The Belfast Telegraph has shared a new interview with Tom Felton where he discusses his new show Murder in the First, which will be airing on TNT starting June 9th. and also Belle which hits theatres in the UK June 13th. It is already out in the US and a few other countries.

Of Murder in the First: “It’s a classic, 10 episode [series], twists and turns the whole way. My character Erich Blunt, in the pilot he’s pitched as somewhat villainous but misunderstood is how I’d rather pitch it. He’s a highly intelligent, fiercely technical, whizz kid of the new generation. And he’s in the centre of a very high profile murder case, so it makes for a very interesting series.”

Of Belle: ” It’s great [playing a villain] because they’re volatile . They could be talking to you now, and then hear something to make them switch and go into another direction. So it’s a lot of fun to shock yourself and shock other people with your reaction . I enjoy that.”

The Daily Mail has revealed some of the cast members for BBC’s adaption of J.K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy. Potter alum Michael Gambon (Dumbledore) and Simon McBurney (Kreacher) are set to star.

Michael Gambon will play local council leader Howard Mollison with Julia McKenzie as his wife Shirley. Keeley Hawes will play their troubled daughter-in-law, Samantha. Simon McBurney will portray deputy headteacher Cubby Wall.

The BBC is creating a three-part mini-series around the book and will be aired some time in 2014.

James Phelps, Oliver Phelps and Bonnie Wright are taking over Universal Orlando’s Instagram account today to give fans a tour of Diagon Alley! They have just posted their first photo, in front of the Hogwarts Express. Make sure to follow along for more photos throughout the day!

The Universal Blog has been updated to share entertainment and interactive experiences you will be able to take part in when the Diagon Alley expansion opens this Summer. The article opens up with this teaser:

Imagine catching a live performance by a popular singing sorceress; seeing The Tales of Beedle the Bard come to life with a goose bump-inducing show performed by a troupe of four from the Wizarding Academy of Dramatic Arts; seeing the banter between the Knight Bus Conductor and a shrunken head; and exchanging your Muggle currency for Wizarding Bank Notes while meeting a Gringotts goblin. If all of that doesn’t get you excited, I don’t know what will!

Some details from the article may be read below, but check out the full blog post for all the details!

Gringotts Money Exchange: Here you’ll be able to exchange your Muggle currency for Wizarding Bank Notes, which can be used within both Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade (as well as the rest of our two theme parks) to purchase snacks and items from the shops. And there will be a Gringotts goblin who will be overseeing your transaction…

Knight Bus: and its two permanent occupants: a shrunken head and the Knight Bus Conductor, who will be more than happy to chat, joke around and take photos with you before you begin your journey into Diagon Alley.

Two Shows:

The Singing Sorceress: Celestina Warbeck and the Banshees: With a whole lot of soul, this swinging show will feature never-before heard songs including “A Cauldron Full Of Hot, Strong Love,” “You Stole My Cauldron But You Can’t Have My Heart” and “You Charmed The Heart Right Out Of Me” – all titles created by J.K. Rowling.

The Tales of Beedle the Bard:  “The Fountain of Fair Fortune” and “The Tale of the Three Brothers” (which was featured in the seventh film, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1”). Performed by a troupe of four from the Wizarding Academy of Dramatic Arts, this trunk show uses scenic pieces, props and puppetry fabricated by Emmy-award-winning designer Michael Curry.

Warner Bros. Entertainment U.K., Ireland and Spain president Josh Berger recently spoke about how Harry Potter helped the VFX business in Europe as well as some new tidbits on the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them films. On visual effects he says:

Berger noted that with the first Harry Potter film in 2000, less than 15% of the VFX work was done in the UK. By the final film’s production in 2010, more than 85% of the effects were done in Britain. “There was an expansion of the skill base, the assets, the sheer numbers of people working in the industry.”

It was that base of skills and talent that Warner could again tap into for the groundbreaking Gravity, with London-based Framestore leading the VFX.

He then mentioned a bit about the Fantastic Beasts films:

The film is set to be released in Nov. 2016 and is expected to be followed by further movies. Fantastic Beasts is set in 1920s New York and features U.S. and British wizards, he told his audience, but didn’t discuss the status of the script.

The Times is offering subscribers a first peek at The Silkworm, J.K. Rowling’s newest book under the pseudonym Robert Galibrath. You can read the first two chapters of the book if you are a subscriber to the paper. For those of you not in the UK, read over at USA Today.  The Silkworm will be released on June 19. A synopsis of the book is as follows:

When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, Mrs. Quine just thinks her husband has gone off by himself for a few days–as he has done before–and she wants Strike to find him and bring him home.

But as Strike investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine’s disappearance than his wife realizes. The novelist has just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost everyone he knows. If the novel were to be published, it would ruin lives–meaning that there are a lot of people who might want him silenced.

When Quine is found brutally murdered under bizarre circumstances, it becomes a race against time to understand the motivation of a ruthless killer, a killer unlike any Strike has encountered before…

A compulsively readable crime novel with twists at every turn, THE SILKWORM is the second in the highly acclaimed series featuring Cormoran Strike and his determined young assistant, Robin Ellacott.