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  • 2013-09-11 (xsd:date)
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  • Harry Potter 8 (en)
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  • Ever since the 2007 publication of the seventh and final Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, many fans of the fantasy series have been hoping author J.K. Rowling might change her mind and pen additional volumes featuring the adventures of Harry, his friends Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger, and the rest of the gang from the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Such expectations were stoked in September 2013 by the web publication of an article stating that not only was Rowling planning an eighth Harry Potter novel, but that she was already 75% done with the manuscript: However, J.K. Rowling has announced no such plans, and neither Yahoo News nor The New York Times (nor any other reputable web site) reported that she has. This item was a hoax, a spurious rumor spread by the disreputable Top Information Post web site, a site which has a history of picking up and republishing false information from other sources with no regard for its veracity. In this case, Top Information Post simply reproduced an article that was clearly an April Fool's Day joke, published on another web site on 1 April 2013. On 12 September 2013, Warner Bros. did announce that J.K. Rowling would be penning a screenplay inspired by Harry Potter's Hogwarts textbook Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and featuring the adventures of the book's fictitious author, Newt Scamander. Although that film will be set in the same wizarding world as the Harry Potter books, it will not be part of (nor is it a prequel or sequel to) the Harry Potter series: In 2016, a new story set in the Harry Potter universe explored the adult lives of the original series' main characters. However, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was not a book authored by Rowling, but a play written by by Jack Thorne and John Tiffany (and sanctioned by Rowling) that was released as a script book. On 17 August 2016, Rowling announced on her official web site that she would be releasing three new collections of short stories as e-books: one that explores the history of Hogwarts school, one that delves into the machinations around the world's politics and prisons, and a third that offers up new stories on some of the school's staffers. (en)
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