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Crimes of Grindelwald
Wizarding World entry Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald are certainly different than other films in the previous series, and director David Yates is highly aware of this. In a recent interview with our friends over at Collider, Yates spoke a bit about what this Fantastic Beasts sequel is really about, and the political tonality of the feature, as well as[...]
20 Years Since the Battle of Hogwarts, Plus JK Rowling's Annual Death Apology
Author JK Rowling really did change the world with her young witches and wizards novels, an impact we're still feeling 20+ years later.  Aside from being hugely successful books on their own, the Harry Potter film universe remains as popular as ever. May 2nd marks the anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts, when Voldemort's Deatheaters attacked the[...]
Warners And Rowling Trademark "J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World" With New Logo
As Warners and JK Rowling have, together,trademarked the words and have now created a logo for "J.K Rowling's Wizarding World" and registered it for, well, basically everything Including comic books. Anyway, it looks like this is Warners' new all-in phrase for JK's work that covers not only Harry Potter but the worlds outside of Hogwarts being explored in the[...]
When JK Rowling Said She'd Never Do Harry Potter Comic Books
The President of DC Comics, Diane Nelson, used to work closely with JK Rowling on the Harry Potter movies at Warner Bros Some commentators wondered if Nelson could get comic book rights to Harry Potter over to DC Comics for adaptations or new work. But it was not to be And ahead of the new Harry[...]
HBO And BBC Co-Producing Miniseries Based On JK Rowling's The Casual Vacancy
So it looks like JK Rowling was wrong after all about her first non-Harry Potter novel, The Casual Vacancy, not being a very filmable book. Actually, it's so filmable that HBO and BBC both want in on it, and will be co-producing a 3 episode miniseries adaptation, which will begin filming this summer Sarah Phelps[...]
New, Free Harry Potter Writing By JK Rowling
Deadline reports JK Rowling has posted a new piece of Harry Potter-related writing online, for free, and it's called… History of the Quidditch World Cup. Quiddith is obviously a huge part of the franchise and the matches were pretty exciting to read about/watch on the big screen, but I'm not sure if reading about its history[...]
Warner Bros Ups The Harry Potter Trademarks – Beedle The Bard, Quidditch And More
That Warner Bros has trademarked Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them for everything (including comic books) under the sun is unsurprising, with the news of an upcoming JK Rowling-written spinoff movie. But it's not the only Potter-related trademark, that may point to future projects. Newt Scamander, the fictitious author of Fantastic Beasts. There's the Potter book-within-a-book Tales[...]
Friday Runaround – Clock Watching
Here's what's going down – do let us know if you'll be there. RowlingWatch: JK Rowling has signed a deal for her first adult-audience novel And it's still not a comic C'mon, Diane, use blackmail or something… PageWatch: The first page of upcoming Vertigo anthology oneshot Mystery In Space short Transmission from Andy Diggle and Davide Gianfelice.   This[...]