J.K. Rowling has released the titles of the upcoming installments of her story series on Pottermore, “The History of Magic in North America!”
From March 9-11, a new story will be relased each day at 9 a.m. EST on the site, EW reports.
“Seventeenth Century and Beyond” will debut Wednesday (March 9) and covers the Salem witch trials, explaining why being a witch or wizard is more dangerous in North America than it is in Europe.
“Rappaport’s Law” debuts Thursday (March 10) and discusses strict laws about wizarding secrecy in the 18th century.
“1920s Wizarding America” debuts Friday (March 11) and tells the story of “the American makers of the finest wizarding implements.”
Look out, Harry Potter fans…four new stories about the North America wizarding world are coming your way!
“Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling will release the four stories under the title “History of Magic in North America” on Pottermore this week.
The stories will introduce fans to the wizard school in the US Ilvermorny, Skin-walkers, the Salem witch trials, the US version of the Ministry of Magic, called the Magical Congress of the United States of America, and more!
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them will be released on November 18.
The first written piece will be revealed on Pottermore on Tuesday (March 8), so stay tuned!
Watch a preview video from EW below…
Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them will not be a one-off film!
Author J.K. Rowling confirmed that the movie based on her novel will, in fact, be a trilogy.
She tweeted to a fan, “You heard wrong, I’m afraid. #CursedChild is a play. #FantasticBeasts will be 3 movies, though!”
The film opens in 1926 as Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) has just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures. Arriving in New York for a brief stopover, he might have come and gone without incident�were it not for a No-Maj (American for Muggle) named Jacob (Dan Fogler), a misplaced magical case, and the escape of some of Newt’s fantastic beasts, which could spell trouble for both the wizarding and No-Maj worlds.
Colin Farrell, Katherine Waterston, Ezra Miller and more star in the film, which will hit theaters on November 18, 2016!
We’re so excited about the announcement that more Harry Potter is on the way, but first, J.K. Rowling wants to clarify some information about the upcoming Cursed Child “book.”
The 50-year-old author first clarified that the book is not a book, but rather, a script in book form.
“To be clear! The SCRIPT of #CursedChild is being published. #NotANovel #NotAPrequel ????,” J.K. tweeted.
She also wanted to address that the book is not a prequel to the story.
“The script will be in book form, true, but it’s still #NotAPrequel because it’s set #19YearsLater,” she wrote on her Twitter account. She also clarified that Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is the prequel to Harry Potter.
J.K. Rowling has revealed a secret she told Alan Rickman about his famous character Severus Snape while filming Harry Potter.
In a 2010 interview with RTE, Alan mentioned that J.K. had given him a piece of information about the character that affected the way he played the role.
“She gave me one little piece of information, which I always said I would never share with anybody and never have, and never will,” Alan said. “It wasn’t a plot point, or crucial in any tangible way, but it was crucial to me as a piece of information that made me travel down that road rather than that one or that one or that one.”
When a fan asked J.K. about the secret on Twitter after Alan passed away, she opened up about what she had confided, writing, “I told Alan what lies behind the word ‘always.’”
J.K. Rowling, who authored the “Harry Potter” series, has taken to her Twitter account to mourn the death of Alan Rickman.
The 69-year-old actor portrayed Severus Snape in all of the Harry Potter films.
“There are no words to express how shocked and devastated I am to hear of Alan Rickman’s death. He was a magnificent actor & a wonderful man,” J.K. wrote. “My thoughts are with Rima and the rest of Alan’s family. We have all lost a great talent. They have lost part of their hearts.”
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the eighth story in the beloved franchise, will be kicking off performances in June 2016 and the lead cast was just announced!
The show will be featuring Harry, Ron, and Hermione as adults and Jamie Parker (pictured to the right) will take on the title role in the play.
The actress playing Hermione Granger is Noma Dumezweni and Paul Thornley will be playing Ron Weasley.
“I’m so excited with the choice of casting for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. I can’t wait to see Jamie, Noma and Paul bring the adult Harry, Hermione and Ron to life on stage next summer,” author and playwright J.K. Rowling said in a statement.
Here is the synopsis of the play: “It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three school-age children. While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.”
Performances start on June 7, 2016 and there are two parts to the play, which can be seen separately or on the same day.
