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## Video: J.K. Rowling Reveals A 'Harry Potter' Play Is In The Works

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## Transcript

While it may have seemed like Harry Potter's journey ended with the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in 2007, author JK Rowling is proving the story about the boy who lived is far from over. Rowling tweeted she's been working on a new play called Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which will debut in London in 2016. She ended up announcing the news on June 26. The same day the UK version of her first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was released in 1997. The play will run at the Palace Theater. Its website says Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will explore the backstory leading up to Harry's parents untimely death at the hands of Lord Voldemort.

Despite sounding a lot like prequel to her Harry Potter series, Rowling tweeted that the play isn't one Because the series started with Harry's parents dying, Potter fans didn't really get to even meet Lily and James Potter until book five when Harry was sucked into an old memory of Professor Snape's. Since the completion of the book series, Rowling has released more tidbits about Lily and James on Pottermore A website dedicated to a retelling of the story, combined with never- before released content from Rowling. While Rowling didn't write this play, she has been busy making her screenwriting debut for the upcoming film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them starring Eddy Redman.

The film is being built as a counterpart to the Harry Potter series, which the Wall Street Journal reports grossed over $ 7. 7 billion globally over it's eight films. Maybe next she'll work on the stories of Harry, Ron, and Hermione's kiddos.

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