The Rowling Magazine Issue #75 · March 2023
These past few weeks, rumors have resurfaced about a possible film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, almost like a yearly tradition. Every January of each year, British tabloids or blogs of dubious reputation publish articles about how Warner Bros. is working on a movie version of the successful Harry Potter play. The […]
The Rowling Magazine Issue #70 · October 2022
The Wizarding World franchise is one of the most developed and immersive works by J. K. Rowling, with fans and readers around the world trying to decipher every little detail as much as they can. Jo understands this, as she acknowledges that fans love every single detail from the books. In 2007, when Harry Potter […]
The Rowling Magazine Issue #26 · February 2019
I had the privilege to see Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Part One and Part Two on Broadway last week. I was lucky enough to watch it in London a year ago, but now I visited New York City and I did not want to miss the chance to see the original cast. […]
The Rowling Magazine Issue #25 · January 2019
2018 has passed and with it a lot of new things in the Harry Potter Universe, with Fantastic Beast: The Crimes of Grindelwald, the new film in the Wizarding World, the main course of the year releases. We also had the new illustrated editions of The Tales of Beedle the Bard (in plural, because we […]
The Rowling Magazine Issue #18 · June 2018
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Part 1 & 2 arrived on Broadway and it seems it has some changes from its London version. The fans who were lucky enough to see both shows (the American and the European version) noticed a few differences. The most interesting report notes that, in Broadway, Harry Potter, […]
October 9th, 2017
It was in December 2013 that it was stated publicly that J.K. Rowling and Sonia Friedman Production were going to develop a West End stage play based on the Harry Potter characters. At that moment, it was announced that the play would “explore the previously untold story of Harry’s early years as an orphan and outcast”, […]
September 22nd, 2017
If the Harry Potter fandom was waiting for news for this weekend, Friday has arrived with three updates. One of each kind: movies, books and stage plays.
The Rowling Magazine Issue #3 · January 2017
Why the announced Definitive Edition for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child could get inspiration from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘Hamilton: The Revolution’
November 18th, 2016
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the stage play that debuted in London this past July, will be in New York City in two years.
September 11th, 2016
This is a guest post by Ibid. Ibid is an Editor at The Harry Potter Lexicon, You can find him at Reddit and SciFi StackExchange. This list is focused on new canon bits and how they relate to other canon. It doesn’t strive to summarize the original articles and therefore will not serve as a substitute […]
August 6th, 2016
As we all know, everything began with a Harry Potter book, which eventually became an epic tale of seven parts. In between, the series morphed into other formats, being the film format the most successful representative of this. But it did not stop there: merchandising of all kinds, theme parks, and now a new original film (not […]
July 31st, 2016
At the end of the seventh book in The Dark Tower series by Stephen King, the author urges and recommends the reader to close the book at this point. The final chapter could be controversial, so King suggests finishing the story with the happy ending. Well, something like this could be added to the end of […]
July 31st, 2016
“Wow”… That’s the only word we could think of when we walked off the Palace Theatre in London last month. We were lucky enough to attend Part One and Part Two of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on June 16th and 17th, and that’s something we will remember for a long time. Since it is the […]
June 25th, 2016
After the revelation of the final cover for the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Rehearsal Edition, now it is time to know how the book will look.
April 23rd, 2016
A 90-second new clip has been released online today, with footage from inside Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’s rehearsals, revealing the cast working and also J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany talking about the play.
February 10th, 2016
We were sharing the rumours with you a few days ago, it has now been confirmed on Pottermore: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will also be published both as a book and an ebook. Actually, two versions of the script will exist. The first one will be on sale right after the world premiere on […]
January 25th, 2016
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the upcoming two-part West End stage play scheduled to open in July 2016, set nineteen years after the end of Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows, which will be about Harry Potter (now a Ministry of Magic employee) and his son Albus Potter. Considered to be the sequel of […]
December 21st, 2015
Just a few minutes ago, the identity of the actors that will play the Golden Trio in the West End Play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has been announced. And there is a little detail that will be the center of the comments and reactions about the news: the actress portraying Hermione Granger is black. Noma […]
October 23rd, 2015
Yesterday, we revealed the new artwork, prices, dates, tagline and who is the Cursed Child. Now, Pottermore, the official Harry Potter channel, has published the synopsis of the West End Play that is already catalogued as Harry Potter 8.
October 22nd, 2015
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will open next year in London, England. But the artwork, date, prices and even the tagline has been released today for the, as they call it, the eight story.
September 24th, 2015
With three tweets, J.K. Rowling just announced that the play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will be in two parts. And although Pottermore published a tweet saying “Why it’s in two parts”, the answer was never given.
September 18th, 2015
Sonia Friedman is the producer of the stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. She spoke with Evening Standard about her career and of course, the upcoming play about J.K. Rowling’s character.