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Biography
I am a screen industries scholar with interests in the cinema sector, contemporary media franchising, media technologies, franchise adaptation, marketing and promotion, and media authorship.
My recent monograph, entitled 'From Harry Potter to the Wizarding World: The Transfiguration of a Franchise' (Edinburgh University Press, 2025), traces the development of the Harry Potter franchise in the 2010s.
Teaching Summary
I teach on film, media and cultural studies across undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. My teaching is research-led and underpinned by interactive, student-centred pedagogies.
Teaching specialisms include:
- Global media franchises
- Creative and cultural industries
- Marketing and promotion
- Media technologies
- Research methods
Research Summary
My current research is defined by two strands:
1. Contemporary media franchising. I am a leading scholar in Harry Potter studies, having recently published my monograph on Potter franchising strategies in the 'post-Potter era' following the end of the books and films. I also publish on media authorship, contemporary film and television, and screen marketing.
2. Contemporary film exhibition industries. I am interested in understanding challenges facing the cinema sector in terms of audience development, promotion, funding, and digital technologies. I have worked with local East Midlands cinemas such as Broadway (Nottingham) and the Arc (Beeston) on place-based research that seeks to develop pilot studies to engage with minority audiences.
Recent Publications
KIERAN FOSTER and CASSIE BRUMMITT, eds., 2027. Fright Nights: Live Horror Events Edinburgh University Press. (In Press.)
CASSIE BRUMMITT, 2027. 鈥淗ello, Clarice鈥�: Industry Logics, Adaptation, and the Spectre of Lecter in Clarice (2021). In: KIERAN FOSTER, ed., They Always Come Back: The Horror Legacy Sequel Edinburgh University Press. (In Press.)
CASSIE BRUMMITT and ELIZABETH EVANS, 2027. VOD Killed the Radio Times?: TV Listings Magazines as Audience-Industry Intermediaries. In: HELEN WOOD, ADITYA DESHBANDHU, HANNAH HAMAD and SIAO RONG FONG, eds., Media Studies Now Routledge. (In Press.)
CASSIE BRUMMITT, 2026. Disinterring Johanna ter Steege: Aryan Papers and the Materiality of the Stanley Kubrick Archive. In: JAMES FENWICK and KIERAN FOSTER, eds., 糖心原创ing Unmade, Unseen, and Unreleased Film and Television: Histories, Theories, Methods Intellect Books.
Future Research
Upcoming publications include:
Edited collection: Fright Nights: Live Horror Events with Kieran Foster (contracted with Edinburgh University Press, due to be published 2027)
Book chapter: '"Hello, Clarice": Industry Logics, Adaptation, and the Spectre of Lecter in Clarice' in They Always Come Back: The Horror Legacy Sequel Edinburgh University Press (edited by Kieran Foster, due to be published 2027)
Book chapter: 'VOD Killed the Radio Times?: TV Listings Magazines as Industry-Audience Intermediaries' in Media Studies Now (edited by Helen Wood, Aditya Deshbandhu, Hannah Hamad and Siao Rong Fong, due to be published 2027)