Rumor: Daniel Radcliffe eyed to return as Harry Potter in ‘Cursed Child’ film adaptation

The two-part West End stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, currently has no intention of becoming a film, but that doesn't mean the Warner Bros. isn't trying to make it happen. According to sources close to NY Daily News, Warner Bros. not only wants to make the play a movie, but they want Daniel Radcliffe to reprise his role as Harry Potter.

“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,” according to a source close to Daily News. “However [Daniel Radcliffe] he has made it clear that his mind is certainly not focused on returning to the role anytime soon — and that could be until he hits 40.”

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is set 19 years after the events of Deathly Hallows and follows the story of an adult Harry Potter and his youngest son, Albus. Without getting into too many spoilers, Albus goes back in time with Scorpius Malfoy to alter major events and features a secret lovechild between two people.

The Harry Potter author, J.K. Rowling, made it clear that she did not want the play to become a film, but who knows what will happen with Warner Bros. waving money around. If they can't get Radcliffe to come back, maybe they will scratch the idea off their list altogether.