Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: The Official Script Book will hit shelves on July 31st.
Warner Bros., the studio responsible for all eight of the original Harry Potter film installments released from 2001-2011 and now Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them prequel series, reportedly filed for copyright protection for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in Great Britain on July 8th, as uncovered by Hypable.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which was written by Jack Thorne in conjunction with J.K. Rowling and is directed by John Tiffany, revisits Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, and their families 19 years into the future from the point we last saw our heroes — namely Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, which concluded the first film series in 2011.
Rowling herself has previously dispelled rumors that The Cursed Child would become a film series, after a fan relayed hearing a rumor to that effect back in February 2016.