Harry Potter

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.

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Can the Harry Potter fandom carry on while ignoring J.K. Rowling?

Fans are focusing on eras outside core canon, particularly the Marauders

By Allegra Rosenberg September 12, 2023

The viral ‘Harry Potter in Star Wars’ AI images are just the start of a global competition

By Tasha Robinson May 4, 2023

Hogwarts Legacy’s biggest omission, Quidditch, gets a new stand-alone game

By Michael McWhertor April 17, 2023

What can the new Harry Potter TV show actually fix?

By Zosha Millman April 14, 2023

The rebooted Harry Potter show is official, and it’s set to run 10 years

By Maddy Myers April 12, 2023

Harry Potter reboot reportedly coming to HBO as a TV series

By Austen Goslin April 3, 2023

Hogwarts Legacy wants to make everyone happy, but Harry Potter gets in the way

By Gita Jackson February 17, 2023

The Hogwarts Legacy Discord is an unreadable battleground

By Ana Diaz February 16, 2023

12 movies for Harry Potter fans who don’t want to watch Harry Potter

By Petrana Radulovic and Polygon Staff February 10, 2023

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

By Austen Goslin November 4, 2022

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

By Owen S. Good August 23, 2022

The new Fantastic Beasts movie comes to HBO Max next week

By Petrana Radulovic May 23, 2022

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

By Charles Bramesco April 5, 2022

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

By Owen S. Good March 17, 2022

Hogwarts Legacy gets a 20-minute gameplay reveal this week

By Owen S. Good March 14, 2022

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

By Austen Goslin February 28, 2022

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

By Jo Reid January 6, 2022

The last great moment in the Harry Potter fandom

By Petrana Radulovic January 5, 2022

EA canned a Harry Potter MMO in the early 2000s

By Ryan Gilliam December 23, 2021

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

By Petrana Radulovic December 20, 2021

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

By Petrana Radulovic December 17, 2021

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

By Austen Goslin December 13, 2021

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

By Petrana Radulovic December 8, 2021

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

By Petrana Radulovic November 14, 2021

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

By Petrana Radulovic November 10, 2021

Niantic is shutting down Harry Potter: Wizards Unite

By Michael McWhertor November 2, 2021

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

By Petrana Radulovic October 28, 2021

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore suddenly coming in April

By Austen Goslin September 22, 2021

Hogwarts Legacy designer quits studio following YouTube controversy

By Owen S. Good March 5, 2021

Hogwarts Legacy to include ‘trans-inclusive character creation’

By Nicole Carpenter March 2, 2021

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

By Petrana Radulovic January 25, 2021

Johnny Depp resigns from the Fantastic Beasts movies

By Petrana Radulovic November 6, 2020