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Warner Bros' Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is releasing ahead of domestic in 22 international box office markets this weekend, beginning in Holland and Belgium on Wednesday and including the UK, Australia, Germany, Japan, Spain and China through Friday. The latter, unfortunately, is not expected to serve…

J.K. Rowling answered Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday for his linking her cancellation for anti-transgender comments with Russia’s sanctions. The Harry Potter series author used Twitter to tell Putin that his analysis wasn’t welcome. “Critiques of Western cancel culture are possibly not best made by those…

So you’re telling us there’s a chance, Daniel Radcliffe? The actor, whose starring role in the Harry Potter film franchise enthralled a generation, told the New York Times that he’s not interested “right now” in being a part of a potential film adaptation of the Broadway play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. But he…

Jason Isaacs, best known for his role as Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, addressed the controversy swirling around J.K. Rowling in an interview published today by The Telegraph regarding the author’s statements on the transgender community. In the past, Rowling has publicly stated that "sex is real and has…

UPDATED, January 5: Emma Watson was tickled to hear a photo of young Emma Roberts was accidentally labeled as her in the HBO Max special Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts. She shared the photo of Roberts with a cheeky statement via Instagram on Wednesday. “I was NOT this cute, @emmaroberts 😂…

UPDATED, 12:45 PM: Jon Stewart took to social media today to clarify his podcast comments about the goblins of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. "I do not think J.K. Rowling is anti-Semitic,” Stewart said in a video he shared today on social media (watch it below). “I did not accuse her of being anti-Semitic. I do…

“It feels like no time has passed and loads of time has passed,” Emma Watson says in the first trailer for HBO Max’s Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts above. The special is set to premiere on Jan. 1. Watson, who played Hermione Granger in all the franchise films, reunites with her longtime castmates…

HBO Max treated Potterheads with a glimpse at the upcoming Harry Potter 20th anniversary retrospective, Return to Hogwarts.  Stars of the Harry Potter franchise Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint reunite for a conversation about their time on the fantasy film series in the first-look image, dropped on…

A first look teaser for HBO Max’s Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts (above) aired on Sunday night following Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses on TBS and Cartoon Network. The teaser features appearances from Robbie Coltrane, Matthew Lewis, and Mark Williams. The retrospective…

Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, and more stars from the Harry Potter franchise will reunite for HBO Max’s Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts, premiering on Jan. 1. The retrospective special will feature interviews and cast conversations two decades since the world was enchanted by the story…

EXCLUSIVE: After playing a part in making the Harry Potter franchise a multibillion-dollar global box office hit, screenwriter Steve Kloves has found a more adult adaptation to take on. Sources tell Deadline that he is set to adapt Flynn Berry's New York Times bestseller Northern Spy for Netflix. Django…

Dame Helen Mirren is set to host Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses, a competition series commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Warner Bros. film franchise’s launch, with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. The special four-part event will see fans of J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World put their knowledge…