A study abroad program at the University of Oregon called “fantasy on the Fringe” has Potter-enthusiast students excited and enthralled! It aims to allow students to study fantasy literature and pop culture while traveling in London and Edinburgh. It includes trips to festivals and marketplaces and even a day trip to J.K. Rowling’s childhood home!
Can’t get enough of fan-made “Potter” parodies? Well, if you’re in the Denver area, you’re in luck because “The Heirs of Hogwarts: An Improvised Adventure” is returning to the Bovine Metropolis Theater.
Universal Orlando has added new viewing portals in the shape of telephone booths that allow guests to peek into the Diagon Alley construction area. The windows have been set in the walls on either side of the site.
In the first ever tie for top prize at the Producers Guild Awards, Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman took home the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures for Gravity, alongside the producers of 12 Years a Slave.
The CW network has acquired rights to the four-hour miniseries Labyrinth, a screen adaptation of the novel of the same title by Kate Mosse. In the series, Tom Felton plays Viscount Trencavel, a thirteenth-century nobleman. Fellow Harry Potter actor John Hurt (Mr. Ollivander) also co-stars.
Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman are set for a successful awards season with their film “Gravity,” a hit among critics and moviegoers alike. This past Friday, January 10, they won Best Film, and Cuarón picked up Best Direction at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) International Awards.
Ralph Fiennes (Lord Voldemort) is set to receive the Honorary Dragon Award, a lifetime achievement honor, from Sweden’s Goteborg International Film Festival.
In a new interview, Rupert, who portrays a 1950s drug dealer in the stage production Mojo, talks about the ups and downs of being part of the play. He’s doing quite well, considering he’s been nominated for a Whatsonstage.com award for London Newcomer of the Year, not to mention the production’s run has been extended to February 8.
Christopher Gossage, the lawyer who revealed J.K. Rowling as the true author behind the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, has been fined 1,000 GBP by the Solicitors Regulation Authority for his breach of confidentiality.
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