With Back to Hogwarts Day – the annual Sept. 1 celebration of all things "Harry Potter" — right around the corner, publishers are introducing a new generation to the magic of reading by donating over 200,

The British actor has been cast as Severus Snape, the potions professor at Hogwarts. Alan Rickman played Snape in all eight Harry Potter films. Essiedu earned several nominations for his role in the BBC's I May Destroy You and costarred with Saoirse Ronan in The Outrun, which premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.

Footage of Kit Harington playing Gilderoy Lockhart in the most recent Harry Potter production shows why his casting in HBO’s series makes sense.

The role marks Harington's third collaboration with HBO, after starring in the tentpole Game of Thrones and financial drama The Industry.

Kit Harington joins the cast of HBO's "Harry Potter" series, replacing Nicholas Hoult. He has previously brought Professor Gilderoy Lockhart to life.

Kit Harington has joins 'Harry Potter' Season 2 as Gilderoy Lockhart in recasting. He replaces Nicholas Hoult and reprises recent voice role.

In the world of Harry Potter, special letters are carried by owls. Lighted drones here form an owl with a letter in a nighttime DroneArt show. A violinist plays music to accompany a show of lighted drones forming images from the Harry Potter books and movies.

"Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling has become a vocal, anti-trans women's rights advocate in recent years — and many of the stars of her movie and soon-to-be-TV franchise have spoken out in kind. At this point,