With HBO’s Harry Potter series beginning to round out its cast, speculation is heating up around one of the most important characters yet to be announced: Lord Voldemort. And leading the current wave of predictions is a familiar face from another major franchise—Tom Hiddleston. Best known for playing Loki across the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Hiddleston is now sitting at 1/1 ...

It seems difficult to think of a time when the Harry Potter franchise wasn’t a huge part of our lives, and it’s been nearly thirty years since J.K. Rowling released the novel that would change everything — Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. That first book launched one of the most iconic franchises in literary and film history. That book was the first ...

In 2005, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was released in theaters worldwide, and fans were introduced to witches and wizards from Beauxbatons Academy of Magic and Durmstrang Institute. One witch or wizard from each school would be selected from the Goblet of Fire to participate in the dangerous Triwizard Tournament. In a shocking moment, a fourth name flies out of ...

In 1997, unknown British author J.K. Rowling changed the world with the release of her first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. She didn’t know it at the time, but Harry Potter would go on to become one of the most successful film and television franchises in history. That first book would turn into seven novels in the original series, plus more ...

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 ...