The Harry Potter franchise has been a staple in pop culture for decades now. Generations of children (and adults!) have grown ...

The first Harry Potter film, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," hit U.S. theaters on Nov. 16, 2001. USA TODAY is republishing articles from its archives to mark the movie's 20th anniversary.

HBO's new lead actor in its highly anticipated Harry PotterTV adaptation is already fixing a major deviation from the movie ...

HBO just confirmed additional cast for its upcoming Harry Potter TV series adaptation, plus released the first look of young ...

Case in point: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, by J.K. Rowling. The book, released stateside last month, was a huge hit when issued last year in the United Kingdom, topping the adult best ...

HBO has released a first look at Nick Frost as Hogwarts gamekeeper Rubeus Hagrid (below).

It’s been nearly 20 years since J.K. Rowling’s magical novel “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” hit U.S. bookshelves on Sept. 1, 1998, and since then, Rowling’s story of the boy ...

At the time of its release in 2001, there were few films as highly anticipated as the first film adaptation based on J.K. Rowling's bestselling book series. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ...

For the sake of brevity (I once wrote a full research paper about the impact of J.K. Rowling’s literature / charity work when I was 14, and I’ll be sure to publish it if I ever find it), I’m going to ...