Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling Finally Clears the Air About Steven Spielberg — Here’s What Really Happened
Before Christopher Columbus brought Harry Potter to theaters, J.K. Rowling had early talks with Steven Spielberg—and, despite persistent rumors, there was no feud. In a 2000 interview with The Times, she sets the record straight on those conversations and the path that led to the franchise’s first director.
November 29, 2025 2:57 am
J.K. Rowling Stunned by Harry Potter Fans Demanding the Major Character She Thought No One Wanted
Washington, D.C. stunned J.K. Rowling on her 1999 tour, drawing her biggest crowd — all united by one plea on The Diane Rehm Show: don't kill Hermione Granger.
November 28, 2025 7:54 pm
Stranger Things Star Says Vecna and Will Mirror Harry and Voldemort — The Side-by-Side Is Uncanny
Stranger Things season 5 could be Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 3: a supersized, all‑in farewell that goes beyond the final battle.
November 28, 2025 3:44 pm
Why J.K. Rowling Refused to Let Any Harry Potter Heroine Eclipse Hermione
J.K. Rowling says she brushed off fan demands and kept Emma Watson’s Hermione Granger front and center in Harry Potter — and she explains why in a candid new interview.
November 28, 2025 2:43 pm
Millie Bobby Brown Is Staying With Netflix After Stranger Things 5 — It’s Time This Franchise Hit Theaters
Stranger Things Season 5 just dropped its first half, with part two due next month — and Millie Bobby Brown is already onto her next Netflix case as Enola Holmes returns for a third film.
November 27, 2025 10:24 pm
From Hogwarts to Hawkins: The Rise and Fall of Bonnie Wright and Stranger Things Star Jamie Campbell Bower’s Engagement
Harry Potter collided with Stranger Things off-screen when Bonnie Wright and Jamie Campbell Bower fell for each other on the Deathly Hallows set in 2010 — a whirlwind that led to a brief engagement and a fairytale that didn’t last.
November 27, 2025 2:55 pm
Forget Vecna: Stranger Things Star Jamie Campbell Bower’s Harry Potter Character Deserves a Wizarding World Spinoff
After blink-and-you-miss-it turns in Deathly Hallows Part 1 and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Jamie Campbell Bower’s young Gellert Grindelwald stands out as the Wizarding World’s most tantalizingly underused villain — and begs for his own spinoff.
November 27, 2025 1:45 pm
J.K. Rowling Ally Tom Felton’s Harry Potter Show Breaks Box Office Records as Emma Watson Fans Push Back
Tom Felton’s comeback as Draco Malfoy is working real magic at the box office: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child just scored its biggest week ever, packing the house and pulling in about $2.97 million, according to THR.
November 26, 2025 2:43 pm
J.K. Rowling Explains Why Harry Potter Had to Fall for a Classic Fairy Tale Trap
Harry Potter opens with storytelling’s oldest spell: the mistreated orphan hero, a classic beat from Cinderella and Snow White to James and the Giant Peach — a choice J.K. Rowling says powers his entire saga.
November 26, 2025 1:54 pm
Harry Potter’s Greatest Movie Scene Lives Only Onscreen
One of Harry Potter’s most unforgettable scenes wasn’t in the books: Deathly Hallows Part 1 invented a wordless tent dance for Harry and Hermione, a bold flourish from Steve Kloves and David Yates that became a franchise touchstone.
November 26, 2025 11:44 am
Harry Potter Fans: Your Zodiac Reveals Your Hogwarts House — Where Do You Truly Belong?
Pottermore sorted you once—now the stars get a say. A new zodiac-to-Hogwarts house guide is shaking up fandom, matching each sign to Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, or Hufflepuff and daring fans to see if their celestial Sorting Hat agrees.
November 26, 2025 11:35 am
Wicked: For Good Surges Past Disney’s Biggest 2025 Flop In Just 72 Hours
Wicked: For Good casts a box-office spell with a colossal $223M global debut, opening No. 1 worldwide—the biggest launch ever for a Broadway musical—and putting Disney to shame. Released Nov. 21, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo’s sequel is already rewriting the record books.
November 25, 2025 8:17 pm
Harry Potter Cast a 37-Year-Old as a Teen—and You Never Noticed
At 37, Shirley Henderson walked into a Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets audition and walked out as a 14-year-old Hogwarts ghost — after the casting team urged her to lean even harder into the teen act.
November 25, 2025 1:29 pm
Original Harry Potter Trio Star Weighs Return After Tom Felton — Is a Reunion Next?
As HBO readies its new Harry Potter series with a fresh cast, one of the original trio finally answers whether he’ll return to the Wizarding World — especially after Tom Felton slipped back into Draco Malfoy on Broadway.
November 24, 2025 5:35 pm
From Hogwarts to the Sex Offenders Register: The Harry Potter Star Whose Career Collapsed
Once poised for Wizarding World stardom as Abernathy in Fantastic Beasts, Kevin Guthrie saw his ascent collapse after a 2021 sexual assault conviction.
November 24, 2025 4:56 pm
Rupert Grint Breaks Silence on HBO’s New Ron Weasley: It Feels Strange
Rupert Grint says watching HBO’s book-faithful Harry Potter reboot cast a new Ron Weasley is a surreal full-circle moment as the streamer locks in a fresh, young ensemble.
November 24, 2025 2:15 pm
Wicked: For Good Soars to Record Opening Day, Joins the Avengers and Star Wars Elite
Love it or hate it, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo’s return to Emerald City is a juggernaut: Wicked: For Good opened November 21 and stunned the industry by nabbing 2025’s biggest opening-day box office haul despite mixed reviews.
November 23, 2025 4:45 pm
HBO’s Bold Harry Potter Season 2 Pivot Has Fans Cheering — and Could Dodge the Stranger Things Trap
With cameras already rolling on season one, HBO’s Harry Potter series is charging ahead: CEO Casey Bloys said at a Nov. 20 press conference that season two is already in the works.
November 23, 2025 3:32 pm
Jamie Campbell Bower Hits Back At Vecna Backlash, Calling It Vile Vitriol
After years under the radar, Jamie Campbell Bower exploded into the mainstream with Stranger Things, morphing into the grotesque Vecna — Henry Creel — One in a bone-chilling, career-making turn that sparked an instant fan frenzy.
November 23, 2025 1:52 pm
HBO’s Harry Potter Reboot Must Finally Break The Daniel Radcliffe Movies’ Most Annoying Habit
From a whimsical Hogwarts welcome to a grim, high-stakes war, the Daniel Radcliffe Harry Potter films plunged deeper into darkness with every installment, muting the colors and sharpening the peril.
November 22, 2025 5:32 pm