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J.K. Rowling is embroiled in a fresh row with another Harry Potter actor over transgender rights. Following exchanges of fire with Daniel Radcliffe and others, Rowling has blasted David Tennant after the Goblet of Fire star voiced strident views on those who speak out against trans…

The original watercolor illustration for the cover of Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone, the first book in author J.K. Rowling’s famous series, is now the most expensive piece of Potter-related memorabilia ever sold at auction. The illustration was on the debut edition of the 1997 novel. It…

The Harry Potter television series is starting to take shape. Succession duo Francesca Gardiner and Mark Mylod have signed up as its writer and director, respectively. This comes four months after Deadline revealed that Gardiner was one of three finalists to win the prize to reboot the classic…

UPDATED with latest: Warner Bros. Discovery’s Harry Potter television series has found its writer and director. Four months after Deadline revealed that Francesca Gardiner was one of three finalists to win the prize to reboot the classic kids franchise for the small screen, the Succession consulting…

Don't expect many big-budget tentpole scripted series originating at Max. Warner Bros. Discovery is changing its strategy when it comes to big-budget series and titles such as the upcoming Harry Potter series and IT prequel Welcome to Derry will no longer be Max Originals but will instead be HBO…

Matthew Lewis is not interested in reprising his Harry Potter role of Neville Longbottom. The actor portrayed the character across all eight films of the movie series based on the J.K. Rowling books. Max is developing a television series due to premiere on the streamer in 2026. However, Lewis doesn…

J.K. Rowling has hit out at the double standards of friends who have rushed to trash her views on transgender rights. In an extract from the book The Women Who Wouldn't Wheesht, published by The Times of London newspaper, Rowling said she had been surprised by colleagues who had condemned her views…

On Wednesday at the Cannes press conference for Parthenope, actor Gary Oldman was asked about throwing his performance as Sirius Black in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban under the bus. Toward the end of last year, Oldman told Happy Sad Confused podcast host Josh Horowitz that he thought his…

Daniel Radcliffe has expressed his excitement over the Harry Potter series being developed at Max. However, at the Drama League Awards, Radcliffe stopped short of revealing if he would make a cameo or a guest star appearance. “Like the rest of the world, [I'm] very excited to watch as an…

EXCLUSIVE: Harry Potter is valuable IP for Warner Bros. The wizard books and movies are now the subject of a new cooking format that has been greenlit at Food Network. Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking (w/t) will feature a range of cake creations. Shot at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, which was…

JK Rowling has shared the conversation she had with actor Alan Rickman, when she revealed to him the true complications of his character in the Harry Potter movies. Rickman played Severus Snape, Harry's teacher and apparent tormentor who eventually turns out to be working for good forces, including…

New, full-cast audio productions of all seven original Harry Potter books will be released on Audible beginning late next year, offering for the first time the full range of character voices, real-world sounds and musical scoring for the recorded stories. Related…