Your letter has arrived, and this time it came with a website attached. HarryPotter.com has given the HBO Harry Potter series a permanent home of its own at harrypotter.com/series, a dedicated hub sitting in the main navigation alongside Books, Films and Portkey Games rather than buried under a news tag. And the page carries a…
Term doesn’t officially start until September 1 — but it looks like a few students have already turned up early. Asha Soetan, who plays Gryffindor Chaser Angelina Johnson in HBO’s Harry Potter, shared an Instagram story this week captioned “POV: back on set today with some exciting scenes but sworn to secrecy!” She didn’t say…
Gilderoy Lockhart would be thrilled with today’s headlines. Nicholas Hoult — currently lighting up screens as Lex Luthor in Superman — has been cast as the wizarding world’s most self-adoring celebrity in Season 2 of HBO’s Harry Potter series. Hoult steps into the role made famous by Kenneth Branagh in 2002’s Harry Potter and the…
Lumos. It turns out someone at HBO was listening — and they’ve turned the lights up at Hogwarts. When HBO dropped the first teaser for its new Harry Potter series back in March, the reaction was split. The craft was there, but a loud chunk of the fandom felt the footage looked cold and desaturated…
Accio, merchandise! The first physical collectible bearing the branding of HBO’s Harry Potter series has quietly arrived — and it was never for sale. Chinese premium card maker Kakawow handed out event-exclusive “2026 KAKAWOW Harry Potter TV Series Limited Cards” in attendee gift bags at its KAKAJOY Asia Card Show, held July 24–26 in Shanghai….
Conjuring the wizarding world for a new generation takes more than a wand — it takes a record pile of Galleons, and a shoot its own cinematographer calls brutal. Adriano Goldman, the Brazilian director of photography behind The Crown and Andor and the lead DP on HBO’s Harry Potter series, pulled back the curtain in…
Hogwarts is getting a rating, and it’s a telling one. HBO has confirmed its Harry Potter series carries a TV-14 rating on the show’s official HBO Max listing — a strong signal for what kind of story fans should expect once the Sorting Hat drops this Christmas. TV-14 sits right in the middle: mature enough…
Muggle or wizard, cinematography can be its own kind of magic and Adriano Goldman, the man casting that particular spell on HBO’s Harry Potter, is opening up about how he does it. Adriano Goldman, the Brazilian cinematographer serving as Harry Potter‘s lead director of photography, sat down with fellow Brazilian filmmaker André Pilli for a…
Hogwarts is looking for its next Ginny Weasley — and this time, the search is wide open. Casting director Lucy Bevan has posted a new UK open casting call for a child to play Ginny Weasley in HBO’s Harry Potter series, following Gracie Cochrane’s decision to step away from the role after season one. The…
Every Potterhead has dreamed of being part of the Wizarding World. One vintage clothing seller on TikTok stumbled into it without even trying. The reseller recently sold a vintage sweatshirt — a fleece-lined women’s medium in a bold teal, blue, and purple geometric print — and shipped it to an address that stopped fans cold:…
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