An eighth harry potter book is to be released this summer containing the script for a new stage play telling the wizards story. The final one will be made into two movies so there will be eight movies in total. Rowling admits she has weak moments when she feels she will pen another. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix is the longest book in the series, at 766 pages in the uk version and 870 pages in the us version.
An 8th harry potter book is coming with a twist harry potter and the cursed child will be released on july 31. This is the latest in a long list of new announcements about jk rowlings fictional wizarding world. Rowling is revisiting the harry potter universe as fantastic beasts and where to find them heads to the big screen. Rowling explains why harry potter 9 will never happen. Rowling is revisiting the harry potter universe as fantastic beasts and where to find them heads to. The new harry potter book is here, and if you wanted it to. Second, the play was not written by jk rowling herself. Harry potter and the cursed child is coming to a bookstore near you. Pottermore is proud to be a key part of the multiplatform effort that will allow the epic eighth harry potter story to be read and enjoyed by a wider, global audience, said susan l. Harry potter may have returned to the muggle world this weekend with harry potter and the cursed child, but the wizarding worlds creator, j. The book, which is branded as the official eighth story in the harry potter series, was published sunday to all the midnightrelease and nerdsdressingincloaks fanfare of yesteryear.
If youve been waiting for an owl to bring you news of a new book about harry potter or another play starring his son, its time to learn that, like. Is harry potter and the cursed child an 8th harry potter book. A plot to make most terrible things happen at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry this year. The books concern a wizard called harry potter and his journey through hogwarts school. The cursed child is the eighth story in the harry potter series and we have the synopsis to share with you it was always difficult being harry potter and it isnt much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the ministry of magic, a husband and father of three schoolage children. Is there a ninth book of harry potter book series answers. K rowling will release two new harry potter books this year. Speaking at the broadway opening of harry potter and the cursed child on sunday, j. It was written by jack thorne, based on a story by j. Rowling has considered writing an eighth harry potter book. Rowlings harry potter and the cursed child a little after midnight at foyles book store on july 31, 2016 in london, england. Harry potter and the goblet of fire was published on 8 july 2000 at the same time by bloomsbury and scholastic. Jk rowling, the author of harry potter, only agreed for the play to be made. Harry potter and the cursed child to be eighth book bbc.
The release of a new movie would become a major event over the next decade, with the series coming to a close with the eighth installment harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2 in 2011. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Pictures of what appear to be all or most of the wildly anticipated seventh harry potter book, harry potter and the deathly hallows, due for release july 21, proliferated on the internet tuesday, seemingly penetrating the unprecedented shroud of secrecy put into place by the books publisher. Then they realized the sequel wasnt going to be released in book form she had turned it into a play. Pottermore has listened to the cries of potterheads everywhere, announcing that j. Theres an eighth harry potter book coming out in which. The books have been made into movies by warner bros. In a snapelevel twist, yet another book in the harry potter series will be released this july. Rowling not only because shes bringing an epic 20th anniversary harry potter exhibit to the world. Rowling not only because shes bringing an epic 20th anniversary harry potter exhibit to the. Why the world needs the 8th harry potter book thank you. Harry potter and the cursed child is a 2016 british twopart play written by jack thorne based on an original story by j.
Four brand new stories associated with the wizarding world of harry potter are set to be released over 20 years after the first novel was published the series of short nonfiction ebooks, set. Harry potter and the philosophers stone named sorcerers in the usa 2. Harry potters summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy warnings from a houseelf called dobby, and rescue from the dursleys by his friend ron weasley in. Harry potter and the cursed child, parts one and two. The harry potter books make up the popular series written by j. Rowling said she doesnt expect to continue moving the story forward by creating a. But by the way before i read the latest book in the film evan almighty, when the mom n kids r in dat cafe on the tv screen in ther it says what happens at the end of the latest book about ginny n harry gettin married n havin kids. It was published worldwide in english on 21 june 2003. Harry potter and the cursed child is the book that follows the original seven harry potter books.
On announcing plans for the project, rowling stated that the play would not be a prequel. K rowling that has to do with harry potter are the tales of beedle the bard. The generation that grew up reading harrys stories are now buying their own books and financing their own plays. Jk rowling drops hints of possible eighth harry potter book. Originally published on pottermore h arry harry potter and the cursed child is the official eighth potter story and the first to be presented on stage. Jk rowling says there may be an 8th harry potter book. The eighth story is probably the last story in harry potters timeline. Besides, in the final book she solved everything out and everythings clear now, and voldemort and his followers are gone.
Rowling dashes hopes for a ninth harry potter book. Place the harry potter books in order according to your favourite score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Speaking at the broadway opening of harry potter and the cursed child on. The writer who released the seventh, and what was touted as the final tome, harry potter and the deathly hallows, in the boy wizard series this year revealed she may revive the magical world of hogwarts and its pupils one day, but insists harry would not be the central character.
An 8th harry potter book is coming with a twist vox. Hundreds of lowquality photos resembling the books pages could be accessed at. If you were one of the kids who waited, blearyeyed and pajamaclad, in line at a book store waiting for midnight to drop so you could get your hands on the new harry potter book, we have great. Rowling, with the first movie being 2001s harry potter and the sorcerers stone. Rowling has strongly hinted for the first time that she could write an eighth book in the series. There will be an eighth harry potter book sort of the.
Rowling was writing a sequel to her beloved sevenpart series, they couldnt wait to get their hands on the book. But in addition to the new stage playharry potter and the cursed childthere will be a new harry potter book this summer. Harry potter and the cursed child is not going to be canon, i would guess, but the forthcoming storycreated for a stage play, and adapted into a book to be released july 31was written. It does not feel like an eighth harry potter book at all. The final book of the harry potter series is harry potter and the deathly hallows.
We finally have a release date for the 8th harry potter book. In this april 9, 2015 file photo, harry potter author j. Eighth harry potter book to publish in july cbs news. Now that we know the 8th harry potter book is to be released july 31, we can look forward to the magic returning. The eighth story is probably the last story in harry potter s timeline, meaning that harry potter 9 wont be happening. Rowling lights the empire state building to mark the launch of her nonprofit childrens organization lumos, in new york. Will there be an eighth harry potter movie answers. Rowling wont say yes to more harry potter, but shes not exactly saying no, either the author of one of the most famous childrens book series, made into hit films, recently chatted with. The harry potter movies are based on the bestselling book series by j. There will be a brandnew harry potter book this summer. The announcement marked the eighteenth anniversary of the publication of the first harry potter novel, harry potter and the philosophers stone, published on 26 june 1997. Nine years after publication of the last novel in the bestselling series about the boy wizard, what has been billed as the epic 8th harry potter story. Rowling explains why there wont be any more stories about. K rowling will release two new harry potter books this.
Hang on, actually, there will be an eighth harry potter 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. Harry potter is midway through his training as a shelve harry potter and the goblet of fire. Harry potter and the cursed child is a twopart west end stage play. Rowlings new play, harry potter and the cursed child pts.
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