Harry Potter’s Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint in talks to reprise roles in movie version of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – 20 years after the original
Warner Bros. have bought the rights for a film version of J.K Rowling’s highly successful play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
HARRY Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson are being lined up to reprise their iconic roles in a brand new trilogy.
A movie version of author J.K Rowling’s play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is reportedly in the works, after Warner Bros. acquired the rights.
The two-part production, which launched on the West End last June, is set 20 years after the original films and the famous trio will be approached to take on their original parts.
Film expert and well-connected Harry Potter insider Jim Hill revealed in a US podcast that Harry Potter bosses planned to breath new life into the franchise, just like Star Wars, by turning the play - which is split into two parts - into three movies.
He said: “I have heard that Warner Bros. has actually had conversations with Emma, with Rupert, and, of course, Daniel about Cursed Child, because they want this to be, for lack of a better term, Harry Potter: The Force Awakens.
“They want this trilogy of movies to have the actors that we know and love from the original films, that we watched grow up, as adults.
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“And, of course, they’re hiring a bunch of new, younger actors to play their children with the hope that, if we can lean on J.K., maybe there’ll be The Cursed Adolescent.”
However he revealed the expected release date would be two years after the fifth Harry Potter spin-off film Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, in 2026.
Daniel, 27, Rupert, 28, and Emma, 26, were cast as stars Harry, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger in 2000, starring in eight films over a decade before 2011’s final Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part Two.
The play, which is sold out until February 2018 in London, is set 19 years after the last film and follows Harry’s son Albus’s struggle to live up to his family legacy.
