, MinaLima, Movies, News, Posters, Potter News, Products, Redmayne, Warner Bros., Yates

As the release of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald swiftly approaches, fans are eagerly waiting to see how J.K. Rowling’s magical story of Newt Scamander, Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald will play out. And for those not averse to spoilers, the new Empire magazines on stands tomorrow will include exclusive content and images that …read more!

‘Lethal White’ is Heading to BBC One

Oct 02, 2018

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Books, Burke, Career of Evil, Cormoran Strike series/Robert Galbraith, Cormoran Strike TV Series, Grainger, Lethal White, News, Television Programmes

Just a few weeks ago Lethal White, the fourth installment in J.K. Rowling’s Cormoran Strike Series, the mystery novels she’s penned under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, celebrated its long awaited publication day and the BBC has already revealed that it’s heading to the small screen. Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger are set to return as …read more!

‘Harry Potter’ Actor Chris Rankin Launches ‘Best Adoptive Parent’ Award (& Other Non-Profit News!)

Oct 02, 2018

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Charity, Contests, HP Cast, News, Rankin

Having previously supported Transfiguring Adoption’s mission to assist and raise awareness of adoptive families across the United States and United Kingdom by unveiling their Elf Squad Kits, Chris Rankin (Harry Potter‘s Percy Weasley) recently helped the Potter-inspired non-profit launch their latest campaign: the Chris Rankin Best Adoptive Parent Award! Chris has previously opened up on his experience with being an …read more!

Magical moving wizard photos are here!

Oct 02, 2018

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Fun, News, Products, Tech, Warner Bros.

In June, Leaky announced that wizard photos were now a real thing, and would be available in the fall.  THEY’RE HERE!!! Sorry for shouting, but we are VERY excited about this magic.  The Lifeprint Harry Potter Magic Photo and Video Printer is available to purchase today and it enables everyone—wizard, witch, and Muggle—to print moving …read more!

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Orlando Reveals New Wizarding World Ride Sneak-Peak!

Oct 01, 2018

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Exclusives, News, WIzarding World of Harry Potter Orlando

Universal Orlando Resort exclusively revealed a new image of the upcoming ride coming to Hogsmeade in 2019 today, and we cannot wait to hear your theories! We’ve seen glimpses at construction and theorised about the theme of the ride (from the Forbidden Forest to Hagrid’s hut, or a Snape-themed ride), and reported on rumors that …read more!

Weekly Round-Up: New Music from Alison Sudol, An Interview with Claudia Kim, Rupert Grint Surprises Fans, and a Wizarding World Christmas Album on the Way?

Sep 30, 2018

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Actor Interviews, Bonham Carter, Branagh, Casting, Fantastic Beasts Round-Up, Fiennes, Film Images, Films, Films - Trailers, Fogler, Gleeson, Grint, Harry Potter Round-Up, Interviews, Kravitz, McCrory, Movies, Music, News, Round-Up, Smith, Staunton, Sudol, Trailers, Walters

This has been one of those landmark weeks in the Wizarding World. As all avid fans of the Potterverse do the year of a film release, we measure time relative to which trailer most recently dropped. That happened three weeks after the first trailer, or we heard that two weeks before the second trailer, etc, …read more!

Trailer Debuts for Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Guide to Hogwarts

Sep 29, 2018

Posted by: Emma Pocock

Art, Books, Companion Books, News, Publishers

A new trailer just released for the upcoming Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Guide to Hogwarts by Insight Editions, and it looks incredible! The book is priced at $75.00, so we were hoping the pop-up recreations of locations within Hogwarts and on the grounds of Hogwarts would be as spectacular as promised! The book opens up flat to …read more!

A new PotterCast just slithered in!

Sep 27, 2018

Posted by: Amanda Kirk

Fantastic Beasts Movie, News, PotterCast, Trailers, Warner Bros.

PotterCast #281: Nagini came out last night. New PotterCassssssssst! ? https://t.co/CB14EaOTgT — PotterCast (@pottercast) September 27, 2018 After brief props to Evanna Lynch for her appearance on Dancing with the Stars, it was all about the final Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald trailer. First Melissa provides some context for the trailer reveal at the VIP …read more!



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