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Polygon's home for coverage of the Harry Potter wizarding world, including J.K. Rowling's books and their movie adaptations, as well as Warner Bros. Pictures' spinoff film series, Fantastic Beasts.

WB wants more Harry Potter movies — but what does that really mean?

By Austen Goslin

Hogwarts Legacy’s new trailer shows the dark side of siding with Slytherin

By Owen S. Good

The new Fantastic Beasts movie comes to HBO Max next week

By Petrana Radulovic

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore lets a zombified franchise lurch forward

By Charles Bramesco

Hogwarts Legacy’s big gameplay trailer reveals holiday 2022 release date

By Owen S. Good

Hogwarts Legacy gets a 20-minute gameplay reveal this week

By Owen S. Good

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore’s new trailer only hints at Dumbledore’s secrets

By Austen Goslin

Harry Potter’s Return to Hogwarts special isn’t about nostalgia — it’s about rebranding

By Jo Reid

The last great moment in the Harry Potter fandom

By Petrana Radulovic

EA canned a Harry Potter MMO in the early 2000s

By Ryan Gilliam

Harry Potter cast members reunite in the first trailer for the 20th anniversary special

By Petrana Radulovic

Real-life Quidditch leagues plan rebranding to distance sport from J.K. Rowling’s transphobia

By Petrana Radulovic

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore trailer shows us Mads Mikkelsen’s Grindelwald

By Austen Goslin

First look at HBO’s Harry Potter reunion brings the Golden Trio back to Hogwarts

By Petrana Radulovic

The first Harry Potter movie owes a lot to Home Alone, says director

By Petrana Radulovic

Harry Potter director Chris Columbus still thinks he got the scar wrong

By Petrana Radulovic

Niantic is shutting down Harry Potter: Wizards Unite

By Michael McWhertor

Harry Potter trivia game show hosted by Helen Mirren is a very real thing in 2021

By Petrana Radulovic

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore suddenly coming in April

By Austen Goslin

Hogwarts Legacy designer quits studio following YouTube controversy

By Owen S. Good

Hogwarts Legacy to include ‘trans-inclusive character creation’

By Nicole Carpenter

HBO Max hoping someone wants to make a Harry Potter live-action TV series

By Petrana Radulovic

Johnny Depp resigns from the Fantastic Beasts movies

By Petrana Radulovic

Why I’m not buying the Harry Potter game

By Stacey Henley

J.K. Rowling ‘not directly involved’ in creation of Hogwarts Legacy game, Warner Bros. says

By Ryan Gilliam

Harry Potter gets an open-world adventure in Hogwarts Legacy, coming soon

By Owen S. Good

All 8 Harry Potter movies will disappear from HBO Max next month

By Ryan Gilliam

Daniel Radcliffe defends trans women after J.K. Rowling’s targeted tweets

By Petrana Radulovic

Surprise! All 8 Harry Potter movies are on HBO Max

By Austen Goslin

Minecraft gets a magical makeover with this wild Harry Potter mod

By Cass Marshall

Judging if Harry Potter’s birthdays were all awful, based on the gifts

By Petrana Radulovic and Palmer Haasch

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite already has a fan fest announced

By Owen S. Good

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