Harry Potter fans unite for the eighth installment of the Harry Potter series. The new Harry Potter book titled Harry Potter and The Cursed Child will be out this summer.
Harry Potter is back - this time as an adult. We last saw Harry on the screen as a parent, seeing his own child off at Platform Nine and Three Quarters on the first day of school to Hogwarts. That particular scene happened 19 years after Harry defeated Voldemort. Now, his struggles revolve around being a parent in the world of magic and darkness.
Author J.K Rowling announced on her Pottermore website that the two-part play will be published as a book this summer. Fans of the book where just kids at the time, growing up with Harry everytime a movie is being released. Him being an adult in this new book kind of coincides on the same timeline with most Harry Potter fans as the new story picks up right after that scene at the train station. Now, Harry and his son Albus again faces the risk of magic and darkness.
To tease fans, a "special rehearsal edition" script book will be made available on midnight of July 31 which is a day after the Harry Potter play opens in London.
The on-stage play is the eigth installment based on the story created by Rowling, with Jack Thorne and John Tiffany by her side.
David Shelley, CEO of Little, Brown Book Group released a statement regarding the good news. "We are so thrilled to be publishing the script of 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, J.K. Rowling and her team have received a huge number of appeals from fans who can't be in London to see the play and who would like to read the play in book format -- and so we are absolutely delighted to be able to make it available for them", says Shelley.
Don't worry online fans, an eBook will be published the same time the hard copy will be released. But just an FYI for fans gearing up to watch the play. The limited preview edition will not be the final copy, as reported online. This is so the creative team will have the flexibility to make changes while the play is in previews. The final copy - "A Definitive Collector's Edition" will be available after.
Rest easy, HP fans. Don't forget to breathe and hold on to your wands.
