Jk rowling gifted herself a whole new world to explore with the fantastic beasts franchise, with five films to dial back and explore the. Jk rowling has written an 800word prequel to the harry potter series which is likely to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity at auction the handwritten short story, featuring the. Harry potter and the cursed child will open in london in. Rowling suggested that the series new prequel film fantastic beasts and where to find them will feature a samesex relationship. Image caption jk rowling says the film is not a prequel nor sequel to harry potter. Along with the logo, the film launched a facebook, twitter and instagram. The prequel to the potter series, handwritten by j. Harry potter prequel the greater good official trailer. May 12, 2017 police issued an appeal for information friday about a missing harry potter story, which was stolen during a burglary in central england. These books wont be stories of harry and his adventures, but they will be a. The original screenplay hit store shelves in late 2016. Rowling answers tweet after tweet clarifying for anyone whos still confused that the upcoming. With a mini book written for charity serving as the central influence, fantastic beasts and where to find them moved the action to 1920s new york, centering the story on newt scamander eddie redmayne and his.
Rowling just cant let harry potter go the new york times. Pottermore presents is intended to supplement the harry potter book series with short. Her juggernaut plows on, with a twopart potter stage sequel and. Rowling s final harry potter book was published in 2007 jk rowling has written a short prequel to her popular harry potter books. Based on an original new story by jk rowling, jack thorne and john tiffany, harry potter and the cursed child parts i and ii is the eight potter story and will make its debut at the palace. The unofficial harry potter prequel is an 800word story written by j. The film is set in 1926 new york and stars oscar winner eddie redmayne as magizoologist newt scamander. The cards were collated and sold for charity in book form in august 2008. Jan 16, 2016 to be honest, i would say that its unlikely. Rowlings harry potter prequel story was stolen, the telegraph reports. Rowling has a lot on her plate, collaborating with other writers to pen scripts for harry potter and the cursed child and the. Rowling wants you to know that the harry potter play. Author jk rowling has written not one, but four new books about the wizarding world. It should be released in the movies or written as a book.
Feb 11, 2016 rowling has been saying over and over since cursed child was announced that the script is not a sequel, not a prequel. November 11, 2016 lifesitenews harry potter author j. Apr 10, 2015 the author was in new york to promote lumos, her new charity to help children in orphanages. The second film in the harry potter prequel franchise, fantastic.
Jk rowling is giving her literary fans a treat by releasing the script for fantastic beasts and where to find them as a book. The harry potter prequel is an 800word story written by j. For the seriess 2016 prequel film, see fantastic beasts and where to find them film. The manuscript was part of a 2008 auction to raise money for literacy causes, selling to an unnamed person for. As harry potter daniel radcliffe begins his sixth year at hogwarts, he discovers an old book marked as the property of the halfblood prince and begins to learn more about lord voldemorts ralph fiennes dark past. Rowling s contribution was an 800word harry potter prequel that concerns harry s father, james potter, and godfather, sirius black, and takes place three years before harry was born. A harry potter prequel is stolen the new york times. Seriously, guys, the new harry potter play isnt a prequel harry potter author j. Rowling in 2008 as part of a charity auction event, for which it fetched. Sep 07, 2019 jk rowling has hinted a new harry potter film is on the way sending fans into meltdown. Harry potter and the cursed child, a new play by jk. Jk rowling pens harry potter prequel for charities books. Jul 08, 2014 extras aj calloway caught up with daniel radcliffe in nyc on tuesday, where radcliffe commented on the new harry potter story author j.
Help about wikipedia community portal recent changes contact page. Rowling is about to release 3 new harry potter books time. Rowling had given harry potter and friends their satisfying ending but there was still so much to explore in the wizarding world. Rowling has conjured up a new story to be auctioned for charity next month. Harry potter and the cursed child, a new play by jk rowling, will hit the west end in 2016 rowling isnt giving much away, but she says that the new play is definitely not a prequel. Check out exclusive interviews with the cast and creators as well as new pictures and teasers from the movie and beyond. Set three years before the birth of harry potter, the story recounts an adventure had by sirius black and james potter. Jun 26, 2015 harry potter and the cursed child, a new play by jk rowling, will hit the west end in 2016 rowling isnt giving much away, but she says that the new play is definitely not a prequel. In 2016, publisher barry cunningham sold the copy hed been gifted at an auction for. Just a few months before the harry potter prequel, fantastic beasts and where to find them, hits theaters and a.
