We’re getting illustrated editions of the Harry Potter novels, according to Scholoastic, and today we’re getting our first look. The publishing company will release the first one, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” on October 6 and we’ll get a new one each year after that. British illustrator Jim Kay is the artist...
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I’ve been a fan of Terry Brook’s Shannara series since I was a little kid. I even got the chance to chat with him about the upcoming MTV series Shannara that’s based on them. Today we know who will play the final lead role. Pan’s Labyrinth‘s Ivana Baquero will take on the role of Eretria the Rover. There are over 30...
Harry Potter fans have a love-hate relationship with Draco Malfoy, and it’s for good reason. He was a wonderful little prick in the beginning whose overall character arc turned into something cool. We know a little bit about what’s happened to Malfoy at the end of the last Harry Potter book, but what about beyond that? J.K. Rowling...
On Nerd Alert, host Kim Horcher, Grant Imahara (Mythbusters) and I talk about the crazy Harry Potter LARP that we’re dying to go to! We also tell you which houses we’re in. Want to guess?
J.K. Rowling regrets killing off one of the characters in the Harry Potter series. Believe me, it’s not who you think. You could guess all day long and you’d never guess. You actually could guess all day. She’s certainly killed off enough. Tonks! Lupin! I’m still not over you! Rowling told THR that she regrets killing...
We love Felicia Day at Legion of Leia! She’s an actress, she created The Guild, she started Geek & Sundry…she’s all-around awesome! Well, now she’s adding author to her list of credits! Felicia just announced that she’s written a memoir that you can pre-order at FeliciaDayBook.com called “You’re Never...
Bringer of delights J.K. Rowling announced today that we’re getting more stories set in the Harry Potter universe between December 12th and December 23rd, which are the 12 days of“PotterMore Christmas!” Every morning at 8:00 am EST on Pottermore.com, Rowling will gift fans with galleons, new potion recipes and “wonderful new...
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is one of my all-time favorite books. There has been talk of a film for years, with serious traction happening lately. Today we’re hearing from The Tracking Board that Christopher Nolan has been offered the director’s gig for the piece. If he takes it, this could be pretty epic. It’s likely that...
If you’ve been reading my work over here at Legion of Leia, you probably know what a giant, ridiculous fan of Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern series. Heck, I called her the “single biggest artistic influence in my life” in my blog post after she passed away. Well, today we learned that the upcoming film adaptation of...
In a world that is all up in society’s grill about equality for women, Barbie just had to go and mess things up, as usual. Sure, she probably meant well, but… Sigh. Do women actually write these “I Can Be ___” stories? Or is some begrudging dude in charge of these books, whose machinations are to indoctrinate little girls...