Despite the fact that Warner Bros. is currently expanding J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World with the five-film Fantastic Beasts franchise, rumours continue to persist that the studio is prepping an adaptation of the hit stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Back in August, it was reported – and subsequently denied – that Warner Bros. […]
Fantastic Beasts: Cases From The Wizarding World mobile game gets a trailer and details
With J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them currently impressing wizards & muggles all across the globe, it seems only right that the universe of both book and film be expanded even further and that’s exactly what Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Mediatronic have done, with this free-to-play mobile game titled Fantastic Beasts: […]
David Yates, David Heyman and J.K. Rowling defend Johnny Depp’s Fantastic Beasts casting
Warning. Spoilers for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them follow… Earlier this month it was announced that Johnny Depp would be appearing in a major role in the sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, as well as making a brief cameo appearance in the first movie, with director David Yates subsequently […]
J.K. Rowling on whether Dumbledore will be openly gay in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Back in 2007, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling revealed that Albus Dumbledore is gay, and that in his youth he was smitten with rival wizard Gellert Grindelwald. Well, with Dumbledore and Grindelwald both set to appear in the sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Screen Crush has asked Rowling whether Dumbledore’s sexuality will […]
Casting underway for the role of Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts 2
Despite it taking place some 70 years before the Harry Potter series, there’s been plenty of speculation as to whether Warner Bros. and J.K. Rowling’s now five film franchise Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them could feature appearances from some familiar faces from the Wizarding World. Well, we now have official confirmation on that […]
Holliday Grainger cast as female lead in BBC’s J.K. Rowling series Cormoran Strike
Holliday Grainger (Cinderella, The Finest Hours) has secured the female lead in the BBC’s upcoming Comoran Strike series, which is based upon J.K. Rowling’s bestselling crime novels, written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. The series, which will adapt The Cuckoo’s Calling, The Silkworm and Career of Evil across seven hour-long episodes, will star Tom Burke […]
J.K. Rowling expands Fantastic Beasts to five movie series, new poster released
Warner Bros. held a global fan event ahead today of next month’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them [watch a highlight reel here], during which J.K. Rowling revealed that the Harry Potter spinoff will no longer be contained to ‘just’ a trilogy of films, as it has now been expanded to a five film franchise! […]
Three new Harry Potter ebooks from J.K. Rowling set to arrive in September
Fresh from the release of the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child script book, the official Pottermore website has revealed fans of J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World will soon be able to get their hands on three ebooks under the Pottermore Presents banner. Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide dives into the nooks and crannies of the […]
Theatre Review – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Directed by John Tiffany. Starring Jamie Parker, Paul Thornley, Noma Dumezweni, Poppy Miller, Alex Price, Sam Clemmett, Anthony Boyle and Esther Smith. SYNOPSIS: J. K. Rowling’s legendary boy wizard, Harry Potter, returns for an all new adventure… As someone not at all well versed in the world of Harry […]
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2 release date, writer and director revealed
The expansion of the Harry Potter cinematic universe will continue, as Warner Bros. has announced that a sequel to this year’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is already in the works, ahead of its November release. Fantastic Beasts is, of course, based on the 2001 J.K. Rowling book of the same name, which is […]