How could you not unconditionally love this little treat from rowling published online in june 2008 with the sole purpose of raising money while o. Rowling saw a private screening of harry potter prequel this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Rowling always said that the seventh harry potter book, harry. The story recounts an encounter with muggle police experienced by sirius black and james potter, taking place before the events of the harry potter series. Rowling teased fans on twitter with a joke about a harry potter prequel on world book day. In 2016, she told potterheads harry is done now, with the. May 29, 2008 jk rowling has written an 800word prequel to the harry potter series which is likely to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity at auction the handwritten short story, featuring the. Imdb worked its magic to apparate onto the set of fantastic beasts and where to find them. The internet blew up as people wrote about rowlings new. Is fantastic beasts and where to find them a sequel or prequel to harry potter. Jk rowling hints a new harry potter film is on the way. May 31, 2016 based on an original new story by jk rowling, jack thorne and john tiffany, harry potter and the cursed child parts i and ii is the eight potter story and will make its debut at the palace. Rowling is planning her first kids book since harry potter. Rowling s wizarding world will continue with a new harry potter movie fantastic beats and where to find them.
The hogwarts library, harry potter, slipcase box set three clothcover book 20. This is a small prequel for harry potter written by the author herself, j. There was no title given but it has generally been come to be known as the harry potter prequel. Harry potter readers think jk rowling just teased a new sequel. The author of the hugely popular books took to twitter yesterday to share a new picture of the death eater. But the 800word tale will not be published instead it will go under the hammer at a charity auction in london next month. Rowling wrote for the tenth anniversary of harry potter and the order of the phoenix, its time to celebrate the generation that came before. Rowlings stolen harry potter prequel sheds light on the. Rowling is planning her first kids book since harry. At the moment, she has implied that she is done writing about the potter universe. According to the new york times, the stolen prequel is set before the birth of harry potter and focuses on his father and sirius blacks runin with police. Horror of horrors, there could even be an elder potter on the horizon.
To date, it has only been officially published in a limitedrelease, ukexclusive book. New harry potter movie fantastic beasts and where to. Since the final potter book came out in 2007, she has kept herself busy. Harry potter and the cursed child will be more than just a play in london. Rowling is about to release 3 new harry potter books. Rowling cast a spell over the world with her harry potter series, and when she released the final book in the series in july of 2007 diehard fans of. Harry potter and the cursed child debuted in the west end in 2016 while. Rowling harry potter prequel was auctioned in london in. A black actress is cast as hermione in new harry potter play, the. Be the first to see the new cover of time and get our. Rowling cast a spell over the world with her harry potter series, and when she released the final book in the series in july of 2007 diehard fans of the boy wizard were desperate for more. Rowling, and was published online on june 11th, 2008.
Rowling in 2008 for the seriess 2016 prequel film, see fantastic beasts and where to find them film. Rowling shows no sign of leaving the harry potter universe. Rowling s screenplay for the harry potter prequel will be published. It was handwritten for a charity event at waterstones and auctioned off for.
Will jk rowling write about the first wars a prequel to. Oct 14, 2016 during a livestreamed facebook fan event for the new film, author j. Rowling is planning to write another book for kids and it. The books have been translated into over 80 languages, won multiple awards, and sold more than 500 million copies worldwide, becoming the bestselling book series in history in 2016, a new era of the wizarding world was unveiled with the launch of fantastic beasts and where to find them, an original screenplay by j. The first, fantastic beasts and where to find them, will be directed by david yates, who directed the last four harry potter movies, and reunite the same filmmaking. Other titles often given are maraudersera prequel and drumsticks it was handwritten and signed by rowling an a5 card. Rowling said that she cant guarantee she wouldnt return to the world of harry potter in the next 10 years or so, therefore she didnt want to say she never would, but she also said it was unlikely. New harry potter movie prequel to the harry potter series even though the harry potter franchise has ended with the last book and movie being released years ago, j.
