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Harry Potter, Fantastic Beasts movies on ITV, ITVX

ITV has announced the renewal of their deal with Warner Bros Discovery which grants the channels and streamer (ITVX) the free-to-air TV and streaming rights to the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts movies This marks the first time all eight films in the Harry Potter series will be made available free-to-air and on catch-up in […]

May 24, 2023By Nik Roseveare

Netflix UK adds all Harry Potter movies

All eight Harry Potter movies are now available to stream on Netflix in the UK and Ireland. Previously the movies – Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix,  […]

May 17, 2023By Nik Roseveare

ITVX acquires The Effects of Lying movie

ITVX has acquired The Effects of Lying, the debut production for independent production company Bonaparte Films. The comedic drama that brings a South Asian representation to screens, directed by Isher Sahota and produced by Jon Tarcy, will premiere on July 6th – during South Asian Heritage Month. The Effects of Lying follows dutiful husband and […]

May 11, 2023By Nik Roseveare

WBD unveils unified Max SVoD

Max is to be the name for the SVoD service from Warner Bros Discovery which will replace HBO Max and discovery+. Set to launch in the US on May 23rd, with European rollout scheduled for 2024, Max will incorporate HBO Originals, Warner Bros films, Max Originals, the DC universe, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, […]

April 13, 2023By Colin Mann

Hogwarts Legacy sets Twitch record

The long much-anticipayed Hogwarts Legacy video game, set in the Harry Potter world, is offiically released on February 10th – but early access was granted on February 7th to those who pre-ordered the deluxe editon of the game, and it has already set a record on streaming platform Twitch. During the first day of early […]

February 8, 2023By Nik Roseveare

The Rob Knox Story exclusively on ITVX

ITV has announced that the award-winning documentary (K)nox: The Rob Knox Story, about the tragic murder of Harry Potter actor Robert Knox, will stream exclusively on ITVX from February 23rd. In 2008, 18 year old Rob Knox was stabbed to death just days after filming his breakthrough role as Marcus Belby in the Harry Potter […]

January 11, 2023By Nik Roseveare

Winchester launches Pure Fiction Television

After almost three and a half years working with film producer David Heyman (Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood, Marriage Story, Harry Potter), Tom Winchester has left his role as President of Heyday Television to set up a new production company, Pure Fiction Television. The company will be creatively and financially autonomous but is founded […]

June 30, 2022

Harry Potter Studio Tour adds Professor Sprout’s Greenhouse

Warner Bros Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter has unveiled details of its latest expansion, Professor Sprout’s Greenhouse, part of a new feature opening on July 1st titled Mandrakes and Magical Creatures. Tom Felton, who portrayed Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series, visited the set ahead of it opening, which […]

June 21, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore debuts May 30 on HBO Max

Warner Bros. Pictures’ Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, the newest adventure in the Wizarding World created by J.K. Rowling, will be available to stream on HBO Max on May 30th. Professor Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) knows the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen) is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable […]

May 24, 2022

Dan Fogler, Robert Sheehan and more join MCM Comic Con line-up

MCM Comic Con is just a few days away and even more names from the world of entertainment have joined the stellar line-up. Dan Fogler, star of The Walking Dead and The Goldbergs, but perhaps best known as everyone’s favourite muggle, Jacob Kowalski, in the Fantastic Beasts franchise, will be meeting and greeting fans on […]

May 19, 2022By Nik Roseveare