Tuesday 15 December 2015

Return to the Wizarding World

If you can't see the video and/or want some specific analysis, Pottermore has, well, more.

Thursday 10 December 2015

Five Days Til the FB Trailer!

We just heard from WB that the "announcement trailer" for “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” will debut on December 15, 2015; a teaser for the announcement is already live at http://bit.ly/FantasticBeastsAnnouncementTrailerTease
Are you as excited as we are to watch the wizarding world expand before our eyes?

Wednesday 4 November 2015

Fic Prompt. Art Prompt. Meta Prompt.

That's Eddie Redmayne as Newt.
On the floor is the Seal of the Magical Congress of the United States.
And here is the forum to discuss anything and everything related to Fantastic Beasts.
Our archives already host dozens of fics inspired by JKR's 2001 Fantastic Beasts schoolbook - and we look forward to seeing what the movie - and ancillary stories - inspire!

Tuesday 3 November 2015

JK Rowling's Wizarding World Presents:


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The tagline on their tumblr is "Prepare yourself, for the beasts are coming…."
To quote our friend MarkDoesStuff: We are not prepared!
You can now follow Fantastic Beasts all over social media:

FB Official Site – FantasticBeasts.com          FB Facebook Page – FB.com/FantasticBeastsMovieFB Instagram - @FantasticBeastsMovieFB Twitter - @FantasticBeastsFB Tumblr – http://fantasticbeastsofficial.tumblr.com/


Go forth and follow, reblog, like, bookmark and get ready, because the Beasts are coming, a year from this month. 

Friday 30 October 2015

Cursed Child Update

Tickets go on sale this morning (UK/US time) for Harry Potter & the Curesed Child, which opens on the London stage late next spring - and we've opened a thread for discussion of rumors, clues from the summary, and eventually, "canon-chat" - including a new poll. We'll have a Googledoc soon where you can list the dates you're going, so you can coordinate for dinner between the shows with fellow fandomers.
Did you get tickets during the pre-sale, or are you trying today (or both)?
What do you think of the play summary?

Wednesday 28 October 2015

This Is Halloween!

For all Harry Potter fans, it's a day of mixed feelings -yes, Voldemort killed James and Lily on Halloween (and Petttigrew killed a lot of Muggles on November 1) but it's also the anniversary of Ron and Harry getting over themselves and becoming best friends with Hermione. Plus, cosplaying as your favorite witch or wizard is awesome - and giving sherbet lemons to Trick or Treaters is magical.

This year, alongside The Harry Potter Alliance, we’re throwing a big, virtual Halloween party with no beginning, no end, no IRL location, and a lot of fun!

Like all great parties, this one doesn’t exist in a certain time or space. To attend the party, all you have to do is share your Halloween costume or recent cosplay in honor of our Fan Works Are Fair Use campaign. FWAFU sets out to stand up for all the ways fans channel their love of their favorite stories into new creations, from fanfiction to fan art and beyond. One of our favorite forms of fan creation is cosplay - what better time to show off all of our creative interpretations of our favorite characters than Halloween?
It’s pretty simple: take a photo in costume (this is even easier if you’re heading out to a party this weekend - just snap a picture on your way out or once there!), encourage the world to sign up at fanworksarefairuse.org by including the url and a call to action in your caption, and tag us (we’re thehpalliance and fictionalley just about everywhere). We even have a nifty frame you can add to your photo for maximum spookiness. Bonus points for recruiting your friends at IRL Halloween parties.
We’ll be celebrating from now until Halloween, so get your photos ready! Whatever your fandom, we want to see it - especially if you've done a crossover between Harry Potter and Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton musical, or one of the stories by Harry Potter fans  like Rainbow Rowell (Simon Snow series aka Carry On), Lev Grossman (Magicians series), Cassie Clare (Mortal Instruments series) or Aimee Carter (Goddess series). 
Fanworks Are Fair Use and Creativity Is Magic have been the missions and themes at FictionAlley since we were founded. We are proud to stand with The HP Alliance to protect fanworks and fan creativity. 

Sunday 25 October 2015

Cursed Child Ticket Sale

Harry Potter is coming to the London Stage! Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany,Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, a new play by Jack Thorne will receive its world premiere in London’s West
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End at the Palace Theatre in the summer of 2016. Tickets go on sale to the general public on October 30, 2015.
ETA Oct. 28, 2015: Tickets through September 20, 2016 are mostly sold out. Tickets for performances from September 21, 2016 to January 8, 2017 are now on sale if you preregistered for the pre-sale and will be on sale to the general public on October 30, 2015 if any are still available.
It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three school-age children.While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.

