X-Men star takes over Sir Kenneth Branagh’s Harry Potter role for upcoming HBO series

With Harry Potter excitement expected to reach fever pitch once more later this year with the launch of HBO’s new TV series, Warner Bros. is going big on the merch — and just in time for Christmas. The studio has announced that the U.K. largest Harry Potter shop will open in central London in November, weeks…

The 36-year-old will play Hogwarts professor Gilderoy Lockhart in the HBO adaptation of the children’s fantasy novels by JK Rowling.

The 36-year-old will play Hogwarts professor Gilderoy Lockhart in the HBO adaptation of the children’s fantasy novels by JK Rowling.

The highly anticipated first season of HBO's reboot of Harry Potter has yet to be released.

Actress Bel Powley, who stars in HBO's upcoming "Harry Potter" streaming series, is now on the attack against "Harry Potter" creator J.K. Rowling over the Rowlings views about transgenderism, and says she "strongly disagrees" with Rowling's statements.

Bel Powley, who plays Petunia Dursley in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone TV series, is not holding back her thoughts on author J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans views. “I strongly disagree with J.K. Rowling’s views on gender,” she told The Telegraph. “I think that the trans community deserve safety and di