J.K. Rowling

The cast mugs (muggles?) for the camera on a new batch of character posters.

Watch the first full trailer for the ‘Fantastic Beasts’ sequel, straight from Comic-Con!

Looks like we’ll be seeing a lot of Ilvermorny, the American school of magic.

Surprise surprise, the ‘Fantastic Beasts’ sequel won’t address Dumbledore’s openly gay sexuality.

During the pivotal scene in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Colin Farrell’s Percival Graves is revealed to be none other than the storied villain Grindelwald, played by Johnny Depp in a short cameo. The casting of Depp, who will have a more prominent role moving forward, has drawn ire from fans and journalists alike due to his alleged physical and verbal abuse of ex-wife and actress Amber Heard. While women everywhere are being empowered to break their silence after suffering years of misogynistic abuse, J.K. Rowling has broken hers to stand in support of an abuser.

The sequel to ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them’ got an official title today and cast photo, featuring the first photo of Jude Law as Dumbledore.

In honor of the 15th anniversary of ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,’ we’re ranking the very best characters of the wizarding world.

We may finally get to see the most epic duel in wizarding history, between Dumbledore and Grindelwald, in ‘Fantastic Beasts 2.’

Two decades ago, could any of us have predicted the future that awaited Harry Potter? One massively successful book expanded to seven, which begat a theme park, a universe’s worth of merchandising, eight films, a play, and a new tangentially related franchise. And for those fans who still want more Potter, there is Pottermore.

J.K. Rowling is a pretty gracious woman. Beyond giving us the Wizarding World, regularly answering Harry Potter fan questions on Twitter, and annually apologizing for character deaths, she also gives back a little. In 2008, the author wrote an idea for a Potter prequel and auctioned it off to raise funds for a literacy charity. Now someone has stolen that rare prequel, because the world is full of ungrateful muggles.