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2025 has been one of the weaker years for the film industry as high-budget films like Captain America: Brave New World and Snow White have failed at both impressing the audience and at the box office. While there have been many disappointments this year, it does not mean that there have been no good movies released this year, and to prove that, we have compiled a list of the best movies that have come out in 2025 so far.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps (In Theaters) Credit – Marvel Studios

The Fantastic Four: First Steps is a superhero sci-fi action film directed by Matt Shakman from a screenplay co-written by Josh Friedman, Eric Pearson, Jeff Kaplan, and Ian Springer. The 2025 MCU film is set in an alternate universe, and it revolves around the Fantastic Four as their world comes under attack...

HBO’s Harry Potter reboot is officially in production, and it’s planned to run for 10 years. Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav has confirmed the news during the company’s most recent earnings call (via Collider). While the series will follow the structure of J.K. Rowling‘s original seven books, it will span a full decade. That means some seasons may be extended, split, or expanded with new materials.

Cinematographer Adriano Goldman confirmed that Season 1 will include eight episodes. Best known for his work in The Crown and Andor, he will lead the first two and final two episodes.

The show is being led by showrunner Francesca Gardiner (Succession) and director Mark Mylod. The full production is taking place at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden in the U.K., where the original movies were shot. The production team spent 18 weeks in pre-production (via movieweb).

Each book will form the basis of one season,...

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav is still waving his wand with confidence. During the company’s most recent earnings call, Zaslav doubled down on his promise that the Harry Potter TV series will run for ten years on HBO Max—far beyond the expected seven-season plan based on J.K. Rowling’s books. The comments arrive as production on Season 1 ramps up in and around London, with the series set to premiere in 2027. The new Harry Potter adaptation is now fully in motion, with the first official images of the cast and sets drawing surprisingly warm reactions from longtime fans. We've already seen Dominic McLaughlin as The Boy Who Lived, Nick Frost as a towering Hagrid, and delightful sneak peeks at Daniel Rigby and Bel Powley as Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia.

We're now starting to get more news on the project week by week, too. Rumors had swirled in...

The Harry Potter franchise has been getting a lot of new content recently, but with it came tremendous backlash. Author J. K. Rowling is considered one of the loudest anti-transgender voices in the UK, and celebrities and ordinary people alike have criticized her for her views. Now, one of the actors in the new Harry Potter: The Full-Cast Audio Editions has released a statement after taking the role of Professor McGonagall.

Michelle Gomez, best known for playing Missy in the long-running series Doctor Who, released a statement on her Instagram Stories. “To my LGBTQ+ fans, and especially the trans community: I want to speak directly to the concerns that have been raised about my involvement in this project,” she said. “I hear you, and I understand why this is painful for many. I want to be clear that I stand with trans people, and I support trans rights – fully and without hesitation.

As filming continues on HBO’s new Harry Potter series, a surprising new video has fans buzzing — and it’s not from the set. The spotlight instead lands on a different adaptation: Harry Potter: The Full-Cast Audio Editions, Audible and Pottermore’s ambitious new reimagining of the classic novels. The cast features a star-studded roster of over 200 performers, but one name is generating particular excitement: Arabella Stanton, the young actress voicing Hermione Granger in the first three installments of the audio series.

In a new behind-the-scenes video released to promote the Audible project, Stanton appears alongside Frankie Treadaway (Harry Potter) and Max Lester (Ron Weasley) as the trio answer Potter-themed trivia questions. While all three are charming, Stanton’s performance is an undeniable standout — bursting with wit, confidence, and unmistakable Hermione energy. Her sharp timing, bookish poise, and youthful enthusiasm have many fans convinced that this is the exact moment...

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The latest Harry Potter audiobook adaptation has a confirmed cast and release date. The new edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, narrated by Cush Jumbo, will be released on Nov. 4, 2025. The books, which are available for preorder now, are published by Pottermore Publishing and Audible Studios, and will be available on Audible.

The star-studded cast will include Hugh Laurie as Albus Dumbledore, Matthew Macfadyen as Voldemort,...

How To Train Your Dragon Beats Bond: Flies Beyond Casino Royale In 2025’s Global Box Office Race! (Photo Credit – YouTube)

Released in theaters just a couple of months ago, the live-action adaptation of the 2010 animated fantasy adventure How to Train Your Dragon received glowing reviews from critics and a big thumbs up from audiences. At the global box office, it currently ranks among the top five highest-grossing films of 2025, even ahead of Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, and stands as the second-highest-grossing entry in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise.

With nearly $619 million worldwide, How to Train Your Dragon (2025) is behind only four films this year: Jurassic World: Rebirth, A Minecraft Movie, Lilo & Stitch, and Ne Zha II. Moreover, it has also quietly overtaken a major James Bond blockbuster starring Daniel Craig. Can you guess which one? Read on to find out.

