Yesterday afternoon J.K. Rowling delivered the good news we had been craving.
Several of our favourite Harry Potter characters will be revived for the five-part series Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
From the second movie, Albus Dumbledore will be a prominent feature. He will appear as a much younger man, and Rowling confirmed that with his age will come troubles, strife and confusion.
“You will see Dumbledore as a younger man and quite a troubled man,” Rowling said at a press conference yesterday, according to Variety.
“We’ll see him at that formative period of his life. As far as his sexuality is concerned,” she said taking a beat, “watch this space.”
When reporters quizzed the writer about Dumbledore’s sexuality, she replied “I would like to say because this is obviously a five-part story, there’s lots to unpack in that relationship.”
Rowling also addresses cynics who think revisting the magical world of Harry Potter without the title star is a mistake.
“Well, it’s true that Harry is not in the movie, because he’s not born yet,” She said.
“But this is very much of the world. And there are characters you will learn more about through ‘Fantastic Beasts.’ I’m being so careful. This is ‘Potter.’”
Rowling also took the time to confirm that though she is very much involved in the Fantastic Beasts script writing process, she is still writing novels.
“I’m still writing novels,” Rowling said. “That’s why I look so tired. I’m writing a novel and a screenplay currently.”
