Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley seem to be looking for something -- maybe it's Pottermore, the new website from J.K. Rowling. There's not much to show yet, just an enticing, deep pink background guarded by a barn owl and a horned owl. The Guardian aired speculation that the site was "the long-promised Potter encyclopedia, with other suggestions ranging from a "giant theme park" to a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (Pottermore standing for Potter Multiplayer Online Role-playing Experience) and a fansite.
I think Rowling is making a nod to our fair city, Bmore. Stay tuned for more details as the site gets launched.
Muggles everywhere went into an excited frenzy with J. K. Rowling's cryptic tease of "Pottermore," an as-of-yet unveiled project of some relation to the Harry Potter world, earlier this week.
Fans "apparated" to chat rooms and message boards, trying to decide what it could be: a role-playing site a la World of Warcraft or, possibly, more books about their beloved Harry?
Speculation about Pottermore being an addition to the book series has since died down, as the L.A. Times reports it has been confirmed that it is not a new novel.
If it had been a new novel, that would mean more movies, and star Daniel Radcliffe, who has played the boy wizard throughout the entire series, isn't exactly gung-ho about putting the robes and lightning-bolt scar back on.
"I think that would be a bit odd," Radcliffe told The L.A. Times. "I’d be very skeptical about that. First of all, I don’t think that [Rowling] will [write another Potter installment] and second of all, oh, I don’t know, the idea of going back to something after 10 or 20 years? At that point, I will have worked 20 years to establish a career outside of it, and at that point to go back to it would feel a little self-defeating.”
The Huffington Post reports that though Radcliffe isn't 100 percent adamant about returning to the wizarding world, his "skeptical" comment doesn't mean he'd completely rule it out.
“I could feel completely different at that time," Radcliffe said, "but at this moment, it feels like it would be strange and not the way it would or should go.”
The mysterious "Pottermore" will release June 23, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, the eighth and last of the series, hits theaters July 15.
The actor says reprising his former role would be ‘self defeating.’ While J.K. Rowling’s Pottermore project still remains a mystery until June 23, Daniel Radcliffe has announced that he is not involved.
“I know nothing about that whatsoever,” Radcliffe told the LA Times about Rowling’s secret project. “I’m sure that Jo will be writing a lot more in the coming years. I’m sure she has a lot more in her than we’ve read and a lot more stories to tell.”
Radcliffe made it clear, however, that he has no interest in reviving a Harry Potter role should Rowling continue the saga: “As long as [her future books] don’t involve Harry, I’m quite happy to buy them.”
Rowling’s lawyer, Neil Blair, refused to reveal what the announcement will be next week, saying only: “This is not a new Harry Potter book.”
The final film installment of the Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, will be released in theaters July 15. However, Radcliffe has been busy lately in his own projects, most recently as the star of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying on Broadway. The British actor plays J. Pierrepont Finch at the Hirschfeld Theatre in New York seven-plus times per week.
He has taken additional steps to show audiences that he can find success outside of Potter: Radcliffe was the May cover star of Gotham Magazine to discuss his Broadway career, and he has the lead role in The Woman in Black, a chilling film set to be released early next year.
But for this particular Rowling project, Radcliffe can only speculate: “First of all, I don’t think that she will [write another Potter installment], and second of all, oh, I don’t know, the idea of going back to something after 10 or 20 years?” Radcliffe tells the LA Times. “At that point, I will have worked 20 years to establish a career outside of it, and at that point to go back to it would feel a little self-defeating.”