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Harry Potter fans are about to be disappointed. The annual "Back to Hogwarts" celebration at King's Cross Station, London - the site that the fictional Hogwarts Express leaves from - has been canceled.

Collider shared the news with Potterheads, confirming the event has been permanently cancelled. The celebration is traditionally held on Sept. 1, and the staff at the London station put up a fake announcement for the Hogwarts Express. The celebration didn't happen in 2024 and fans were hoping it would be back by 2025. A spokesperson for Britain's National Rail told newspaper The Sun that suddenly hosting so many people "made it challenging for us as station operator" and “it is the same for this year, in that we won’t be hosting the event at the station.”

Warner Bros. released a statement as well. They said, via The Sun, "Similar to last year, we can confirm that there will be no Back to Hogwarts event,...

A major annual Harry Potter event has been canceled. J.K. Rowling's first Harry Potter novel was published in 1997, but the cinematic franchise started four years later with 2001's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. There went on to be eight movies in the main Harry Potter franchise, along with a Fantastic Beasts spinoff series, a stage play, and more.

Now, a Harry Potter TV series is being developed by HBO. Several of the main cast members have been announced, including Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger, and Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley. Others include Nick Frost, John Lithgow, Janet McTeer, Paapa Essiedu, Johnny Flynn, and Bel Powley.

Unfortunately, there has been a negative update in the Harry Potter universe as the "Back to Hogwarts" day at King's Cross Station has been canceled. As per Collider, the organizers have confirmed that the event will not be...

Less than two decades after the original movies ended, Paapa Essiedu is planning to star in the Harry Potter TV reboot. Essiedu was one of the first members of the cast to be publicly announced, and he is set to replace Alan Rickman as Severus Snape. While an experienced actor himself, his casting was divisive and sparked significant backlash.

Essiedu was cast alongside John Lithgow (Professor Dumbledore), Janet McTeer (Professor McGonagall), Nick Frost (Hagrid), Dominic McLaughlin (Harry Potter), Alastair Stout (Ron Weasley), and Arabella Stanton (Hermione Granger), among others. The Harry Potter reboot is promising to be more faithful to the original books after the movies were forced to make significant changes to account for their length.

Despite much of the outrage, which stems from Essiedu's appearance, he remains a prominent and promising star. He is still relatively new within the industry, having established himself in the relatively low-profile shows I May Destroy You,...

Unlike other daily challenges, Framed presents itself as a series of puzzles that must be decoded in an attempt to correctly guess the name of the movie in question. These puzzles are based on both niche and popular movies, which might throw certain players off while attempting to solve them.

As such, I will be listing the results for all 4 of today’s Framed puzzles – in no particular order, along with a breakdown of the entire problem-solving procedure. Let’s get started.

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Today’s Framed Classic puzzle is more of the same. It has you type in the correct name of the movie from a total of 6 frames. Each frame will make the movie progressively easier to identify, and you will have a total of 6 attempts here before it’s game over.

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Incoming Harry Potterstar Paapa Essiedu's The Lazarus Project is making its mark on the top streaming charts.

Per FlixPatrol, The Lazarus Project has firmly cemented its place on the chart of the top ten streaming series on Netflix in the United States. As of now, The Lazarus Project sits at the number seven spot on the list, just ahead of fan-favorite anime series Dan Da Dan and drama shows Unspeakable Sins and Sullivan's Crossing. The top spot on the list is currently dominated by the recently released The Hunting Wives.

Written and created by Joe b=Barton, The Lazarus Project stars Essiedu as George, an otherwise ordinary man who continues waking up on July 1 after long stretches of time. When George is approached by the mysterious Archie, he learns that he possesses a rare genetic anomaly that allows him to recall previous resets to the timeline. As such, George...

Nearly two years have gone by since we heard that Dafne Keen of Logan and His Dark Materials and Sophie Nélisse of Yellowjackets and The Book Thief had signed on to star in Whistle, the latest horror film from The Hallow and The Nun director Corin Hardy. Filming took place in Ontario, Canada at the end of 2023 – and now, the movie is about ready to make its way out into the world. It was recently announced that Shudder and Independent Film Company had picked up the distribution rights, and while a specific release date has yet to be confirmed (we only know the movie is coming to theatres sometime in 2026), a teaser trailer has now dropped online. You can watch it in the embed above.

Scripted by Owen Egerton from his own short story, Whistle has the following synopsis: A misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon a cursed object,...

