The Dark Mark continues to hang over HBO’s new Harry Potter TV series like a bad omen. But let’s face it — with J.K. Rowling onboard as one of the executive producers, the project was always going to garner controversy faster than you can say “Nimbus 2000.” Over the past several years, the world-famous author has been repeatedly criticized for ...

Will there ever be a quiet day for the Harry Potter franchise? If it isn’t author JK Rowling stirring the cauldron on X/Twitter (like she always does), it’s the likes of Miriam Margoyles “sprouting” out nonsense about adults being too old to like the franchise. Now, while this news is from last year, with everything that’s going on in the ...

When unknown writer J.K. Rowling released her first novel — Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone — she created a franchise that would go on to become one of the most popular and iconic ones the world had ever seen. Tens of millions of people fell in love with her wizarding world and the people who inhabited it. Fans felt that Harry ...

Harry Potter has remained one of the most beloved and lucrative franchises in entertainment history. With over 600M copies of the books sold globally, eight blockbuster films that grossed a combined $7.7B worldwide, and theme park attractions spanning multiple Universal Studios resorts, the Wizarding World shows no signs of losing its magic. However, the upcoming Harry Potter TV series set for ...

Lately, the Harry Potter TV series set for HBO has dominated the Daily Prophet news. Though it might seem like little has been left to the imagination–anyone familiar with the seven Harry Potter books will, of course, know what to expect plot-wise–but where the casting is concerned, it’s fair to say that Warner Bros. has many surprises in store for ...