Pottermore publishing is the global digital publisher of the harry potter series and. Since the final potter book came out in 2007, she has kept herself busy. The harry potter author will write the screenplay, while david yates will return to direct. Culture film features state of the arts why wont jk rowling let the harry potter franchise lie. It sounds like the story might not quite be over for the harry potter franchise. Rowling revealed on thursday that the previously announced harry potter. Set three years before the birth of harry potter, the story recounts an adventure had by sirius black and james potter. Orphan harry learns he is a wizard on his 11th birthday when hagrid escorts him to magicteaching hogwarts school. Rowling is releasing 4 new harry potter books online. This article contains major spoilers for fantastic beasts. Because its actually a sequel, set 19 years after harry potter and the deathly hallows. Why people are excited about the two new harry potter books. Jk rowling has explicitly stated that she is highly unlikely to write another harry potter book.
Rowling has written a harry potter sequel vanity fair. Rowlings harry potter and the cursed child is the eighth story in the series. Rowling teases brand new harry potter sequel unilad. Jk rowlings fantastic beasts sequel set for 2018 release. Rowlings harry potter books in order showbiz cheat sheet. Rowling, is a british author and screenwriter best known for her sevenbook harry potter childrens book series. The harry potter author sat down with todays matt lauer to talk about harry potter and her charity lumos. Image caption jk rowling says the film is not a prequel nor sequel to harry potter. The author posted a cryptic tweet that has fans thinking a new story involving. Ever since the publication of her seventh hogwarts novel, harry potter and the. Rowling, and was published online on june 11th, 2008. When the subject of a harry potter sequel novel came up. Rowling was writing a sequel to her beloved sevenpart series, they couldnt wait to get their hands on the book. While rowling wont be giving readers a ninth harry potter book or more cursed child plays or movies, fans still have plenty of fantastic beasts content to look forward to.
Rowlings book order of the phoenix for example, the longest of the harry potter. A threeday trial over an unauthorised harry potter encyclopedia has ended with a flash of anger from jk rowling the british author returned to the new york courtroom on wednesday and told a. Harry potter is a series of fantasy novels written by british author j. Rowling has said there are no plans to write a followup to the harry potter play.
Why wont jk rowling let the harry potter franchise lie. Twenty two years after the first book was published, the world is still obsessed with all things harry potter. Rowling was pretty insistent that the seventh installment had closed the book on the adventures of the boy who lived. Harry potter readers think jk rowling just teased a new sequel. Rowlings harry potter series story books sit in a bookstore july 6, 2000, in arlington, va. The author posted a cryptic tweet that has fans thinking a new story involving the boy wizard is on the way. Johnny depp to costar in jk rowlings fantastic beasts sequel.
Rowling fantastic beasts sequel to take story in new. Rowling wasnt lying when she said her new play, harry potter and the cursed child, isnt a prequel. Rowlings new ebook editions to the mythical tome will be available in june through pottermore rowlings ecommerce and. Jk rowling harry potter sequel grown up harry celebrity. Harry potter and the cursed child works as a stage sequel to rowling s seven novels. Harry potter franchises new fantastic beasts sequel should not have been written by j. Digital culture innovation jk rowling harry potter. The harry potter books make up the popular series written by j. Rowlings eagerly awaited harry potter spinoff movie doesnt come out until november, but the author has already written a sequel script to fantastic beasts and where to. Jk rowling is frantically trying to debunk a rumor about her new harry potter play. Rowling revealed the harry potter play is a sequel. Jk rowling is to make her screenwriting debut in a new harry. Rowling has created an entire wizarding world that has sparked the imaginations of millions across the globe for years now.
The real stories behind that alleged harry potter book and other. Time book critic lev grossman grabs an early copy of deathly hallows and finds it a sad but satisfying wrapup to j. Rowling was pretty insistent that the seventh installment had closed the book on. Johnny depp will play a starring role alongside eddie redmayne in the sequel to fantastic beasts and where to find them, a childrens fantasy film set in jk rowlings wizarding world, 70. Rowling teases a new book sequel video april 10, 2015 8. Cursed child is all about grownup harry, ron, and hermione and their children. Why there wont be a harry potter and the cursed child. When the subject of a harry potter sequel novel came up, rowling first noted that she. Sequel court appearance for rowling in potter case books. The first harry potter book, harry potter and the philosophers stone, was. The last book in the harry potter series, harry potter and the deathly hallows was published all the way back in 2007. But how would you feel about a new harry potter sequel.
The books last chapter was one of the earliest things she wrote in the entire series. Rowling what the series would have looked like with baddie draco malfoy as the protagonist, the author gave the following awesome. There is a third fantastic beasts film in the works, writes arts. Author j k rowlings complete list of books and series in order, with the latest.
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