Harry Potter
Chris Columbus Says a Harry Potter Original Cast Reunion Is Impossible Because of JK Rowling
Rowling's political views mean that a film adaptation of The Cursed Child with the original cast is "never going to happen." Chris Columbus Says a Harry Potter Original Cast Reunion Is Impossible Because of JK Rowling Liz Shannon Miller
Warwick Davis to Reprise Professor Filius Flitwick in HBO’s Harry Potter TV Reboot
He played the same character in the original eight films. Warwick Davis to Reprise Professor Filius Flitwick in HBO’s Harry Potter TV Reboot Scoop Harrison
Harry Potter Stars Emma Watson and Zoe Wanamaker Banned from Driving on Same Day
Emma Watson and Zoe Wanamaker were caught speeding in separate incidents. Two Harry Potter Stars Banned from Driving on Same Day Eddie Fu
John Lithgow to play Dumbledore in Harry Potter TV series
The Emmy-winning actor has been cast to as Hogwarts' beloved headmaster. John Lithgow to Play Dumbledore in Harry Potter TV Series Scoop Harrison
Paapa Essiedu to play Severus Snape in Harry Potter TV series
Essiedu would follow in the footsteps of the late Alan Rickman Paapa Essiedu in Talks to Play Severus Snape in HBO’s Harry Potter TV Series Scoop Harrison
Daniel Radcliffe making film about paralyzed Harry Potter stunt double David Holmes
David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived premieres on HBO November 15th. Daniel Radcliffe Making Film About Paralyzed Harry Potter Stunt Double David Holmes Carys Anderson
Harry Potter TV Series in the Works at HBO Max
The proposed series would be based on J.K. Rowling's original books, with each season tied to a specific novel. Harry Potter TV Series in the Works at HBO Max Carys Anderson
Harry Potter Fans Asked to Stop Leaving Socks at Dobby’s Grave on Wales Beach: “It Could Put Wildlife at Risk”
If you happen to be in Pembrokeshire, Wales and want to pay tribute to the late Dobby the Elf at his Freshwater West Beach grave, go ahead, but please don’t bring him any socks. The conservation charity National Trust Wales said as much after noting that socks and other trinkets Harry Potter fans were bringing to the site were putting the beach and its marine life at risk. Freshwater West Beach became a landmark for Harry Potter fans after the fantasy franchise shot Dobby’s death scene there for 2010’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1. In the film, the elf dies in Harry’s arms at the beach, which he describes in his final moments as “such a beautiful place to be with friends.” In the years since the movie’s release, fans have erected a memorial to the belove...
Daniel Radcliffe: “Not Everybody in the Harry Potter Franchise” Is Transphobic Like J.K. Rowling
J.K. Rowling has long since put a dark cloud over her beloved Harry Potter franchise by consistently sharing unsolicited transphobic opinions, but Harry Potter himself Daniel Radcliffe wants fans to know that she doesn’t speak for everyone involved in the fantasy series. The actor once again spoke out against the author’s transphobia in a new interview with Indiewire, in hopes of supporting all Harry Potter fans who identify as LGTBQ+. Radcliffe first distanced himself from Rowling back in 2020, when he penned an open letter for LGBTQ+ nonprofit The Trevor Project where he stated in plain terms that “transgender women are women.” At the time, he offered the disclaimer that his statement was not meant to be seen as “in-fighting between J.K. Rowling and myself,” but a call to actio...
R.I.P. Robbie Coltrane, Hagrid in Harry Potter Series Dead at 72
Robbie Coltrane, the beloved comic actor who starred as Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter film franchise, is dead at the age of 72, his agent confirmed to Deadline. Coltrane had been in poor health for about two years, and died in a hospital near his Larbert, Scotland, home. Coltrane featured prominently in all eight films in the Harry Potter series, serving as a bumbling but lovable father figure to the titular orphan. He also stole scenes in the James Bond films GoldenEye (1995) and The World Is Not Enough (1999) as Russian gangster Valentin Zukovsky, and won three consecutive BAFTA Awards for best actor in the ITV crime series Cracker. Michael Gambon is the only other actor to achieve that distinction. Coltrane appeared in the anniversary special ...
Alan Rickman Struggled to Finish Harry Potter While Battling Cancer: “See It Through. It’s Your Story”
Alan Rickman’s posthumous diaries will be published next month, and the collected writings unveil the iconic actor’s views on politics, his favorite Hollywood gossip, and then, his struggle to finish the Harry Potter franchise before pancreatic cancer made it impossible. Rickman died in 2016 at the age of 69, five years after the final Harry Potter film bowed in theaters. Now, The Guardian has shared excerpts from Madly Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman, which is set to be released on October 18th. He was diagnosed with cancer in 2005, and doctors removed his prostrate in January of 2006. On the 5th of that month, he wrote, “Pre-op. This is like a film set. Nothing seems real. Remembering nothing but with that painkiller high in the recov...
Quidditch Rebrands as Quadball to Distance Sport from J.K. Rowling’s “Anti-Trans” Beliefs
The fictional game turned real-life sport quidditch is now known as quadball in large part due to the “anti-trans positions” of its creator, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling. US Quadball (USQ) and Major League Quadball (MLQ) formally announced the name change on Tuesday, July 19th, with the International Quidditch Association (IQA) soon to follow suit. In their statements, the organizations named Rowling’s history of transphobic comments dating back to December 2019 as one of two primary reasons for the rebranding. “First, J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter book series, has increasingly come under scrutiny for her anti-trans positions,” the organizations wrote. “LGBTQ+ advocacy groups like GLAAD and the Human Rights Campaign as well as the three lead actors in the Harry Potter fi...
