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The wand chooses the wizard — but this week, a pair of $2,195 sunglasses chose the wands. Snap has unveiled SPECS, its first consumer augmented-reality glasses, and among the launch experiences is a Harry Potter collaboration built with HBO Max to mark Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, premiering this Christmas. About 35 minutes into…

Somebody find Colin a camera. HBO has cast three more Chamber of Secrets arrivals for Season 2 of its Harry Potter series: Rafe Spall as Arthur Weasley, Molly Hewitt-Richards as Moaning Myrtle and Jasper Ambrose as Colin Creevey. HBO Max and the official Harry Potter account revealed the trio on Instagram on Tuesday with a…

The show is not coming back, because it never went away. It is changing jobs. Harry Potter: The Official Film Podcast is being renamed Harry Potter: The Official Series Podcast, shifting from a rewatch of the eight films to a weekly companion for HBO’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Rhianna Dhillon stays on as…

Dobby has arrived to warn Harry not to go back to Hogwarts — and now we know who is delivering the warning. HBO announced three new Season 2 castings on Friday: Lenny Rush as Dobby, Billy Barratt as Tom Riddle, and Bonnie Hill as Ginny Weasley. Rush, 17, takes on the house-elf who spends most…

The Hogwarts Express pulled out of King’s Cross yesterday. Today we finally get to see what happens once it arrives. HBO has released the second trailer for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, and where the first teaser lingered on Harry’s life before the letter, this one moves straight into the castle — the Sorting,…

The Back to Hogwarts 2026 Showcase is dropping announcements all morning. We are watching live and adding every reveal as it happens.

Every Hogwarts letter finds its way eventually. In Japan, it’s arriving by two new doors at once. Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed on September 1 that HBO Max launches in Japan on October 1 as a dedicated hub inside both Prime Video and Hulu Japan — and that season one of the HBO original Harry Potter…

The Sorting Hat hasn’t changed its mind about anybody — but the banners it sorts you under have changed quite a lot. Back to Hogwarts is already underway on the other side of the world, and the celebrations have been rolling out fresh looks at HBO’s series ahead of the London event. The four redesigned…

Every fan has imagined the moment the letter arrives. Now there are two official ways to stage it yourself, and both carry the HBO series logo. The official Harry Potter accounts rolled out a pair of new augmented reality filters this week, sharing them through Instagram Stories rather than a press release. One is a…

Even Gilderoy Lockhart would struggle to spin this one into a chapter of his memoirs. Kit Harington is taking over as Hogwarts’ most self-admiring Defence Against the Dark Arts professor in Season 2 of HBO’s Harry Potter, replacing Nicholas Hoult, who was announced in the role only a few weeks ago. Deadline was first with…