HBO Max (now just Max) did have the Harry Potter franchise on its platform as the series is owned by Warner Brothers, which owns the streamer. However, the films were removed in February 2023, according to Games Radar. This is the second removal of the movies as they were taken off in August 2022, only …
Harry Potter fans are mourning the loss of yet another actor from the film franchise. Sir Michael Gambon was the second actor to play Hogwarts headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, after the 2002 death of Richard Harris, has passed away aged 82. According to the BBC, Michael Gambon died in hospital surrounded by his family. His widow, …
The world of Harry Potter is full of weird and wonderful spells, and light spells are one of the first we’re introduced to. There is so much. So, in this post, we will mention light spells, also known as Light-creation spells. The most well-known light spell is Lumos. However, other versions exist, including Lumos Duo, …
A topic that comes up frequently is the order of the Harry Potter series. This means what order the books go in. What we wanted to do for this is include the screenplays for Fantastic Beasts and, of course, The Cursed Child stage play. We know people hate it, but it is semi-canon, so we …
Harry Potter got to experience a lot of fascinating creatures during his seven adventures. The Philosopher’s Stone (Sorcerer’s Stone in the United States) introduced fans to the dragons of this world. The first one we meet is Norbert, a Norwegian Ridgeback. We learn later that Norbert is a girl renamed Noberta by Charlie Weasley, which …
You cannot have Hogwarts without Rowena Ravenclaw, a co-founder alongside Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin and Helga Hufflepuff. Helena Ravenclaw is her daughter, who, in death, would become the Ravenclaw House ghost. Rowena was Scottish and eventually found out she was magical. She either made her wand herself or purchased it from the Ollivander family. She …
Did Lord Voldemort make Harry Potter a Horcrux? Well, the answer to that is yes, well, sort of, if you want to be specific. Harry did not fit within the typical parameters of being a Horcrux. Upon the Dark Lord’s murder of Lily Evans Potter, her son became a Horcrux, according to Albus Dumbledore. Voldemort …
Gellert Grindelwald was a dark wizard who preceded Lord Voldemort, the arch-enemy of Harry Potter. This post will look at the actors who played the same character in the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films. Despite Gellert Grindelwald’s limited appearance in both screen franchises, it is surprising how many actors have played him. There are …
For a boy who owned a toad named Trevor and showed limited magical abilities in his youth, Neville Longbottom is a truer Gryffindor than his famous classmates, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ronald Weasley. Born to Aurors Frank and Alice Longbottom on July 30, the day before Harry Potter entered the world on July 31, …
Harry Potter becomes acquainted with wizarding world candy during his first ride on the Hogwarts Express with Ron Weasley. The sweets pop up all throughout the books and other media in the franchise. So, this post will list as many of them as possible. A big thank you to the list provided from the Wizarding …
July was an odd month as we were still soldiering through Fire and Blood. We had to add something to our reads of 2023, so we read the Harry Potter prequel story on Muggle Net. Going into August, we started getting behind on Goodreads, so we read the first screenplay for the Fantastic Beasts films. …
Is there a character that David Tennant cannot play? From the tenth doctor in Doctor Who to Barty Crouch Junior in Harry Potter, he has also made himself known for his role in Star Wars, where he played Huyang, an architect droid that helps Jedi younglings construct their lightsabers. There’s not a lot of information …
Aurors are almost like the wizarding police in the world of Harry Potter. After the Wizarding War, Harry becomes an auror alongside his best friend and brother-in-law, Ron Weasley, who later quits, joining his brother, George, at his joke shop, Weasley Wizard Wheezes. Throughout Harry’s adventures, he encounters many Aurors. However, the role existed well …
Albus Dumbledore has always had a unique role within the Wizarding World. Hopefully, when the television series drops (if it does), we’ll get a more detailed look at his life and everything to do with him; moreover, that brings us to his role in the life of Harry Potter and his adventures across seven books. …
There is a Harry Potter television series (hopefully) coming to Max [formerly HBO Max] in the next few years. While the book series that launched J.K. Rowling into international stardom is now somewhat controversial due to her views on transgender individuals, her previous work shouldn’t be hated because of her current opinions, but that’s neither …
Draco Malfoy is a character most Harry Potter fans love to hate. Upon his introduction in The Philosopher’s Stone, he’s the stereotypical school bully who thinks he is better than everyone else because he is rich and can access luxuries his classmates can only dream about. Case in point, he never knew any other life …
Cheeky and lovers of a good prank, Fred and George Weasley were the identical twin brothers of Bill, Charlie, Percy, Ron and Ginny and the fourth and fifth sons of their parents, Arthur and Molly Weasley. They became good friends with Harry Potter and Hermione Granger, the best friends of Ron. While identical, they were …
The Harry Potter book series was a staple for a generation of children. As the books were coming out, so were the films. However, this post is about the release of the books that lead to a multimillion media empire for J.K. Rowling. Even now, kids who have always struggled to get into reading have …
Lord Voldemort is a half-blood. This has been known since Albus Dumbledore started looking into his past. Since the beginning, he has only surrounded himself with purebloods and those who are blood purity fanatics. But he doesn’t appear to have an idea of his own… or does he? Merope Gaunt was 18 when she delivered …
Lord Voldemort was deathly (no pun intended) afraid of Harry Potter. However, there was another boy he should have also feared: Neville Longbottom. Both boys had equal power to take him down. But why did the Dark Lord target one but not the other? That’s what we’ll explore here. Also, this may contain spoilers for …
Death is frequent in the world of Harry Potter. In no specific order, we will look at the characters who died. Since there are over a hundred deaths, we won’t be looking at every death. Just the ones we can remember. Also, we’ll only add confirmed demises, and the person has a name. Also, some …
The Harry Potter movies were a staple of many childhoods. In 2001 and competing with Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring came Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Sorcerer’s Stone in the United States), starting a chain reaction that would last well into the 2020s. From 2001 to 2011, eight Harry Potter …
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was released in 2007 to much fanfare. In 2008, J.K. Rowling released an 800-word short prequel story set three years before Harry’s birth. The adventure was about James Potter and Sirius Black, Harry’s father and godfather, respectfully, after they left Hogwarts. It was written as an unofficial prequel. The …
Helga Hufflepuff, a cofounder of Hogwarts alongside Rowena Ravenclaw, Godric Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin, gets very little credit. Her house has had many famous names come through over the years. It’s time they get some recognition. What a lot of people might not know is that Hufflepuff will often take the students who didn’t fit …
Known as one of the most dangerous magical creatures in the Harry Potter universe, Basilisks can kill someone by looking at them directly in the eye. Just ask “Moaning” Myrtle Warren. Affiliated with the Dark Arts, the first known Basilisk to be born was by Herpo the Foul, who hatched a chicken egg under a …
