#harry-potter-hbo

#harry-potter-hbo

Kayleen Walters, head of Mojang Studios and VP of franchise development for gaming at Microsoft: We wanted to push the story beyond what players experience in-game and do something special for the film, making sure Minecraft not only stayed true to its roots but also created an experience that welcomed new fans into the franchise.

I'm categorically not," he said when asked in a recent The Times interview whether he is set to play Voldemort. "Can you make that the headline?" he asked, seemingly keen to make it known far and wide that he wouldn't take on the role.

Andor and House of Cards writer Beau Willimon will tackle the Game of Thrones film with an initial script already turned in to Warner Bros. Aside from Willimon's involvement, there's no details on who is attached to direct.

A steam train featuring in the upcoming Harry Potter television series is scheduled to visit the Epping Ongar Railway this spring, including the Easter weekend. The nearly 80-year old steam locomotive 6989 'Wightwick Hall' will star as the Hogwarts Express in the TV series. Repainted into red livery for its television role, the locomotive is expected to operate steam-hauled services along the Epping Ongar Railway throughout April.

In the world of , you can't move for Aegons. In Game of Thrones, a much-anticipated plot twist revealed Jon Snow wasn't the bastard son of Eddard Stark. In fact, he was secretly Aegon Targaryen, son of the Mad King Rhaegar and Lyanna Stark. Then, House of the Dragon introduced King Aegon II, the son of King Jaehaerys and Queen Alicent. Finally, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms revealed its bald squire, Egg, was actually Aegon Targaryen, the future King Aegon V.

As a series-length adaptation of Rowling's first novel, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, the first season of the Harry Potter series will have a much larger canvas on which to tell its story. That means the reboot will contain some new additions - and according to Lox Pratt, who plays Potter's arch-rival, Draco Malfoy, in the series, those additions include more backstory for one of the most loathed characters in the Wizarding World.

Since opening on Broadway, Harry Potter and the Cursed Childthe stage sequel that extends J.K. Rowling's wizarding saga decades beyond the original books and films, with Harry, Ron, Hermione and Draco now middle-aged parentshas been a moving target: artistically ambitious, commercially resilient, and constantly evolving in response to a changing theater economy. But nothing in the show's long trajectory compares to what happened when Tom Felton joined the cast this season to reprise Draco Malfoy, the role he played across eight blockbuster Harry Potter films.

Draco Malfoy, one of Harry Potter's most recognisable villains, has become an unlikely lunar new year icon across China, as fans embrace the character for the year of the horse. In Mandarin, Malfoy's name is transliterated as ma er fu. The first character means horse while the final character, fu, means fortune or blessing a powerful symbol found across lunar new year celebrations. Put together, Malfoy's name can be loosely read as horse fortune, making him an unexpectedly auspicious figure for the year ahead.

"It does go against the warmth of Ron,"

The first season of The Night Manager, a full decade ago, saw mild-mannered hotel employee Jonathan Pine (Tom Hiddleston) as he got himself embroiled in a conspiracy involving arms dealer Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie). Now, nine years have passed, and Jonathan is living under a new name in London. But everything changes when he stumbles on an old friend of Roper, which brings him on a brand-new adventure in Colombia.

Melling plays Colin, a certified beta whose deepest desire is to serve. He gets his wish when he meets Ray (Skarsgård), a toppy, Tom of Finland -esque biker with an attitude so icy it could preserve food. The two enter into a full-time power-exchange relationship that fuels both of their desires, until their connection evolves to a heart-wrenching breaking point.