Joss Whedon being announced to write and direct “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” is fake news. There is no truth to a tweet from a fake Variety social media account that the director behind The Avengers is taking on the task to helm the latest book from J.K. Rowling for the big screen.
Where did this fake news originate? Spoof account @VarietyFilm posted that Whedon had been hired to write and direct a movie adaptation of the hit play, with the original cast to reprise their roles and linking to the supposed full story.
Joss Whedon to write and direct “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” film for Warner Bros, original cast to return. https://t.co/A4xOxMgc1a pic.twitter.com/CLyfTxA4NI
— Variety (@VarietyFiIm) November 24, 2017
However, there is no truth to that story. Rather, those fans who clicked the link were directed to the music video for Rick Astley’s huge earworm. Earlier this year, Rowling had to deny speculation that there would be a movie trilogy of Cursed Child, starring the original cast members Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint. Fans were not crazy about that idea on social media.
Whedon is currently still at work on the script for “Batgirl” and remains attached to direct as well. The untitled Batgirl movie is based on the Batgirl story that was first unveiled in DC Comics in 1967.
Here are some reactions on social media to the fake news that Whedon was directing Cursed Child.
I’m all for Harry Potter but…
Cursed Child? Whedon? Guh. https://t.co/oz29NwQ1wV— Diogoz Barz (@jd_mrt) November 24, 2017
joss whedon is writing and directing harry potter and the cursed child pic.twitter.com/TOXLmtfzaI
— adrianna (@adriannamhart) November 24, 2017
oh no, joss i-ruin-everything whedon is directing the cursed child??!?
— bruschetta dortmund (@meridiansour) November 24, 2017
Ugh, I have little to no interest in “Cursed Child” and even less knowing Whedon is directing it.
— Alex Hatzberger (@SciGuyHatz) November 24, 2017
same, i was so angry when i saw it last night. and like i hate cursed child but i don’t want whedon anywhere near hp idc if i don’t like the book lmao
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(@janecobalts) November 24, 2017
Cursed child is a terrible storyline and I don’t trust Joss Whedon all that much so that’s probably for the best.
— Butchy231 (@Butchy231) November 24, 2017
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a two-part West End stage play written by Jack Thorne based on an original new story by Thorne, J.K. Rowling and John Tiffany.
Previews of the play began at the Palace Theatre, London on 7 June 2016, and it was scheduled to officially premiere on 30 July 2016. The rehearsal script, not a novelisation of the play, was released on 31 July 2016 and became the eighth story set in the Harry Potter universe. The story is set nineteen years after the events of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and follows Harry Potter, now a Ministry of Magic employee, and his younger son Albus Severus Potter.
What did you think of the fake news that Whedon was directing Cursed Child? Did you believe the fake news or see people sharing it falsely on social media? Let us know in the comments section.
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