J.K. Rowling has launched an online Harry Potter hub for kids, families and fans to tap into during the coronavirus lockdown.
According to the site, the hub will include “special contributions from Bloomsbury and Scholastic, nifty magical craft videos (teach your friends how to draw a Niffler!), fun articles, quizzes…
Warner Bros Studio Tour London — The Making Of Harry Potter has been temporarily closed in response to the coronavirus crisis. In a statement posted to the tour’s website, WB noted there have been no reported cases of COVID-19 at the facility, but “out of an abundance of caution and in the interest of the health and…
Dame Julie Walters, the two-time Oscar-nominated British actress, has said that she plans to cut her workload after undergoing treatment for bowel cancer.
The Harry Potter and Mamma Mia! star told the BBC that she was diagnosed with stage three cancer in her intestine in 2017 and underwent surgery and chemotherapy to…
While the HBO Max executives Wednesday at TCA highlighted 500 classic movies to be on the service at launch later this spring, curated by Turner Classic Movies, don’t expect to see Harry Potter. “Harry Potter is tied up with another programming group,” said Michael Quigley, EVP Content Acquisitions at TNT, TBS, TruTV…
Academy Award winner and longtime stage actress Maggie Smith has taken on many fulfilling roles over the years, although she wouldn’t include her work in Downton Abbey or the Harry Potter films among them.
Smith, who played schoolmistress Minerva McGonagall in the boy-wizard adventures and Dowager Countess Violet…
Dale Nelson, who handled major brands like Harry Potter, Looney Tunes and DC Comics during her time as a legal executive at Warner Bros., has joined entertainment law firm Donaldson + Callif as a partner.
The former VP and Senior Intellectual Property Counsel at Warner Bros. will focus on clearance.
"Dale's longevity…
BAFTA has presented Special Awards to longstanding Film4 executive Sue Bruce-Smith and DoP Roger Pratt (Batman). Bruce-Smith, Deputy Director at Film4, was recognized with a Special Award for her outstanding contribution to British cinema with speakers at a Friday event including former Film4 boss Tessa Ross, BFI…
Forthcoming Harry Potter spin-offFantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is set to get an audiobook attachement via Amazon's Audible and Pottermore.
The Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald – Makers, Mysteries and Magic audiobook is narrated by Tony Award-winning actor Dan Fogler, who plays Jacob Kowalski…
Alan Rickman’s film resume includes many memorable characters, but his role as the intimidatingly moody Professor Severus Snape in the Harry Potterfranchise remains one of his most iconic roles. Audiences may have enjoyed him as one of the most layered and pivotal characters in the movie franchise based on the JK…
As we know, one way activists like to energize a serious campaign is to make them fun. That’s the approach taken by a group of young UK campaigners who want to shine a light on the lack of on-screen diversity.
In what one local communications director described as the PR stunt of the day, a group of young black…