Its not accessible to the hearing impaired uk harry potter. Like any author of a bestselling childrens book series, j. Cosmopolitan five fantastic beasts movies are coming and we cannot breathe fantastic beasts on twitter. Jk rowling hints at harry potter and the cursed child movie.
Fantastic beasts and where to find them is neither a prequel nor a sequel to the harry potter series, but an extension of the wizarding world, rowling said in a statement late last year. A prequel to the harry potter books will open at the palace theatre in 2016 photo. Rowlings harry potter prequel story was stolen, the telegraph reports the famed british author, 51, jotted down the story to help raise money for english pen. Rowling is about to release 3 new harry potter books j. Harry potter and the cursed child, parts one and two. The story is set many years before the harry potter novels, during the first first wizarding war, and recounts an adventure had by sirius black and james potter. Rowling has a limitless canvas on which to paint these new movies, but so. A spinoff prequel series of films are now being released on the big screen, starting with 2016 s fantastic beasts and where to find them. K rowlings new harry potter audiobook is here, and it. There will be a brandnew harry potter book this summer vanity. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Bbc news entertainment jk rowling pens potter prequel. Rowling that she would like to read harry potter books.
At sunday nights new york premiere harry potter and the cursed child on broadway. Jk rowling to pen harry potter spinoff film bbc news. Untitled charity auction story harry potter wiki fandom. Nov 17, 2016 is fantastic beasts and where to find them a sequel or prequel to harry potter. The official playscript of the original west end production by j. Brothers filmwhich is a prequel to the harry potter seriesshows the titles letters. Jk rowling classic books from the library of hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Jun 28, 2015 fans rejoiced when they learned that a new harry potter story will be debuting onstage in 2016, but author j. Jk rowling is to make her screenwriting debut in a new harry potter themed film. Fantastic beasts 3 can save the harry potter prequel series. Harry potter harry potter and the cursed child new play in. Jk rowling reveals shes a creature of habit despite immaculate design and splashes of wonder, a touch of magic is missing in this harry potter prequel. Rowling revealed that prequel will actually be the first of a fivefilm series. Rowling hints at gay relationship in new harry potter.
Rowling says fantastic beasts is the first of five. Since the final harry potter book was published in 2007, theres been no shortage. Harry potter and the cursed child, a new play by jk rowling, will hit. Is fantastic beasts a sequel or prequel to harry potter.
Jun 26, 2015 rowling said she chose to make the announcement on friday because it was a very special day the 18th anniversary of when her debut book, harry potter and the philosophers stone, was first. Harry potter prequel the greater good official trailer broad strokes. An 800word, untitled short story, unofficially known as the harry potter prequel, was written by j. A new harry potter story is coming not in a book but to the stage. This was a treat, short and sweet, done to help raise money. Jun 04, 2018 like any author of a bestselling childrens book series, j. Got a feeling this is going to be the new not a prequel. The author was in new york to promote lumos, her new charity to help children in orphanages. It gives a brief insight into the life of the marauders during the first war. Jk rowling is frantically trying to debunk a rumor about her new harry potter play. Ceo kevin tsujihara confirmed the harry potter prequel, fantastic beasts and where to find them, will be the first part of a trilogy. While rowling wont be giving readers a ninth harry potter book or more.
Rowling sent ebooks of the entire harry potter series to a sevenyearold girl from wartorn syria back in november 2016, bana alabed, who boasts nearly 370,000 followers on twitter, tweeted to j. Three new books based on harry potter to be released newshub. Jk rowling is releasing another harry potter prequel book. The famed british author, 51, jotted down the story to help raise money for english pen.
K rowling s new harry potter audiobook is here, and it has a cursed child connection. The plot takes place after the initial book series finisihed, as harry looks. Jk rowling warns fans not to buy stolen harry potter prequel in 2016 rowling told the guardian she was done with making anymore harry potter books, but that hasnt stopped others from continuing. Harry potter and the cursed child to open in 2016 bbc news. The news of the stolen harry potter prequel came more than half a year since j.
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