Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe has revealed the words of encouragement he's passed down given to Dominic McLaughlin, the young star of HBO's upcoming TV series adaptation.

Radcliffe, now 36, was the same age as 11-year-old McLaughlin when he began filming the original Harry Potter film series 25 years ago. Now, the Wizarding World veteran has said he contacted his successor to wish him well.

"I know a few people that are working on the [TV series] production," Radcliffe revealed during an appearance on Good Morning America. "So I wrote to Dominic — and I sent him a letter and he sent me a very sweet note back."

"I just want to say, I do not want to be a specter in the lives of these children at all," Radcliffe acknowledged. "But I just wanted to say, 'I hope you have the best time, and an even better time than I did. I had a great time, but I hope you have an even better one.'"

"And I do," he continued. "I just see those pictures of him and all the other kids and I just want to hug them. They just seem so young. I do look at them and I go, 'Oh, it's crazy that I was doing that at that age.' But it's also incredibly sweet, and I hope they're having a great time."

As part of the same interview, Radcliffe expressed admiration and support for his fellow Potter movie co-star Tom Felton, who has just reprised his role as Draco Malfoy in the Broadway production of Harry Potter sequel play The Cursed Child. "I'm so happy," Radcliffe said. "I'm super excited he's in this, he's on Broadway and in this show."

The Simpsons has abruptly killed a veteran Springfield character, and said the death will not be reversed.

The series' latest episode, Sashes to Sashes, sees elderly Springfield resident Alice Glick collapse at the church organ she was often seen playing.

Glick has made dozens of minor appearances within The Simpsons over the years, beginning in the show's second season which aired back in 1991. Alas, after 34 years, the organist has played her last — and according to the show's co-executive producer Tim Long, the death is final.

The mystery of who plays Dorothy in Wicked: For Good has now been revealed — even though you won't see the character's face on-screen.

It's now been confirmed that British theater actress and pilates teacher Bethany Weaver portrays the iconic character within the Wicked sequel — which goes to great lengths to keep the character as anonymous as possible.

The Sun reports that Dorothy only appears on-screen for 69 seconds of the movie's 2 hour 17 minute runtime, and says just six words. Behind the scenes, too, there's been an effort to keep Weaver out of the spotlight, with the actress reportedly stopped from attending major premieres. Other cast and crew were also banned from publicly interacting with Weaver on social media.

Liz Albl, the new BioShock game's narrative lead, has now joined Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher studio CD Projekt Red.

The move follows 2K's recent decision to "rework" development of its long-gestating BioShock 4 project, which has been in development now since at least 2018.

Albl joined Cloud Chamber, 2K's secretive studio tasked with building a fresh BioShock chapter, back in 2022. Now, an update on LinkedIn makes clear that the former narrative boss departed the company back in August — at the time 2K indicated it was unhappy with progress and announced layoffs.

"Work on the next BioShock game has been underway for several years," noted an email to Cloud Chamber staff sent at the time by 2K president David Ismailer, and obtained by IGN. "While we’re excited about the foundational gameplay elements of the project, we’ve made the decision with studio leadership to rework certain aspects that are core to a BioShock game, and in doing so are reducing the size of the development team to focus on this work and give the game more time in development."

A Bloomberg report confirmed that Cloud Chamber Games studio head Kelley Gilmore had been removed, amid other layoffs, while creative director Hogarth de la Plante had been shuffled into a publishing role.

The timing of Albl's departure from the studio in August also makes sense, then, and it was reported at the time that 2K Games had been particularly critical of issues with the game's narrative. BioShock 4's story is now expected to be overhauled, and development will be overseen by former Gears of War head and Diablo franchise lead Rod Fergusson, who 2K has installed as the new overall boss of both Cloud Chamber and the BioShock franchise.

Prior to Cloud Chamber, Albl had served two years at Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor studio Monolith Productions working on Warner Bros.' now-cancelled Wonder Woman game. Prior to that, Albl had worked for several years at PlayStation's Sucker Punch studio writing Ghost of Tsushima, and at Ubisoft working on the Far Cry and Watch Dogs franchises.

Little is known about the next BioShock game, though sporadic hints from job descriptions and other possible leaks have suggested it will be set in a brand new location, and feature open world elements. When IGN last asked Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick about the game's progress, he reassured that BioShock 4 was "going to come out" for certain, but could not say when.

As for BioShock's original creator Ken Levine, there's little new word on his own long-awaited next project — the BioShock-esque Judas. Despite previously being expected by March 2025, we've not had a fresh update now in a little while.

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