The countdown to Back to Hogwarts has begun, and this year’s festivities are set to be more magical than ever… Every September 1st, Harry Potter fans mark the iconic return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Now, nearly almost a quarter of a century since the first film enchanted audiences, this beloved tradition has […]
Pottermore Publishing, the global digital Harry Potter publisher, and Audible, a creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, have announced an all-star lineup for Harry Potter: The Full-Cast Audio Editions. These new productions of the original seven stories by J.K. Rowling will showcase the listening experiences as never heard before—offering immersive audio entertainment through high-quality sound design in Dolby […]
UNIT has announced the appointment of Drew Jones as its new Director of Film & Episodic VFX. An accomplished executive with over three decades of experience in the global VFX industry, Jones joins the studio to lead and expand its longform VFX offering across high-end television and feature film. Jones’ career spans some of the most […]
Lost Watches is a gripping, surreal new play featuring the voice of Jason Isaacs (The White Lotus, Harry Potter) written by emerging playwright Lorenzo Allchurch (Bollocks), and directed by award-winning filmmaker and theatre director Alex Helfrecht (The White King, A Winter’s Journey). A darkly comic meditation on memory, mental health, and mourning, the show will run in […]
Production has commenced on the HBO Original Harry Potter television series at Warner Bros Studios Leavesden, UK. The series, which features Dominic McLaughlin (pictured) in the titular role, will debut in 2027 on HBO and HBO Max. The production begins with a raft of new cast announcements, including: Rory Wilmot as Neville Longbottom, Amos Kitson as Dudley Dursley, […]
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has announced that streaming service HBO Max, will launch direct-to-consumer in multiple new countries this July. The platform will become available in Albania, Armenia, Cyprus, Estonia, Georgia, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta and Tajikistan, as it nears 100 markets. These countries join their European neighbours in accessing a lineup of […]
The HBO Original Harry Potter series has announced nine additional cast members following the recent reveal of the Harry, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley actors. The new cast members are: Katherine Parkinson, known for roles in the likes of The IT Crowd and Rivals, will play Molly Weasley Lox Pratt, set to star in the […]
The upcoming Harry Potter TV series from HBO has cast screen newcomers Dominic McLaughlin in the role of Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger, and Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley. Francesca Gardiner, showrunner and executive producer, and Mark Mylod, director of multiple episodes and executive producer, said in a joint statement: “After an extraordinary […]
Across two evenings in May, UK landmarks Battersea Power Station and Edinburgh Castle were lit up like never before with a jaw dropping projection display to celebrate the launch of Universal Epic Universe, Universal Orlando Resort’s brand-new theme park which opened its doors on May 22nd. Dynamically transforming from one world to another, the landmarks’ […]
The HBO Original Harry Potter series has cast celebrated Hollywood actor John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore; Tony Award, Golden Globe, and Olivier winner, and Oscar and Emmy nominee Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall; Paapa Essiedu, star of Gangs of London and The Lazarus Project, as Severus Snape; and Nick Frost, of Shaun of the Dead […]