Is Harry Potter about to make a comeback? Cryptic tweet by J.K. Rowling sets rumour mill swirling
Could it be a spell? Or maybe a potion? Or might it just be the big announcement that many Harry Potter fans have been hoping for? Author JK Rowling has tweeted an anagram that has led many to speculate that "Harry returns".
Could it be a spell? Or maybe a potion? Or might it just be the big announcement that many Harry Potter fans have been hoping for? Author JK Rowling has tweeted an anagram that has led many to speculate that "Harry returns".
However, there were also claims, fuelled by Rowling herself, that the answer has more to do with a spin-off involving the fictional "magizoologist" Newt Scamander, author of one of Harry's textbooks, , in the first Potter book.
On Monday morning Rowling posted the puzzle for fans to solve, before teasing them with the message "something to ponder while I'm away X".
"Cry, foe! Run amok! Fa awry! My wand won't tolerate this nonsense," read her cryptic tweet. Speculation soon started on sites such as Reddit and Twitter, with many fans noticing that the letters were an anagram of the phrase: "Harry Returns! Won't say any details now! A week off! No comment."
However, she hinted that one fan was "much warmer" with the guess "Newt Scamander's History of New York Fauna: One town, my tale".
And, in a later tweet that included the hashtag "#helpfulhint", she wrote: "The solution is the first sentence of a synopsis of Newt's story. It isn't part of the script, but sets the scene."
Rowling called time on the Harry Potter series of books in 2007 after seven instalments. It spawned one of the highest grossing film series of all time, as well as the The Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park in the US state of Florida. The films also launched the careers of actors Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson.