How To Train Your Dragon Worldwide Box Office: Budget & Roi Update( Photo Credit – Instagram )

How to Train Your Dragon is currently the fourth highest-grossing Hollywood film of the year, surpassing Tom Cruise-led Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. The live-action remake had an impressive starcast but no big Hollywood star except Gerard Butler. Owing to the film’s CGI for the dragons, it had a hefty production cost, but it has raked in a solid Roi in its run. Keep scrolling for the deets.

The live-action remake had been having an excellent run at the cinemas, but its digital release has slowed down its momentum. The film is a box office success, and a sequel is also in the making. The fans are excited to see the popular franchise as live-action remakes. It is always a pleasure to watch dragons on the big screen.

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HBO'sHarry Potterreboot is currently filming, and fans will be excited to learn that the latest adaptation will feature at least one key difference from the film franchise. The upcoming series will seemingly have a vibrant color palette, a key visual component that was missing in the iconic movies.

During an interview with Forbes, cinematographer Adriano Goldman teased his work on HBO's television adaptation of Harry Potter. The director of photography revealed that, after spending 18 weeks in pre-production, the creative team settled on the visual style for the first season of the fantasy reboot. The grueling process will end up defining the series for the next decade, which Goldman teased will feature his affinity for colors. “I have a special relationship with color. This series needs to be more vibrant from the global point of view of the image,” Goldman revealed.

The extensive planning process for HBO's Harry Potter included preparing...

As book adaptations go, the "Harry Potter" movies are fairly unimpeachable. They stick as closely to the story as seems possible -- Alfonso Cuaron played with structure a little bit for "The Prisoner of Azkaban," but not in any way that betrays the novels -- they feature many of the greatest British actors of their day, and most seem perfectly cast in the roles assigned. The theme tune is also arguably John Williams' last absolute banger of a timeless classic. So why remake them as a TV series?

There are several possible answers to that question. One is so that all the subplots that had to be cut for time when adapting to two-hour-plus movies can now be dramatized. Another is that Warner Bros. wants to keep monetizing the "Harry Potter" IP for nostalgia, and the "Fantastic Beasts" prequel trilogy just wasn't doing it. Yet another is that the franchise's one surefire potential money-maker,...

Horror fans may want to check out the upcoming genre film Whistle. Starring Dafne Keen in the lead role, the film won't be released until next year, but its first teaser trailer has just been released.

Comparable to something like Final Destination meets The Ring, Whistle is about a group of friends trying to escape death after they discover a cursed, ancient whistle. Its premise is a bit unusual, but the teaser reveals just how freaky the film could very well be, filled with some intense and horrific moments. The preview also touts how the film comes from the executive producers of The Monkey, Evil Dead Rise, and Longlegs. Check out the video below.

The official synopsis for Whistle reads, "A misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon a cursed object, an ancient Aztec Death Whistle. They discover that blowing the whistle and the terrifying sound it emits...

British director Corin Hardy has shared the first chilling teaser for The Whistle, a supernatural horror set to arrive in cinemas early next year. Released by IFC Films, the teaser offers a brief but unsettling glimpse into a teenage curse rooted in ancient myth, with a cursed Aztec death whistle summoning a sequence of fatal encounters for the unlucky souls who blow it.

Starring Logan and Deadpool & Wolverine‘s Dafne Keen, alongside Sophie Nélisse, Sky Yang, Jhaleil Swaby, Ali Skovbye, Percy Hynes White, Michelle Fairley and Nick Frost, The Whistle follows a group of high school outcasts who stumble upon a strange relic during a seemingly harmless detour. Their curiosity proves fatal. Once activated, the artefact emits a sound so horrific that it acts as a summoning cry for their own deaths, which then stalk them one by one.

The script, penned by Owen Egerton, leans into familiar territory for horror audiences,...

Horror fans first learned about Whistle all the way back in 2023, but now we finally have some footage to connect to the upcoming horror thriller. IFC and Shudder have finally unveiled the first trailer for the feature, directed by Corin Hardy (The Nun) and starring Logan and Marvel Cinematic Universe actor Dafne Keen, and the result is beyond eerie. Whistle refers to an Aztec artifact, and the haunting trailer, which you can see below, teases: "If you hear the whistle's scream, dying is not a choice..."

Whistle is led by Keen, a former child actor who made her breakthrough role as Laura (X-23) in the critically acclaimed MCU film Logan. She reprised this fan-favorite role in 2024's Deadpool & Wolverine. Her credits also include the acclaimed BBC/HBO series His Dark Materials, the comedy-drama Ana, and a place in the Star Wars universe as Jecki Lon in The Acolyte. Keen...