Sunday 19 July 2015

Positive Fandom

This summer, we've worked with the HP Alliance as they've drafted guidelines that support positive fandom interactions; FictionAlley's been around a long time, and we've seen a lot of discussions over the past fourteen-plus years about issues in and impacting fandomers and fandom; sometimes that gets in the way of creativity and sharing, and sometimes it silences voices, words and insightful contributions.
Positive Fandom logo from the Harry Potter alliance
We agree with the idea shared by the HPA this month - We want our community and all others like it to be safe, constructive, positive spaces.  - so we've read the guidelines at PositiveFandom; we hope that we've always followed the principles and concepts articulated within those statements, and we know you tell us when we don't. 

We know that "fandom is home to endless perspectives on and interpretations of a common material," - that concept is why FictionAlley was founded - and if you're interested in signing onto supporting the guidelines too, that would be magical and awesome. 

And if you're going to be at GeekyCon in Orlando on August 1 (the event goes from July 30 to August 2), Heidi will be talking about legal issues involving fandom, fanworks and fandomers - including the importance of terms of use that include principles like those included in the Positive Fandom guidelines; come by and say hi! 

Friday 3 July 2015

Buzzfeed Wants More Harry Potter Stories

One of Buzzfeed's newest listicles covers thirteen Harry Potter-verse stories that they'd like to see on the small screen. We've read most of the ideas in fanfic form at one time or another, but seeing them listed on Buzzfeed showcases the awesome depth and breadth of stories from and about the Wizarding World and its inhabitants. What would you rather see? A Prisoner Of Azkaban comic written from the perspectives of Sirius Black and Remus Lupin? A History of Magic miniseries, framed like a documentary? A "Welcome to Night Vale"-esque podcast set at the Ministry of Magic? 
How would your favorite fanfic translate to the small screen - or into a podcast? 

Thursday 2 July 2015

Harry Potter Fandom @ San Diego Comic Con



Fantastic Fans & Where to Find Them poster for Comic Con 2015 - Harry Potter fandom panelSan Diego Comic Con is next week, and there's a number of events on the schedule for Harry Potter fans. Daniel Radcliffe will be at Nerdist at Petco Park on Saturday afternoon for an on-stage Q&A, and on Sunday, SDCC welcomes the return of the annual Harry Potter Fandom Panel.

It'll be July 12 at 10:15 AM in Room 6A; this year, the panelists are:
Adrienne Alwag-Aipia of Dumbledore’s Army of Los Angeles
Alex Benpe of usquidditch
Jackson Bird of The HP Alliance
Alexa Donne of leviosacon
Madhuri Shekar, playwright of Love & Warcraft and frequent FictionAlley author
rachaelvaughn of snapecast (& threepatchpodcast)
Wrocker Sunny Williams
Justin Zagri, director of The Greater Good and Severus Snape & the Marauders

Also, on Thursday and Friday, Friend of FA friend Hansi Oppenheimer will have her production team at SDCC to interview fandomers for SQUEE!, her forthcoming documentary on fandom - let her know if you’re interested in doing an interview.
Fandom is my Fandom poster with silhouettes of various tv, book and film characters
Heidi is also modding a panel on fandom which also features FictionAlley founder Flourish Klink.  “Fandom Is Our Fandom, or We All Live in a Coffee Shop AU” is on Thursday at 5 PM in room 14A, and the other panelists are: 
Amanda Brennan (aka continuants) (Community & Content Tumblarian, staff)
flourish klink (Chaotic Good, Inc., Transmedia Producer for eastloshigh)
meredithgene (Fanthropologist, ZEFR)
Aron Levitz (Head of Business Development, wattpad)
elizabethminkel (Writer, New Statesman/The Millions)
Betsy Rosenblatt (Legal Committee Chair, transformativeworks
Missyjack (aka Jules) (Editor in Chief, supernaturalwiki)

You can also catch us at Game of Bloggers on Wednesday night at the Dragon Bar; we're joining Crazy4ComicCon and almost a hundred other websites for fun, celebrations of all things geeky, and great conversation. If you're not able to get to San Diego, we'll be tweeting about all things Harry Potter and fandom from July 8 through the 12th!

Friday 26 June 2015

Harry Potter & the Cursed Child

Harry Potter & the Cursed Child - NOT A PREQUEL - text on a blue background. We were already thrilled beyond all imagining because of Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them, which will be in movie theaters around the world in November of 2016.

And then, JKR surprised and thrilled us with news of a stage play - Harry Potter & the Cursed Child which she notes is "not a prequel".

It'll be on stage in London at the Palace Theater next summer; we're definitely planning on going!

What about you?


I'm also very excited to confirm today that a new play called Harry Potter and the will be opening in London next year.

Wednesday 1 April 2015