CC #359: Week of September 8, 2013
In this week’s Caption Contest image, Scabior, Fenrir and other snatchers capture Harry. Read all of the winning captions for this week’s contest now!
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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.
Twitter Roundup: “Fantastic Beasts” Film!
You may have noticed that some Potter related news broke this week. BIG NEWS! But how did Twitter react? At first, quite calmly. It seemed the old Potter cast were as bemused as the...
Join the Harry Potter Alliance and donate to Equality FtW Today!
The Harry Potter fandom is BACK AGAIN in full swing, but it’s not just about the movies or the books… it’s about the fandom and doing what is right, not easy! It’s time to join the Harry Potter Alliance and their new fight for Equality for the Win and fight against world suck!
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!).
MuggleNet’s “The Hogwarts Collection” by Black Milk Clothing giveaway
MuggleNet has teamed up with Black Milk Clothing to bring you one of our biggest giveaways to date! The innovative brand from Australia recently launched “The Hogwarts Collection” to amazing reviews and fan demand.
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.
