Eddie Redmayne sneaks into the interview tent on the set of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, and immediately you see why he got the part of Newt Scamander – he epitomises the quintessentially British gentleman, and has such a love of J.K. Rowling’s wizarding world that comes through with each and every one of his answers …read more!

David Heyman is beyond familiar with J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World. After convincing J.K. Rowling to trust film production companies with her stories, working closely with her as producer on every single Potter film and then continuing the series with Fantastic Beasts, it’s clear to anybody speaking to David about Potter that he has an intimate knowledge of not just …read more!

The Leaky Cauldron were lucky enough to visit the Leavesden set of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald last year, and came across David Yates whilst walking the outdoor sets and exploring the French equivalent of Diagon Alley. It was a magical moment, as we weren’t expecting to catch him between shoots, let along in a small …read more!

Walking into the props department on set of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald was like walking into a store full of Wizarding World merchandise. Head Prop Maker Pierre Bohanna greeted us amongst shelves of textbooks, bottles, wands, bags, papers and odd parts for various scenes in the film. In front of him was a table of never-before-seen …read more!

Returning to set of Fantastic Beasts for our exclusive insight into Crimes of Grindelwald, we entered once again through the familiar Leavesden set café, where actors on the Harry Potter movies – and indeed, now the Fantastic Beasts movies – met to have lunch. We were just minutes away from the start of a full day of sneak-peaks and interviews on set …read more!

If you’re attending LeakyCon this weekend, be sure to look out for Transfiguring Adoption! In a recent interview, Darren Fink, co-founder of the Potter-inspired non profit, told us more about the organization he, his wife (Margie), and his adoptive children built to support foster-adoptive families, shared more on their Elf Squad online and local activist groups, stories …read more!

Warner Bros. Studio Tour London announced exciting new details about the next magical exhibit to take over the tour. Beginning Sept. 28, and perfectly coinciding with the Halloween season, the tour will explore the influence of the Dark Arts in the Wizarding World–an influence which will spread to the tour itself as it undergoes a …read more!

Since the release of the first teaser trailer at the beginning of 2018, we’ve been growing increasingly impatient to see Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald… and Jude Law as Albus Dumbledore. After many months of waiting, fans finally received an official trailer at San Diego Comic Con (where Leaky was reporting live and Melissa Anelli moderated Scholastic’s 20th …read more!

Educational tech company Kano is combining Muggle technology and magic in unprecedented fashion. Kano has created an app and software to enable you to learn coding magically, using your wand.  Actually, you have to use their wand, but it IS a wand, and it creates code when you wave it at your computer screen.  Yes, we were told that …read more!

The Warner Bros. Theatrical Panel opened to spectacular effect Saturday afternoon at San Diego Comic Con 2018. As guests entered Hall H, they received custom wrist-bands inscribed with the Deathly Hallows insignia. Then, as the lights dimmed, curtains, which had completely covered the walls, drew back to reveal screens wrapping around the room. They encircle …read more!