How to Train Your Dragon's box office is closing in on a major franchise record, but will it happen? A live-action remake of the 2010 animated movie, the new 2025 film follows the friendship between Hiccup, a resourceful young Viking, and Toothless, a rare Night Fury dragon, which becomes the crucial link in shaping a united future for their two worlds on the island of Berk.

The live-action How to Train Your Dragon cast includes Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Gabriel Howell, Julian Dennison, Bronwyn James, Harry Trevaldwyn, Peter Serafinowicz, and Nick Frost. The only returning cast member from the animated movies is Gerard Butler, once again portraying Stoick the Vast, Berk's chieftain and Hiccup's father.

Now, following its seventh weekend in theaters, How to Train Your Dragon has grossed $606 million at the box office worldwide, according to The Numbers, and is closing in on breaking How to Train Your Dragon 2's...

Whistle Teaser Trailer: "A misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon a cursed object, an ancient Aztec Death Whistle. They discover that blowing the whistle and the terrifying sound it emits will summon their future deaths to hunt them down. As the body count rises, the friends investigate the origins of the deadly artifact in a desperate effort to stop the horrifying chain of events that they have set in motion."

Starring: Dafne Keen, Sophie Nélisse, Sky Yang, Jhaleil Swaby, Ali Skovbye, Percy Hynes White, Michelle Fairley, Nick Frost

Directed By: Corin Hardy

Written By: Owen Egerton

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"If you hear the whistle's scream, dying is not a choice..." Holy crap this looks scary! I do not want to hear this whistle... IFC Films has unveiled an early teaser trailer for a scary new horror film titled The Whistle, which is finally ready to hit theaters. It's currently scheduled to open sometime in early 2026 - the final date isn't announced yet. A misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon a cursed object – an ancient Aztec Death Whistle. They discover that blowing the whistle and the terrifying sound it emits will summon their future deaths to hunt them down. So it's kind of like The Ring? And also a bit of Final Destination? But this death whistle is creepy as hell! Scary design, and I bet the sound is even scarier. Glad they don't reveal that in the teaser! The Whistle stars Dafne Keen, Sophie Nélisse, Sky Yang,...

The Nun director Corin Hardy is back with cursed object horror movie Whistle, and a brand new teaser gives a closer look at the supernatural carnage unleashed from an ancient Aztec Death Whistle.

Whistle has been rated “R” for “strong violent content, gore, drug content, and some language” and will be released in theaters in 2026.

The new teaser withholds the full scope of the horror, but does set up some interesting kills and supernatural set pieces. Watch below.

The high school horror movie centered around an Aztec Death Whistle, known for its shrieking sound, stars Dafne Keen, Sophie Nélisse (“Yellowjackets”), Sky Yang (Rebel Moon), Percy Hynes White (“Wednesday”), and Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead).

In Whistle, “a misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon a cursed object, an ancient Aztec Death Whistle. They discover that blowing the whistle and the terrifying sound it emits will summon their...

Whether it be the killer dolls at the heart of Annabelleand Child’s Play, Talk to Me’s embalmed hand, or the Lament Configuration box from Hellraiser, there’s nothing quite like a good bit of cursed object horror. Next year, audiences are in for a scream when filmmaker Corin Hardy returns to the genre with his latest project — Whistle. Today, Collider is thrilled to debut the exclusive first-look teaser for the film that follows a group of high school students who have the unfortunate luck of stumbling upon an ancient Aztec death whistle that will — unbeknownst to them — inevitably lead to their early demise. Featuring a leading ensemble that includes Dafne Keen (Logan), Sophie Nélisse (Yellowjackets), Percy Hynes White (Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb), Sky Yang (Rebel Moon — Part One: A Child of Fire), and Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead), the teaser sets up the pulse-pounding...

Despite only releasing less than a year ago, Nick Frost's folk horror/comedy Get Away has already fallen under many people's radars. Also starring the effortlessly funny Aisling Bea, Heartstopper’s Sebastian Croft, and young actress Maisie Ayres, Get Away opened to positive reviews and earned a strong, "certified fresh" 76% critics' score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. Now, 10 months on from its festival debut at Fantastic Fest, Get Away is finally a streaming hit in America.

Officially, as of July 21, 2025, Get Away is one of the ten most-streamed movies on Hulu in the US. Directed by Steffen Haars, the movie joins many other bigger-budget titles currently topping the Hulu charts as it punches above its weight on streaming. This includes the likes of Denzel Washington and Antoine Fuqua’s explosive The Equalizer 3, John Travolta and Gina Gershon's sleeper hit High Rollers, and the brand-new sci-fi flick The Assessment...

