Update, October 6, 2026: The merger has closed, and Skydance has confirmed who will run its streaming and film divisions. This post has been updated to reflect both. The Wizarding World has a new landlord. Paramount’s US$110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, the company behind the Harry Potter films and the HBO series, closed…
Ollivander may want to sit down for this one. Toybox, the Oakland, California, company behind a 3D printer designed for kids and families, is adding officially licensed Harry Potter designs to its printable catalogue for the first time. The company announced the collection on October 1 as an extension of its partnership with Warner Bros….
The Chamber of Secrets has been opened, five cards at a time. The Harry Potter Card Game, the Japan-exclusive trading card game from merchandise maker Movic and Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products, is getting its third booster pack. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Part 1 goes on sale Saturday, October 24, 2026,…
I solemnly swear I am up to no good, and so, apparently, is the teapot. Japanese lifestyle brand Afternoon Tea LIVING has unveiled a new Harry Potter collection built around Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. It goes on sale Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at Afternoon Tea LIVING stores across Japan and through the…
A fire broke out inside Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo – The Making of Harry Potter on the evening of Tuesday, September 29, Japan time (Tuesday morning in the US), but the doors opened as normal the next day. The Studio Tour, in Tokyo’s Nerima ward, confirmed the fire in a notice on its official…
Muggles in one corner of the English countryside are finding out what it’s like to live next door to the Wizarding World, and it involves a lot of road signs. HBO’s Harry Potter series has been filming in Latimer, a small village in the Chess Valley in Buckinghamshire, England, since Monday, September 28. Residents were…
He Who Must Not Be Named is getting the sixth-scale treatment, and he’s bringing his snake. Inart, the premium collectibles studio behind its 1/6 scale Harry, Ron, Hermione, Snape and Dumbledore figures, is opening pre-orders for two new Harry Potter pieces: Lord Voldemort from Deathly Hallows, and Harry in his Triwizard Tournament kit from Goblet…
Care-a-Lot has been Sorted again, and this time the bears brought broomsticks. A four-bear Care Bears x Harry Potter “Special Edition Collector Set” has turned up at Sam’s Club, the US warehouse club, priced at US$34.98 on in-club signage. It isn’t the lineup Basic Fun! launched in the spring. These bears wear robes in their…
Kaja Bajowska’s homegrown cover reaches the Polish Half-Blood Prince. Price, specs, the full six-volume set, and how to order from abroad.
An early look at season two’s branding didn’t come from HBO. It turned up in a school-supplies presentation. A logo for season two of HBO’s Harry Potter series, subtitled in Portuguese as E a Câmara Secreta, appeared on screen during a presentation by DAC, the Brazilian stationery brand, on Friday, September 25, 2026. DAC hosted…
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