Harry Potter at Home has launched a read-along for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Celebrities including Daniel Radcliffe will be reading chapters of the first Potter book for fans to enjoy. Daniel reads the first chapter; The Boy Who Lived. Watch it here!
Harry Potter At Home is the Wizarding World’s way of bringing Hogwarts closer to you, as we all continue to stay at home and keep safe. For parents looking for new magical ways to entertain their children during this time, we launched the Harry Potter At Home hub full of quizzes, puzzles, fun videos and features, along with contributions from our friends, UK and US Harry Potter publishers, Bloomsbury and Scholastic, alongside assistance from Warner Bros., Audible and our many library partners. To learn more about everything Harry Potter At Home has to offer, our handy round-up should help!
Also seen in the clip above are Eddie Redmayne (Newt Scamander,) Stephen Fry (UK audiobook reader,) Noma Dumezweni (Hermione in Cursed Child,) and more from the Harry Potter world! Look out for more famous faces and friends of the Wizarding World (and beyond!) to read through all seventeen chapters of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone/Sorcerer’s Stone over the coming weeks.
We look forward to new narrators every week as they take turns to read different sections of the Philosopher’s Stone/Sorcerer’s Stone, until we reach the end with Chapter Seventeen. Keep an eye out for some very special surprise cameos along the way too.
As you watch Daniel read through ‘The Boy Who Lived’, you’ll notice some amazing artwork interspersed in the experience, thanks to some talented fans. Brilliantly, you yourself can get involved in future chapters, from Chapter Two onwards, so your own pieces can feature alongside our special guest narrators. According to our incredible mathematics skills, you have sixteen chapters remaining of Philosopher’s Stone/Sorcerer’s Stone to work with – so please do send in your artistic interpretations of key scenes. Read all about how to get involved here.
Daniel Radcliffe was a guest on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon to promote his play The Lifespan of a Fact. The Lifespan of a Fact begins previews on September 20th, has its official opening on October 18th and runs through January 13, 2019.
A couple clips from the interview may be watched below:
Jim Fingal (Daniel Radcliffe) has a small job: to fact check articles for one of the best magazines in the country. Jim Fingal’s boss (Cherry Jones) has given him a big assignment: apply his skill to a groundbreaking piece by legendary author John D’Agata (Bobby Cannavale). And now, Jim Fingal has a huge problem: John made up some of his article. Well, a lot of his article. OK, actually, maybe the majority of it? What starts professional quickly becomes profane as one question rises to the surface: Can Jim Fingal ever just shut the fact up?
The play begins previews at Studio 54 on September 20, 2018 with opening night on October 18, 2018. It will run 16 weeks, through January 13, 2019. Tickets will run you $129 to $169 depending on date and time. Purchase your tickets here!
With the release of Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, Eddie Redmayne and Daniel Radcliffe help Radio 1’s film critic Ali Plumb discover why the Wizarding World of Harry Potter has become one of the biggest and most beloved franchises ever. Watch the half hour documentary below:
Daniel’s Radcliffe’s latest film Imperium is now available digitally for fans in the UK. Digital streaming platform Colony has released the film today. Imperium is a bruising, unsettling thriller which sees Harry Potter star Radcliffe take on the role of a young, idealistic FBI agent, who goes undercover to take down a radical right-wing terrorist group. You can purchase the film via Colony and check out the trailer below:
Since the film is only available in the UK, our correspondent Charlotte was kind enough to review the film for us.
In Imperium, Daniel Radcliffe plays Nate Foster, a young, driven FBI agent, who goes undercover to foil a white supremacist group, and their radical terrorist plot. A reclusive administrator, Nate is involuntarily thrust into field, at the request of his boss, Angela Zamparo (Toni Collette).
Imperium seems to be more concerned with the organizational structures of anti-Semitic groups, than the terror plots themselves. As a result, this allows for enormous character development, and an intense, dark and dramatic piece of filmography.
Whilst the plot is a slow-burner, Radcliffe’s performance is enthralling. During his first, complex scene, Nate reasons with a suspected terrorist in Arabic, once again highlighting Radcliffe’s multifaceted acting talent.
The first trailer for Daniel Radcliffe’s new film, Swiss Army Man, has been released today. Swiss Army Man will be released in theaters on June 1 2016.
Hank, a hopeless man stranded in the wild, discovers a mysterious dead body. Together the two embark on an epic journey to get home. As Hank realizes the body is the key to his survival, this once-suicidal man is forced to convince a dead body that life is worth living.
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