J.K. Rowling plans to ‘lay in champagne’ while activists boycott ‘Harry Potter’ TV series

EXCLUSIVE: Sam Mendes has a mammoth hit on his hands with The Motive and the Cue, which has been playing to packed houses on the National Theatre’s 890-seater Lyttelton proscenium stage.

coronation of King Charles III in disguise, despite her staying in California with children Archie and Lilibet. Keen observers took particular notice of one standout guest among the crowd of 2,200 at Westminster Abbey, arguing that the attendee looked like he was covering up his identity.One person even suggested it could be the Duchess of Sussex, 41, sneaking her way into the event.“[Meghan], you’re not fooling us…” they wrote on Twitter.Someone else joked it was “Snowpiercer” actress Tilda Swinton, 62, “deep in character.”“Looks like a character from guess who!” another quipped.“Just wait until the polyjuice potion wears off,” one user commented, referring to transformation potion from “Harry Potter.”But it turns out the white-grey hair and mustache were not a disguise at all.The man pictured is Sir Karl Jenkins, a legendary composer whose work was played during the ceremony.He recently told the BBC he was “honored” to have a part in the coronation.“It obviously sums up Welsh culture — the harp — and he [King Charles III] has always supported Welsh music,” said Jenkins, 79.“I don’t know whether he chose it, but he was happy to have it there.

Julianne Hough recently revisited her time as an extra in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.

Financial Times. “I think I felt a bit caged.”“The thing I found really hard was that I had to go out and sell something that I really didn’t have very much control over,” she explained.

EXCLUSIVE: Canada’s Crave has struck a multi-year licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) for the likes of Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, the DC Universe and HBO content.

Harry Potter actress Bonnie Wright has excitedly announced that she's expecting her first child. The star, who played Ginny Weasley in the hit film franchise, shared the news by posting two pictures with her husband Andrew Lococo as she showed off her bump on Instagram. The 32 year old added in the caption: "We’re having a baby! So excited to share this beautiful land with them.

Bonnie Wright is having a baby! The  star announced on Friday she is expecting her first child with husband Andrew Lococo. Wright shared the news on Instagram with a photo shoot of her growing baby bump on a sun-soaked hillside. A post shared by BONNIE WRIGHT (@thisisbwright)«We’re having a baby! So excited to share this beautiful land with them,» Wright, 32, captioned the post. «What a wild and humbling journey pregnancy is, transforming to make space for new life.

J.K. Rowling after the Harry Potter author doubled down on her feelings about the transgender community.Broadbent, who played Horace Slughorn in the film adaptations of Rowling’s books, described the current backlash against the author as “really sad”.“I think J.K.

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has accused Ireland’s Eurovision act of “preening, self-satisfied misogyny” after they cut ties with their creative director over comments he reportedly made on social media about transgender people. On Tuesday, Wild Youth said they were parting ways with Ian Banham and would no longer let him “near our team” after a screenshot circulated on Twitter appearing to be from his account.

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has become a dad for the first time, as he is spotted taking his newborn baby for a stroll with girlfriend Erin Darke in New York on Monday. Earlier this year, it was reported the couple were expecting their first child after being together for over a decade. A source close to the couple said in March: “Daniel and Erin could not be happier to be expecting.They are absolutely thrilled, and can’t wait to become a family of three.

JK Rowling has offered a sarcastic response towards those planning to boycott the upcoming Harry Potter TV series.The upcoming television reboot of the fantasy franchise was confirmed by HBO earlier this month (April 12), and will be the first-ever series based on the iconic books. As reported by Bloomberg, each season of the series is set to be based on one of Rowling’s seven main entries in the Harry Potter series.However, while some fans rejoiced at the forthcoming show, others were quick to speak out against the project due to the author’s previous remarks aimed at the transgender community.The comments were first made public in 2020 when the author took to Twitter to write a series of “anti-trans” tweets, which called out an article’s use of the phrase “men who menstruate”.

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has seemingly become a dad for the first time after taking his baby for a stroll with his girlfriend Erin Darke. The actor - who rose to fame as Harry Potter 22 years ago - was photographed pushing a pram in New York with his long-term girlfriend on Monday. Daniel, 33, wore a baseball cap with a hoodie and grey jeans, while Erin, 38, wore jeans and a green coat.

“Twilight” and “Harry Potter,” will get TV series adaptations doesn’t mean you’ve time-traveled back to a decade ago.This still is 2023.The reboot culture in television has run rampant for a while — “Magnum P.I.,” “True Lies,” “Fantasy Island,” “Hawaii Five-0,” “Queer Eye” and “Cobra Kai,” to name a few.This month alone will offer upcoming small-screen adaptations of “Dead Ringers,” and “Fatal Attraction,” with A-list stars attached to each project (Rachel Weisz and Joshua Jackson, respectively). But at least those stories have been lying dormant for 20-odd years (or more) before their resurrection.But in turning to the early 2000s regarding “Twilight” and “Harry Potter,” Hollywood has gone too far in that “How can we miss you when you won’t go away?” vein.Let’s face it: not enough time has passed for either franchise from their first round in the spotlight.The last “Potter” film came out in 2011, while the last “Twilight” movie was released a year later, in 2012. Even Gen Z was around then.Both franchises are still beloved by audiences, warts and all.

form of a TV series is coming to Max over the next decade, setting an entirely new cast for the trio fans have come to know and love. But “The Tonight Show” Jimmy Fallon offered a first-look at that cast on Wednesday — which apparently includes Marjorie Taylor Greene.OK, obviously, Fallon didn’t get crazy early access to the actual new cast of “Harry Potter.” In the segment, he simply fan-casted a few of the roles based on lookalike photos.

A new show based on the 1999 cult-classic film Galaxy Quest is currently in development at Paramount+.

“As soon as I saw Harry Potter, I thought “Hey, someday … my doppelganger!” joked “Weird Al” Yankovic about the inspiration to cast Daniel Radcliffe as his on-screen alter ego in Roku’s biopic parody Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.

Count actor Elijah Wood among those who are rooting for the new Lord of the Rings movies that are planned.

“The Last of Us” make for better/more promising television shows or movies. While gamers will try a game that is either from a new-to-them franchise or an original, 70% declare that they’ll try a new game in a preferred franchise. As such, as with film and television, games based on established brands like “Harry Potter,” “Star Wars” and the MCU have a leg up on the competition.The study also detailed which streaming platforms are most likely to be frequented by players of what video games.

Despite author J.K. Rowling coming under fire during the pandemic over her comments on transgender issues, Warner Bros has boldly stood by the Harry Potter and Wizarding World architect, in particular this morning, when it was made official that Warner Bros Discovery has greenlit a Harry Potter Max streaming series.

HBO and Warner Bros. Discovery dished out lots of news, teaser trailers, and other info at their press event today about rebranding HBO Max to Max.