Earlier this month it was announced that The Casual Vacancy would be turned into a BBC miniseries, set to air in 2014, and the first information about casting for the series has been revealed via a tweet from J.K. Rowling’s agent Neil Blair.
MuggleNet reported just a few days ago that construction had begun at Universal Studios Hollywood for their new Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction, and it seems Universal Studios Japan at Osaka has followed suit!
MuggleNet previously reported that Warwick Davis would appear in the third season of the popular travel show An Idiot Abroad. In the U.K. the show airs on Sky1 HD, and now U.S. viewers will get a chance to watch the antics of Warwick and show host Karl Pilkington as they travel the world.
A trailer has recently been released for Seth Rogen’s new film This is the End. The comedy is about a group of celebrities living in a post-apocalyptic world, and stars Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, and Craig Robinson.
Today MTV revealed spots 30-21 on their countdown of the Top 50 Movie Characters of 2012. Coming in at number 22 is Emma Watson’s character Sam from The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
The first official image from Daniel Radcliffe’s film Kill Your Darlings has been released. The image, which appears to be grabbed from an as-yet-unreleased trailer, gives fans their first glimpse of Daniel Radcliffe as Allen Ginsberg, as well as shows his co-stars Dane DeHaan, Ben Foster, and Jack Hudson as Lucien Carr, William Burroughs, and Jack Kerouac, respectively.
Pottermore has been teasing a big announcement recently, and just this morning the Pottermore Insider Blog released a sneak peak of Prisoner of Azkaban- a look at Hagrid’s first lesson! The blog selected this moment as a preview based on votes from the Pottermore community.
Yesterday The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando Resort celebrated a big milestone-serving the five-millionth Butterbeer since the attraction’s opening!
We previously reported that Harry Potter stars Dame Maggie Smith, who portrayed Professor McGonagall, and Sir Michael Gambon, who portrayed Albus Dumbledore, would be appearing in the new film Quartet. Though the film, which is a story about events at a home for retired opera singers, won’t be released until January, some lucky fans in the U.K. have an opportunity to see an early screening!
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