News On 'Cursed Child' Movie Trilogy

 

According to a report hailing from The New York Times, Warner Bros. is already looking further afield to J.K. Rowling’s two-part stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Set some 19 years after the events of The Deathly Hallows, Potterheads got hold of the rehearsal script of the Cursed Child late last month, and it appears the pandemonium that ensued sent alarming bells ringing over at Warner Bros.

Because if sources close to The NY Times are to be believed, the studio is now courting Daniel Radcliffe to reprise his defining role as the bespectacled wizard for a Cursed Child trilogy. It’s speculation that evokes memories of Warner’s lavish treatment of The Hobbit but given the enduring legacy of Harry Potter and its subsequent box office draw, we’d be foolish to rule it out.

This statement was gotten from a well-placed Hollywood source: “Warners is secretly working on getting the movie rights and a screenplay settled, and of course in their minds only one man should be Harry. However he has made it clear that his mind is certainly not focused on returning to the role anytime soon — and that could be until he hits 40.”

Daniel Radcliffe has stated in the past that he would be game for returning as Harry Potter should the script be up to snuff. If Warner Bros. secures J.K. Rowling in some capacity, the studio could even switch between both sub-series with each passing year. Conjecture, of course, but we’ll be keeping track of these rumors regardless.