Becoming a part of the MCU gives actors a great shot at finding cinematic immortality, even if you've reportedly not been invited to appear in Avengers: Doomsday. So big is the franchise fanbase that donning the costume of one of the iconic Marvel superheroes can lead to many of your future projects gaining instant access to millions more viewers. For Elizabeth Olsen, best known for her portrayal of Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch in the MCU, this is seemingly the case, with her latest project, the dystopian sci-fi thriller The Assessment, becoming a huge streaming hit in America.

Also starring the brilliant Alicia Vikander and Himesh Patel, Olsen'sThe Assessment has made its way into the official top 10 most-streamed movies on Hulu in the U.S., as of July 21, 2025, per FlixPatrol. This sees the film join the likes of Denzel Washington and Antoine Fuqua’s The Equalizer 3, Nick Frost's folk horror/comedy Get Away,...

Harry Potter has been a big part of '90s kids' lives – be it the books or the movies – and the magic of the franchise has enchanted millions of fans around the world. As a reboot series is in the works at HBO, more and more fans are revisiting the original saga led by Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint. To add a bit of magic to our lives now, Funko has unveiled a new range of Harry Potter Pops! that will make a perfect addition to any fan's collection.

The new collection includes Harry with an accurate depiction of the Knight Bus, Hermione with a wand in hand and battle ready, and Dumbledore with his trusty phoenix, Fawkes. Luna Lovegood, a very antique-looking Dark Mark figurine, and Horace Slughorn in his armchair disguise are also included. Each vinyl Pop is approximately 4 inches tall.

What Do We Know About the ‘Harry Potter’ Series?...

The USA Network and Syfy's "Resident Alien" is one of the funniest sci-shows in recent memory, and it enjoyed some popularity after crash-landing onto Netflix and Peacock. Similar to Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's overlooked gem "Paul," the show is all about poking fun at humanity while finding ways to sympathize with our flawed species. However, "Paul" explores these ideas through a Spielbergian lens, while "Resident Alien" is more off-kilter and weird -- and that's part of the series' charm. Unfortunately, the Chris Sheridan-created show's charms weren't enough to keep it going, with Deadline reporting that the upcoming season 4 finale will be the sci-fi comedy's swansong.

Based on Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse's Dark Horse comic book series of the same name, "Resident Alien" tells the story of an extraterrestrial visitor who comes to Earth with the intention of destroying it. After landing in Colorado, he...

Ever since it was announced that Yellowjackets was renewed for a fourth season, fans have been on the lookout for hints about where the story is headed in the upcoming season. Luckily for fans, Collider's Perri Nemiroff spoke with series star Sophie Nélisse at Sdcc — and she was eager to theorize about the future of her character Shauna.

Nélisse stopped by the studio while promoting her new movie Whistle. During the interview, the actor confessed that even though the cast was confident that Yellowjackets would return for Season 4, they also knew that anything could happen in the lead up to the official confirmation. Nélisse addressed the shocking Season 3 finale while commenting about how the cast felt about the renewal, saying:

"The way Season 3 finishes, we were all like, 'Truly, this cannot be the end. There is no way this is not getting a renewal.' The fans have been so engaged,...

John McPhail’s family comedy Grow, which is set to release in the fall of 2025, is set to give us our very first chance to watch the new Harry and Hagrid actors in action. Yes, Dominic McLaughlin and Nick Frost, who have been cast as Harry and Hagrid, respectively, in HBO’s Harry Potter series, are set to appear in the film, before the reboot arrives in 2027.

This is a big moment for fans, as everyone is super curious to see how the new cast performs. So, it is safe to assume that Grow—a magical family film about a rebellious girl who moves in with her strict aunt and finds her special power of growing things—might help fans analyze Frost and McLaughlin’s onscreen chemistry.

While Grow has nothing to do with the Wizarding World, it’s still exciting because it’s the first time we’ll see...

After flying to $198 million at the global box office, the live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon is now roaring into home theaters.

Based on Cressida Cowell’s popular book series, the new film is an adaptation of 2010’s hit animated feature and stars Mason Thames as Hiccup, a Viking boy who befriends a dragon named Toothless. Produced by DreamWorks, How to Train Your Dragon is available to buy or rent on digital in 4K Ultra HD on Apple TV, Prime Video and other premium video-on-demand streaming services before it eventually lands on Peacock.

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The film also stars Nico Parker as Astrid; Gerard Butler as Hiccup’s Viking chief father, Stoick; and Nick Frost as the dragon slayer trainer,...

