(TDB) - A ‘Harry Potter’-inspired wizarding pub complete with moving pictures, levitating candles and wand-operated beer taps could be opening in London, if a fantasy fan’s Kickstarter campaign receives enough support from the franchise’s legions of fans.

Entrepreneur Matthew Cortland hopes to open a “wizarding pub” in London called the Cauldron Wizarding Pub & Inn in March 2018, and will launch a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds on 26 June – the 20th anniversary of the the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – until 31 July – Harry Potter’s fictional birthday.

Among his many ideas for the fantasy pub are voice- and touch-sensitive magic wands to operate the lights, beer taps, and other technology around the pub, using the “internet of things” to create an immersive magical world inside a “small and shabby looking pub”.

Other intentions include auto-refill technology, candles that float in mid-air using magnetism, as well as moving photos on the walls, mirroring the famous talking pictures of Hogwarts, along with food and drink inspired by the wider fantasy genre, with Cortland also taking inspiration from fantasy authors J.R.R Tolkien, and C.S. Lewis.

“We will create spectacular science-based cocktails that look and behave like potions that are described in fantasy books,” said Cortland. “Our resident mixologist will be tasked with using the magical elements in our pub to brew drinks that capture your imagination. It’s a boozy mix of mixology, science, and technology.”