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io9Lego’s Harry Potter BrickHeadz Are Going to Avada Kedavra You With Cuteness
Lego is about to take its biggest bite yet out of Funko’s domination of the adorably-deformed, collectible figurine market with the addition of its first Harry Potter BrickHeadz characters. The new figures include Hermione, Ron, Dumbledore, Harry himself, and his snowy owl, Hedwig. Harry Potter and Hedwig will be sold as a 180-piece two-pack for … Continued
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io9Television
Harry Potter Alumni Will Journey to Outer Space in YouTube Red Series Origin
Harry Potter veterans Natalia Tena and Tom Felton are trading their wands for phasers, as they’re set to star in YouTube Red’s scifi thriller Origin, with Paul W.S. Anderson (the Resident Evil series) directing the first couple of episodes. Origin, which was first announced last year, will star Tena and Felton as Lana and Logan, … Continued
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io9Games
Dame Maggie Smith, Warwick Davis and More Harry Potter Teachers Are Back for Hogwarts Mystery
On April 25, fans are going to get the chance to go back to J.K. Rowling’s school for sorcerers in the Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery mobile game. When they get there, they’ll be welcomed by familiar voices from the Harry Potter films. Hogwarts Mystery hits iOS and Android in three weeks and while we already … Continued
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io9TrailersA Very Chill Dumbledore Is the Star of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald‘s First Trailer
Because the first Fantastic Beasts was a fish out of water story about Newt Scamander traveling to America, there was only so much of the iconic English wizarding world to be seen. But that’s all changing in The Crimes of Grindelwald. As its title clearly suggests, the follow-up film rejoins Newt as he becomes entangled … Continued
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io9Hufflepuffs Are Actually Great, and Allow the Cast of the Play Puffs to Explain Why
Everyone knows the four houses of Hogwarts: Braves, Snakes, Smarts, and Puffs. What? That’s not what you call them? The Harry Potter satire Puffs, or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic does and it’s funnier than anything you’d find in the Weasley’s joke shop. The off-Broadway comedy focuses on … Continued
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io9Books & Comics
You Can Magically Visit Parts of the British Library’s Harry Potter Collection Online
Last year, the British Library launched a Harry Potter-themed exhibition of rare art and manuscripts not just from the beloved series, but artifacts from folklores and mystical beliefs from across the world. Thanks to the rabid desires of the Potter fanbase, tickets quickly sold out—but if you missed out, you can now see parts of … Continued
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io9Toys & CollectiblesAll the Cool News and Shiny Toys You Might Have Missed From Toy Fair 2018
New York Toy Fair has come and gone, leaving us with even more fancy bits of plastic to get excited over in the coming months. Missed out on our coverage? Here’s everything Gizmodo and io9 saw from the show this year! Actual, Real-Life Rocket League Okay sure, you don’t have the power-ups and can’t drive … Continued
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io9Toys & Collectibles
These New Harry Potter Wands Let You Play a Magic Version of Laser Tag
It’s all but impossible to reach the end of the Harry Potter books or movies without secretly pining for a wand of your own, but it’s probably best for humanity that we’re not all flailing magical sticks around. The next best thing would be JAKKS Pacific’s new interactive Wizard Training Wands that make it feel … Continued
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io9Toys & Collectibles
Lego’s New Hogwarts Great Hall Set Is Going to Magically Drain My Wallet
This isn’t Lego’s first attempt at miniaturizing Harry Potter’s Hogwarts Castle (it’s at least the sixth) and at 878-pieces it’s not the largest version either. But somehow the new Hogwarts Great Hall set stands several Hagrids above all the previous versions by recreating, in wonderful detail, one of the franchise’s best set-pieces. The set features … Continued
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io9MoviesWatch VFX Wizards Make All the Magic in Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them
It’s doubtful if any of the Harry Potter books could have been turned into movies without the benefit of modern visual effects techniques. And while so much of what you see in blockbuster movies is created by a computer now, it’s fun to see the old-school, on-set tricks used to make films like Fantastic Beasts … Continued
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io9That Freaky Bot-Written Harry Potter Chapter Got Turned into a Freaky Cartoon
The sky as a great black ceiling full of blood. Hagrid’s shrieking furniture. Harry dipping Hermione in hot sauce. Instead of just reading the wacky adventure, now you can watch all these moments from the predictive keyboard opus Harry Potter and the Portrait of What Looked Like a Large Pile of Ash come to life, … Continued
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io9Movies
Just Let Dumbledore Be Gay
Dumbledore is gay. This is a known thing in Harry Potter lore. But, when asked about how the character’s love life might be portrayed in the upcoming Fantastic Beasts sequel, director David Yates made it seem like that part of the future Hogwarts headmaster’s life will be… minimized. Jude Law will be playing Albus Dumbledore … Continued
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io9Books & Comics
The Walking Dead Star Andrew Lincoln Is Voicing A Quidditch Audiobook
Rick Grimes is coming to Harry Potter. Kind of. The 2001 book Quidditch Through The Ages, written by “Kennilworthy Whisp” (aka JK Rowling, you’re not fooling anyone around here), is an exploration of the rich fictional history of everyone’s favorite broom-related sporting event. Now, sixteen years late, it’s getting the fancy audiobook treatment, with Andrew … Continued
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io9Books & Comics
The Scots Language Translation of Harry Potter Is the Most Scottish Thing Ever
J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels have been translated into dozens of different languages, allowing for fans of witchcraft and wizardry from across the globe to get in on the magical adventure. But there is perhaps no translation quite as fascinating as the latest addition: Scots. Thanks to Matthew Fitt, Harry Potter and the Philospher’s Stone … Continued
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io9GamesA New Harry Potter Game Wants to Explore Life at Hogwarts Before Harry
Harry Potter has always had a weird relationship with video games, from the traditional movie tie-ins to the Lego series. But now that the franchise has mostly stepped aside for the prequel era in Fantastic Beasts, you’d think we’d start seeing more games connected to Newt instead of Harry and friends—but the latest Potter game … Continued
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io9Movies
Fantastic Beasts 2‘s French Word for ‘Muggle’ Proves the Non-British Wizarding World Is Lazy as Hell
The first Fantastic Beasts introduced us to the American wizarding world’s answer to “muggle” in the form of the ludicrous “no-maj,” a term that just makes it seems like America’s wizarding society was a little weird. But with the sequel The Crimes of Grindelwald heading to France, it turns out our magical linguistic world has … Continued
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io9Movies`This Elaborate Harry Potter Fan Film Fleshes Out Voldemort’s Origin Story
She’s looking for Tom Riddle. She thinks she can save him. That’s the premise behind Voldemort: Origins of the Heir, a stunning hour-long fan film devoted to filling in some of the gaps in Voldemort’s origin story. Like, what was he really like as a peer, and why didn’t anybody notice his growing, y’know, maniacal … Continued
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Daniel Radcliffe Responds to Fantastic Beasts‘ Casting Controversy
It was only a matter of time until the wider Potterverse was brought into the quagmire of controversy surrounding Johnny Depp’s major presence in the cast of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. But the first weighing-in from the old Potter crew has come from none other than the former Harry Potter himself. Speaking to … Continued
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io9You Have to Be a Wizard of Puzzles to Open the Secret Compartments on This Harry Potter-Themed Table
You’ve got one level of Harry Potter fandom where enthusiasts re-read the books and re-watch the movies again and again. And then you’ve got David Lundell’s level of fandom, which inspired him to build a gorgeous, wooden Potter-themed coffee table complete with secret compartments you need a magic wand to open. The “magic” needed to … Continued