In the last week or two, we've seen plenty of glimpses of the new Harry Potter series on HBO, with filming now underway in and around London. We've had the first official looks at Dominic McLaughlin as The Boy Who Lived, and Nick Frost as his half-giant guardian angel, Rubeus Hagrid, as well as seeing the pair heading into a London underground station. There were also (unofficial) sneak peeks at Daniel Rigby as Uncle Vernon Dursley, Bel Powley as Aunt Petunia Dursley, and an epic preview of Amos Kitson as a fantastically 90s Dudley Dursley at London Zoo. And now, Kitson has become one of the first — unlikely, it must be said — cast member to speak publicly since the beginning of production. Kitson posted an adorable throwback Instagram post of himself as a tiny Harry Potter, complete with lightning bolt scar, and a delightfully sweet message:

Wow! Thank you for...

Before we return to the Wizarding and Muggle world in the Harry Potter reboot, relive the magical world we know and love through Funko's latest addition. The figure collectible company has announced a new addition to its Harry Potter collection, and it's Harry Potter in his cupboard, back when he used to live in Privet Drive.

The Pop! Nooks Harry Potter in Cupboard has a listed price of $24.99 and features a young Harry Potter, sitting on his small bed in his bedroom, located in the cupboard under the stairs. The room in question is somewhat detailed, featuring a lamp and some shelves. This figure is available for pre-order on third-party sites, such as Entertainment Earth, and is scheduled to arrive in September 2025.

Pop! Nooks are a new type of Funko collection where figures will also be accompanied by a room from their respective IP, and are protected with acrylic walls.

While the breathtaking re-imagined live-action epic continues to capture the hearts of audiences in theaters (with $589 million at the worldwide box office to date), How to Train Your Dragon is now available on Digital platforms and arrives on 4K Uhd and Blu-ray on August 12, 2025, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.

Take a ride behind the scenes with more than 75 minutes of bonus content, including deleted scenes, a gag reel and making of vignettes that dive deeper into the cutting-edge visual effects, elaborate character transformations, and iconic story that bring the Isle of Berk, the dragons and Vikings to life with jaw-dropping realism, and much more.

Today, we have an exclusive clip from How to Train Your Dragon's hilarious gag reel, featuring appearances from stars Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Gerard Butler, Nick Frost, and more.

It's apparent that filmmaker Dean DeBlois had a blast working with his cast on this reimagining of the 2010 animated classic from DreamWorks,...

The Gerard Butler-starring How to Train Your Dragon has now surpassed a Tom Cruise action movie in the 2025 box office rankings. Directed by Dean DeBlois, the live-action remake of the 2010 film of the same name chronicles the unlikely friendship between the Viking Hiccup (Mason Thames) and the dragon Toothless as the pair become key to a new alliance.

The How to Train Your Dragon cast features a host of newcomers to the franchise, including Nico Parker as Astrid, Nick Frost as Gobber, Gabriel Howell as Snotlout, and Julian Dennison as Fishlegs, with Butler reprising his role as Stoick. The film has been met with a mostly positive response since its release on June 13.

According to new data from Box Office Mojo, How to Train Your Dragon has now crossed $589 million worldwide at the box office. This worldwide total comprises $250 million domestically and $338 million from overseas territories.

This new milestone...

It should go without saying that Shaun of the Dead wouldn’t exist without the work of George A. Romero. The late filmmaker pioneered the zombie movie genre with classics such as Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead and the Japanese commercial for Resident Evil 2 that was better than every single Resident Evil movie.

So naturally, when Shaun of the Dead star and co-writer Simon Pegg visited the “Criterion Closet” — i.e., the room beloved by movie obsessives who aren’t claustrophobes — he highlighted Romero’s classic Night of the Living Dead.

“George Romero basically invented the modern zombie movie, and I don’t think he gets enough credit for it,” Pegg argued. “Because a lot of people have taken his idea — myself included, and Edgar Wright, although (Shaun of the Dead) was very much a tribute to George — and sort of run with it, as...

Work continues on HBO's Harry Potter TV series in London, England, and Dominic McLaughlin has just been spotted as the Boy Wizard alongside a giant-sized Hagrid. 

However, despite what you might think at first glance, that isn't Shaun of the Dead star Nick Frost. Similar to the Harry Potter movies, it seems this series is utilising a suitably large stand-in who will don a realistic prosthetic head with the Hagrid actor's likeness. 

As with the late Robbie Coltrane's portrayal, Frost's performance will then be merged with that. The result will be a Hagrid played by a well-known star who, at the same time, does right by the version of the half-giant and gamekeeper and groundskeeper at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry by being suitably massive. 

It looks like McLaughlin and "Frost" are shooting scenes in the Muggle world, where they take the tube before arriving at Diagon Alley.

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The year is over, and it’s time to say goodbye to all of our favorite AMC shows currently streaming on Netflix. From Dark Winds to Interview with the Vampire, all are going alongside 20 other great movies and TV shows. So, we compiled a list of all the AMC shows that will be leaving Netflix on August 19.

Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches Season 1 (August 19) Credit – AMC

Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches is a gothic horror thriller drama series co-created by Michelle Ashford and Esta Spalding. Based on Anne Rice’s novel trilogy titled Lives of the Mayfair Witches, the AMC series follows Dr. Rowan Fielding, a neurosurgeon who discovers that she comes from a long line of witches and her ancestors have been haunted by a sinister spirit. Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches stars Alexandra Daddario, Tongayi Chirisa,...

Miriam Margolyes, who played Professor Sprout in the original Harry Potter series and is well-known in her native Britain, has become the latest Potter-affiliated person to offer an opinion on Jk Rowling's anti-transgender comments.

Interest in the franchise has renewed now that HBO is making a new version of Harry Potter, this time for TV. Margolyes made her comments while appearing on the podcast A Gay Old Time, via The Independent. “I don't agree with her about the trans issue – I think her opinion is too harsh,” she said of Rowling. But at the same time, she “didn’t like the fact that the trans community has reacted with such fury” to her.

Trans people and their allies have indeed reacted with fury to Rowling's actions. After the author celebrated a Supreme Court ruling that stated trans women were not women, actor Pedro Pascal - who has a transgender...

The first photos set photos from HBO's Harry Potter reboot found their way online yesterday, but there's one crucial detail that has fans feeling a lot better about the upcoming small screen adaptation. 

The Harry Potter books are set between 1991 and 1998, though the movies led by Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint appear to have taken place at the same time they were filmed: the first decade of the 2000s. Much has been said about HBO's plans for the property, with the biggest concern being that the Wizarding World would either be Americanised or brought into the present day.

After all, how better to make a new take on Harry Potter resonate with today's kids than by making the Dursleys one of those annoying TikTok families or for Harry's fellow students to be obsessed with Instagram and influencers? It sounds awful, we know.

Fortunately, these set photos have confirmed...

The Harry Potter franchise is getting rebooted as a TV series at HBO, and earlier this week it was officially announced that production has commenced on the series, with filming taking place at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, UK. The press release noted that the series “will debut in 2027 on HBO and HBO Max where it’s available, including in upcoming launch markets Germany, Italy, and the UK.” Now, some set pics have leaked online to give us our first look at the Dursleys – and to reveal that the characters are wearing ’90s-style clothing, indicating that this series, like the novels, will be set in the 1990s.

The cast includes John Lithgow as Dumbledore, Nick Frost as Hagrid, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape, Luke Thallon as Quirinus Quirrell, Paul Whitehouse as Argus Filch, Lox Pratt as Draco Malfoy, Johnny Flynn as his father Lucius Malfoy, Bel Powley...

Fans waiting for another Star Trek film in the Kelvin Timeline are going to have to wait a little longer. Nine years after Star Trek Beyond was released in theaters, former Star Trek 4 director Matt Shakman is opening up about the difficulties getting the film to the finish line.

Shakman had been named director of the fourth Star Trek movie in 2021. But a year later, he bowed out to direct Marvel's The Fantastic Four: First Steps, which is debuting on July 25, 2025. In an interview with Variety, Shakman is giving more details as to why -- and why Star Trek 4 is still in limbo

Shakman revealed that when he was asked to return to the Marvel Cinemati Universe after WandaVision,Star Trek 4 was already in pre-production. “We had stages, we had a crew, we were moving ahead," he claimed. Yet by late summer 2022, he said the new Star Trek movie had “changed dramatically,...

Production is currently underway on HBO's Harry Potterreboot, and the updates are coming in thick and fast, much like the letters that famously poured out of the chimney at Number Four, Privet Drive — the address at which Harry begrudgingly resided following the death of his parents. He was forced to live in the cupboard under the stairs, while his despicable Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia, and cousin Dudley stomped around him. Unfortunately for Harry, he will have to face them again in the upcoming TV adaptation of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books.

New photos from the set of the highly anticipated Harry Potter series have offered a glimpse at how the dastardly Dursleys will appear in the small-screen version of the story, following an extremely divisive first look at another fan-favorite character. An earlier announcement confirmed that Daniel Rigby and Bev Powley had been cast as Vernon and Petunia Dursley,...

Production is now underway on HBO's small-screen adaptation of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter. We recently got a first official look at Dominic McLaughlin as the titular Boy Wizard, and these latest set photos taken at London Zoo (via SFFGazette.com) give us another glimpse of the young actor alongside members of the thoroughly unpleasant Dursley family.

In the novels, Harry is begrudgingly taken in by Petunia and Vernon Dursley following the death of his parents. The lad is not treated very well (to say the least), but does ultimately put his differences with their son, Dudley, aside.

