{"id":38559,"date":"2016-02-10T11:18:51","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T18:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/?p=38559"},"modified":"2019-03-06T12:12:32","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T20:12:32","slug":"harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child-book-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child-book-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s Going to Be a New Harry Potter Book, This Is Not a Drill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The day has finally arrived, fellow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/hitlist.asp?theme=Harry+Potter&amp;utm_source=ee-blog&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=entertainment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Harry Potter<\/strong><\/em><\/a> fans. And it&#8217;s totally understandable if you won&#8217;t be able to compose yourself after reading this news.<\/p>\n<p><em>Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,<\/em> the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/2015\/06\/26\/jk-rowling-announces-new-harry-potter-play-in-london\/\">sequel play<\/a> premiering in London this June, is turning into a book! Well, a book of the script, that is.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The eighth Harry Potter Story. Nineteen years later. Read it on July 31st! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CursedChild?src=hash\">#CursedChild<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HPScriptBook?src=hash\">#HPScriptBook<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4FNi2tltfI\">pic.twitter.com\/4FNi2tltfI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scholastic (@Scholastic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Scholastic\/status\/697430195272347650\">February 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We\u2019re thrilled to announce a new publishing programme from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\">@jk_rowling<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WizardingWorld?src=hash\">#WizardingWorld<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ffbBrlH3dz\">https:\/\/t.co\/ffbBrlH3dz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b3Ks88WiZd\">pic.twitter.com\/b3Ks88WiZd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pottermore (@pottermore) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pottermore\/status\/697421789220184065\">February 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s arriving on Harry&#8217;s birthday!<\/p>\n<p>While it may not be exactly the same as a new novel, or seeing the play in person, it&#8217;s certainly something great for fans who aren&#8217;t able to get to London to see the play.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, the end of July isn&#8217;t that far away.<\/p>\n<p>An important note is that this book will be a &#8220;Special Rehearsal Edition&#8221; of the script, with a second, &#8220;definitive&#8221; version coming out later. Which basically means there will be two versions of this book and whether or not you get both, or one, depends on your level of fandom.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a refresher of the plot:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn\u2019t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three school-age children.<\/p>\n<p>While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From the new global wizarding schools revealed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pottermore.com\/news\/ilvermorny-is-the-american-wizarding-school\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pottermore<\/a>, to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/2015\/12\/15\/fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-trailer\/\"><em>Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them<\/em><\/a> premiering this November, and now to this new book, the <em>Harry Potter<\/em> universe certainly is alive and well.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Harry Potter and the Cursed Child<\/em> book script will arrive in print and eBook on July 31, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Are you excited to read more of Harry&#8217;s story? Let us know what you think in the comments!<\/p>\n<p>And check out more <em>Harry Potter<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/hitlist.asp?theme=Harry+Potter&amp;utm_source=ee-blog&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=entertainment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/birthmoviesdeath.com\/2016\/02\/10\/theres-a-new-harry-potter-book-coming-in-july-kind-of\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Birth.Movies.Death<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The day has finally arrived, fellow Harry Potter fans. And it&#8217;s totally understandable if you won&#8217;t be able to compose yourself after reading this news. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the sequel play premiering in London this June, is turning into a book! Well, a book of the script, that is. &nbsp; The eighth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[3145,112,103,2900],"yst_prominent_words":[7703,29572,8358,6277,6403,29573,29570,6023,29571,29568,8479,8379,29566,8998,14483,7666,8480,29569,29567,11099],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38559"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38559"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64391,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38559\/revisions\/64391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38559"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=38559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}