Warner Bros. wants Daniel Radcliffe to reprise role as Harry Potter in 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' film
Warner Bros. is eyeing Daniel Radcliffe to play Harry Potter again
Warner Bros. is said to be keen on getting the movie rights of the "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" play and bring the original Harry Potter onboard to reprise his role as the now adult wizard.
It’s been five years since "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2" hit cinemas, and Potter fans all over the world, who were hoping for another installment of the franchise, got their hopes up following reports on Wednesday that Warner Bros. is lining up another trilogy starring Daniel Radcliffe.
The New York Daily News reports that the movie studio is working on bringing the successful West End production and sequel to the seven books written by J.K. Rowling to the big screen by 2020, along with some familiar faces.
“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,” a source told the publication.
However, Radcliffe, who first played the bespectacled wizard in 2001, has previously made it clear that he isn’t interested in picking up Harry’s wand again anytime soon, although he is not closing doors in the possibility of playing an older version of the role in the future.
“It is a tricky one,” he told The Sun. “You never want to close a door on anything, especially something that has been so good to me. At the moment I am definitely not at a stage where I would feel comfortable going back to it, who knows in 10 and 20 years if I would feel differently about that. And I think I have still got a little while for me to be age appropriate for this Harry. ”
While there has been no official confirmation that “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” will make it to the big screen, Potterheads won’t have to wait long to return to the wizarding world.
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” starring Eddie Redmanye, is set to hit cinemas in November.
The spin-off is inspired by the book of the same name, which was introduced by J.K. Rowling as one of the textbooks of Hogwarts students in the Harry Potter books.