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Alohomora! Episode 48: “Subtle Suffering” – now available!

This week Alohomora! continues its global re-read of the Harry Potter series with Chapter 10 of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – “Mayhem at the Ministry.” Listen along with hosts Caleb, Eric, Laura and special guest host and MuggleNet intern Rachel, as they return to The Burrow from the post-World Cup madness.

MuggleNet’s “Fantastic Beasts” podcast recap

It seems like much longer than just 48 hours since J.K. Rowling dropped a bomb on the Harry Potter fandom and announced that she was writing the screenplay(s) for a new film series based in the wizarding world. MuggleNet responded immediately and within six hours had over three hours of very different discussion on the news.

Newt Scamander fan fiction roundup!

In her own remarkable way, J.K. Rowling seems to have found one realm of her wizarding world that remains relatively untouched by the fan community. We scoured the internet to find fan fiction about the famous magizoologist and came up with only a few examples (although that’s sure to change over the next few months!).

Matt Lewis gives new interview about upcoming Great North Run

We posted a few weeks ago about some of Matt Lewis’s charity endeavors, including his participation in the Great North Run on September 15 to benefit the Leeds Rugby Foundation, of which he is vice president. With his race now just a couple of days away, Matt has been interviewed by the Yorkshire Evening Post about his preparation for the race.

“Look and feel” of the “Fantastic Beasts” film revealed

When asked about the possibilities of using the original Potter film sets at Leavesdon Studios for the future films, Tsujihara simply stated that “the look and feel will be very similar” as of the original Potter movies. However according to Rowling herself the story is “neither a prequel nor a sequel to the Harry Potter series but an extension of the wizarding world.” And with the beginning of the film set in New York 70 years before Harry even knows about Hogwarts, there certainly will be some differences.