In related news, Variety reports that Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden is building a temporary school so that the show’s young cast can keep up with their studies during filming.

"Three Rivers District Council is permitting the studio to “use a series of portable buildings as a school facility for the next decade.

The Boy Who Lived is back — and he’s bringing his iconic round glasses, lightning bolt scar, and Dudley Dursley’s supremely period-appropriate and tacky tracksuit with him. Production on HBO’s new Harry Potter series is officially underway, and fans just got their first look at what’s brewing behind the scenes. The cast was recently spotted by The Sun (click to view photos) filming pivotal early scenes at London Zoo — the same location used in the original 2001 film Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone — giving longtime fans a blast of nostalgia and offering a new generation a fresh introduction to the wizarding world. The

Dominic McLaughlin, 11, was photographed in costume as the new Harry Potter, wearing oversized glasses, a blue hoodie, and that famous scar. The zoo sequence being filmed is a major moment in the story — where Harry accidentally speaks Parseltongue to a snake and unknowingly sets...

The first-ever set photos from the upcoming Harry Pottershow, featuring an important scene between Harry and the Dursleys, have been revealed. The HBO show is set to premiere in 2027, and this year has seen casting announcements coming in in droves. Dominic McLaughlin will play the Boy Wizard, while Daniel Rigby and Bel Powley have been cast as Vernon and Petunia Dursley. Amson Kitson will play Dudley.

The scene being filmed, as captured by The Daily Mail, is a pivotal moment in the Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone book, in which the Dursleys and Harry visit the zoo for Dudley's birthday. Thisis the first time Harry realizes he might have magical powers, as he has a conversation with a boa constrictor and helps it escape captivity.

The film shoot took place at the London Zoo, and featured McLaughlin in a blue hoodie complete with Harry's signature round glasses and mussed-up hair.

Despite all their magical grandeur, the Harry Potter movies have often tiptoed around the franchise’s darkest moments. Sure, we got flashes of Voldemort’s rise, Dumbledore’s past, and some truly terrifying encounters—but when compared to J.K. Rowling’s chilling source material, the films traded depth for whimsical, quite often.

But now, with HBO’s upcoming reboot promising a book-faithful retelling, fans are hoping we finally get to see the shadows behind the spells. The Wizarding World isn’t just Butterbeer and Quidditch—it’s riddled with trauma, generational curses, and some downright disturbing events that shaped our favorite characters into who they are.

Remember when Harry nearly lost his sanity over Sirius’s death? Or when Neville visited his tortured parents at St. Mungo’s? What about the creepy detail about Fenrir Greyback targeting children? Yeah, none of that made it to the big screen. But these...

The first look at Nick Frost as Hagrid in HBO’s new Harry Potter series has stirred up a lot of reactions from fans. Warner Bros shared the image this week, showing the 53-year-old actor in full costume as the famous half-giant.

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But not everyone is pleased. While some fans said they were “loving” Frost in the role, others thought his look was off, saying it felt more like “cosplaying” than the real thing.

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The new series, now filming at Warner Bros Studios in Leavesden, is expected to run for around ten years. Each season will follow one of J.K. Rowling’s seven books.

The story starts with 11-year-old Harry Potter learning he’s a wizard and going to Hogwarts, where he faces the dark wizard Lord Voldemort.

Nick Frost will play Hagrid,...

HBO has officially started filming its new Harry Potter series, and fans are already talking after seeing the first picture of Nick Frost as Hagrid. The image, shared by Warner Bros, shows the 53-year-old actor in costume as the famous half-giant, but not everyone is happy with how he looks.

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While some people online say they’re “loving” Frost in the role, others have been less kind. A few fans said his outfit makes him look like he’s “cosplaying” instead of really becoming Hagrid.

The photo has sparked debates across social media about whether Frost can truly replace Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid in all eight of the original films before passing away in 2022.

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Nick Frost, who many know from Shaun of the Dead, will be playing Hagrid alongside young actor Dominic McLaughlin,...

Wandlore is as much about personality as it is about wood. In J.K. Rowling’s classification of the 38 wand woods offered by Mr. Ollivander, each timber type possesses a unique characteristic that resonates with certain traits in witches and wizards. From classic staples like holly, oak, and yew to rarer varieties such as ebony, cypress, and silver lime, each wood brings out distinct strengths and weaknesses when paired with the right wand core.

Among them, while some woods, like fir and oak, are known for resilience and longevity, others, like hawthorn, cherry, or ash, are known to offer complex, potentially volatile magic that thrives in emotionally driven users. So, in the wake of HBO’s Harry Potter reboot, which has officially begun production, let’s take a look at all 38 notable wand woods from the Wizarding World.

Additionally, we’ll rank each wood type—from the most modest to...