Ever since the release of the Lord of the Rings fan films (Hunt for Gollum and Born of Hope), I’ve wondered why a Harry Potter fan film doesn’t exist (the fan musicals don’t count!) and wished that someone would create one! Well, now someone has. It’s called “The OMEn Chronicles”, and it is not a…
Let’s review what we already know: Universal Orlando is opening an expansion to its very popular “Wizarding World of Harry Potter” theme park. The current theme park features Hogwarts and Hogsmeade. The current park resides within “Islands of Adventure”. The expansion will feature Diagon Alley and will replace the “Jaws” theme park within the main…
Today marked the Harry Potter Alliance‘s 8th birthday! To celebrate, they hosted a live stream birthday party to coincide with the last hours of their EqualityFTW (For The Win) fundraiser, which concludes Saturday night at midnight. From 6pm to 10pm Eastern, the HPA hosted their live stream, then from 10pm to 12am Eastern, LeakyCon hosted…
When “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter” theme park was opened to the public at Universal Orlando Resort in 2010, we were given small glimpses of the Hogwarts Express—the locomotive but not the rest of the rail cars—and Diagon Alley. (Ollivanders, the wand shop, was placed in Hogsmeade when the theme park was opened, despite…
All hail J.K. Rowling! Jo announced today on her Facebook page that she will make her screenwriting debut with a series of films based on the Hogwarts textbook, “Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them”. Technically, it won’t be a direct adaptation, since the textbook itself is not really written as a story, which means…
It’s hard to believe that it’s been an entire month since I boarded a plane to Portland, Oregon for LeakyCon 2013. While I was there, I attended several events, mostly at the main stage, and mostly because I was working during the events. However, despite my busyness, I can share some thoughts about the events…
LeakyCon 2013, Part 1 took place in Portland, Oregon from Thursday, June 27th to Sunday, June 30th. LeakyCon 2013, Part 2 will take place in London, England, from Thursday, August 8th to Sunday, August 11th. I won’t be attending, because I will be portraying Motel Kamzoil, the poor tailor, in a small local production of…
I was so excited when I heard that Jon Cozart was coming to LeakyCon 2013 in Portland. Jon Cozart is among my favorite YouTube personalities. He has an excited quirkiness about him. He has a pure, unadulterated talent—in writing lyrics, in singing and creating spot-on harmonies, and in entertaining millions. His channel (Paint) has had…
Are you new to Wizard Rock? In this second installment in my “New to Wrock” series, I give you an artist who is also relatively new to Wizard Rock: Kirstyn Hippe. She is a 17-year-old singer-songwriter from Cincinatti, Ohio. At LeakyCon 2012 in Chicago, she won the first ever LeakyStars competition. As a prize for…
Harry and the Potters may be widely considered the originator of what we now call Wizard Rock (or Wrock for short). However, I have chosen a one-man band known as Oliver Boyd and the Remembralls for the first article in my “New to Wrock” series. I have already written an article about Ministry of Magic,…