» HBO to air standalone special on the making of new Harry Potter series
02/04/26 16:16 from Harry Potter | The Guardian
Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic features interviews with cast members and will air on 5 April HBO has more Harry Potter magic up its sleeve – today, the company announced a standalone, behind-the-scenes special to accompany its...
» First trailer for Harry Potter TV series reveals much-anticipated new take
25/03/26 19:49 from Harry Potter | The Guardian
First real look at HBO’s big-budget small screen take on JK Rowling’s best-selling books also reveals that first season will premiere this Christmas After a lengthy casting process and tight-lipped production, Harry, Ron and Hermione are...
» Why are today’s children’s books and films often so much better than adult ones? | Catherine Shoard
05/03/26 11:00 from Harry Potter | The Guardian
It’s not simply that kids’ culture has improved since I was young. Across stage, screen and cinema, grownup offerings pale in comparison to those aimed at my son World Book Day dawns once more, with its morning chorus of swearing and sti...
» Flagship Harry Potter store to open on London’s Oxford Street
04/03/26 00:00 from Harry Potter | The Guardian
British outlet for the Hogwarts-adjacent ‘interactive retail experience’ will include ‘photo moments’ and exclusive merchandise Warner Bros has announced it is to open a 21,000 sq ft Harry Potter store on Oxford Street, one of London’s b...
» ‘A reminder of how careless I was’: from cringe cartoons to cancelled rockstars, the tattoos fans regret
22/02/26 10:00 from Harry Potter | The Guardian
What happens when you’re sporting signs of your devotion long after your idol has fallen from grace? Meet the fans whose tattoos have become embarrassing – even problematic On 20 February 2012, Coté Arias met Morrissey at a fan meet-up i...
» Shrinking potion: two-part Harry Potter and the Cursed Child to become single show in London
28/01/26 17:34 from Harry Potter | The Guardian
Olivier award-winning West End production will follow US example and be trimmed to make it ‘more accessible than ever before’ For almost a decade it has been the most epic fixture in West End theatre: a two-part play that runs for five h...
» Post your questions for Tom Felton
25/11/25 11:54 from Harry Potter | The Guardian
As the Harry Potter actor brings Draco Malfoy to Broadway and is set to star in a Jimmy Carr-penned spoof period drama alongside Damian Lewis, the eternal bad boy will answer your questions It can’t be easy being best known for always pl...
» Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling audiobook review – an all-star outing
05/11/25 15:26 from Harry Potter | The Guardian
Cush Jumbo, Hugh Laurie and Matthew Macfadyen bring extra twinkle to Rowling’s magical tale It has become tradition for Audible to bring out the big guns in the run-up to Christmas and deliver star-studded adaptations of well-known novel...
» Reparo! Harry Potter film crew mend potholes blighting Devon village
15/10/25 11:50 from Harry Potter | The Guardian
Villagers in Lustleigh ask council why it has taken filming of TV adaptation of JK Rowling books to secure street repairs Residents of cities, towns and villages across the UK complain their lives are blighted by the plague of potholes. ...
» The fanfiction written on a notes app that’s become a bestseller – with a seven-figure film deal
29/09/25 16:53 from Harry Potter | The Guardian
SenLinYu’s debut started life as Harry Potter fanfiction. The Alchemised author shares why they were drawn to a war-torn love story, how a conservative upbringing shaped their writing, and the snobbery around fanfiction In recent days, b...
» ‘She is ignorant of how ignorant she is’: JK Rowling responds to Emma Watson rift
29/09/25 15:43 from Harry Potter | The Guardian
The author has rebuffed conciliatory remarks made by the Harry Potter actor, saying Watson has ‘enthusiastically participated’ in the ‘trashing of women’s rights’ Harry Potter author JK Rowling has responded to Emma Watson’s recent remar...
» Tinseltown takeover: how Harry Potter fanfic has evolved into Hollywood’s hottest property
15/09/25 05:00 from Harry Potter | The Guardian
What once seemed a pretty fringe subculture of hobbyists riffing on stories that got them privately hot is now bringing mainstream cinema to a rolling boil There was a time when fan fiction meant furtive scribbles uploaded to shadowy cor...
» First look at HBO’s Harry Potter TV series released
14/07/25 15:59 from Harry Potter | The Guardian
HBO releases first glimpse of new Boy Who Lived as cameras roll on small screen adaptation of JK Rowling’s books HBO has provided a first glimpse at the new world of Harry Potter , as filming begins on its hotly anticipated television ad...
» Tom Felton to reprise role as Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
05/06/25 17:13 from Harry Potter | The Guardian
Actor to make Broadway debut in play set 19 years after events of the final book in JK Rowling’s fantasy series More than a decade after casting his last spell, Tom Felton, best known for playing Harry Potter’s bleach-blond nemesis, is r...
» Lights, camera, fractions: how Harry Potter TV actors will juggle Hogwarts with real lessons
31/05/25 11:00 from Harry Potter | The Guardian
Dozens of child actors will feature in HBO’s new Harry Potter series, all of them needing on-set tuition to be conjured up between scenes Harry Potter may have been overjoyed at going to Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, but th...
» Harry Potter: three leads announced for HBO’s new TV series
27/05/25 17:25 from Harry Potter | The Guardian
Newcomers will be playing the three leads, joining John Lithgow, Paapa Essiedu and Janet McTeer After an extensive search, the actors set to play the new leads of the Harry Potter TV series have been found. The open casting call for Brit...
» Pedro Pascal calls JK Rowling a ‘heinous loser’ in wake of supreme court gender ruling
25/04/25 11:01 from Harry Potter | The Guardian
The actor has long been an activist for LGBTQ+ rights and has a transgender sister who often accompanies him on the red carpet The actor Pedro Pascal has attacked author JK Rowling on X, calling her a “heinous loser”. Pascal responded to...
» A ‘Black Snape’ in the new Harry Potter seems designed to cause controversy – but it could work | Jason Okundaye
20/04/25 12:57 from Harry Potter | The Guardian
Ignore the fuss: Paapa Essiedu is a brilliant actor who can bring his own depth and style to enrich the iconic character After months of speculation, HBO has announced part of the cast of the latest round of Harry Potter IP-mining: the n...