Harry Potter alums Imelda Staunton, who portrays Professor Umbridge, and Toby Jones, who provides the voice of Dobby, are set to star in Circle Mirror Transformation at the Rose Lipman Building in London. The production is part of the Royal Court’s Theatre Local Project, and will run from July 5 to August 3.
The ScreenJunkies YouTube channel is dedicated to highlighting movies and TV shows that are worthy of watching. One of their recent videos (the one above), is a trailer spoof for the Harry Potter films.
There are less than three weeks until MISTI-Con, the Harry Potter experience coming to Laconia, New Hampshire on May 9-13. MISTI-Con, an event you won’t want to miss, includes a Tri-wizard style challenge, a masquerade ball, and actors from Harry Potter *and* Doctor Who!
Book / Book Series / News / Scholastic
by Claire Furner · Published April 19, 2013 · Last modified March 29, 2021
As previously reported, Scholastic has brought on artist Kazu Kibuishi to design new covers for the 15th anniversary collection of the Potter series to be released over this year. The new covers can be bought as individual books or as a boxed set, which is now avaliable to pre-order before the release at the end of August.
MuggleNet’s global re-read, Alohomora!, has been listened to by almost three quarters of a million people in the last year. They’ve covered two and a half books (plus the corresponding movies), had over two dozen amazing guest hosts, and have talked about themes and issues in the Potter series that have quite literally never been discussed before. Today, April 18, they celebrate their one year anniversary with a very exciting announcement! Well, TWO announcements, actually!
Event Reports / The Daily Prophet
by Keith Hawk · Published April 18, 2013 · Last modified October 31, 2022
Those of you who were lucky enough to be able to attend Quidditch World Cup VI this past weekend, are no doubt still talking about how amazing it was.
It has been announced that The Bling Ring, starring Emma Watson, will open the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival. Films in the Un Certain Regard section run parrallel to the main Cannes selections and are judged by a separate jury and awarded a separate prize, to be announced May 25.
Last Thursday night on the television show, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, host Jimmy Fallon informed the audience that the Quidditch World Cup would be held in Florida followed by a few satirical snaps at the players and fans. You can watch his skit right here at the 1:36 mark. Well Mr. Kimmel, we have a challenge for you:
This month, the Harry Potter Alliance is hosting its annual book drive, called Accio Books! Having donated over 86,000 books to underprivileged or underserved readers in the past, this year, its goal is stronger than ever – it’s teaming up with Read Indeed to assist in the donation of one million books.
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