J.K. Rowling is once again using Twitter to drum up excitement for her new movie "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," which would star award-winning actor Eddie Redmayne, as well as answer fans' never-ending questions about "Harry Potter."
When a fan named Arbin Gordon with the Twitter name @PauliePoBoy asked Rowling, "Is the Magical Congress of the United States of America a two party system similar to the muggle congress?"
She answered, "No, it's a single body. The equivalent is the International Confederation of Wizards."
"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" will take Redmayne's character Newt Scamander, magical zoologist to New York, and will also be introducing the American version of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It will take place decades even before Harry and his best friends Ron and Hermione were born, let alone step foot in Hogwarts.
The next question Rowling tackled was related to a possible "Harry Potter" television show, which she immediately dismissed. Fans were hoping that they might get to see how the lives of their favorite wizards unfold after they graduate from Hogwarts, find jobs, then later start a family on television.
In the final "Harry Potter" book, "The Deathly Hallows," Rowling jumped over that part entirely and ended with Harry and his wife Ginny dropping off their children at Platform 9 ¾, then meeting Ron and his wife Hermione, even Draco Malfoy and his family.
But alas, "Harry Potter" in the small screen was just not meant to be, even though there will be a stage play next year already entitled "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child."
Twitter user Skyler Spitz @bitesiz3 noted this and wrote, "So like... We had seven books and 8 movies. We are getting a play and 3 spin off movies. Where is our TV Show @jk_rowling ?!"
But the author jokingly tweeted back: "Right after the opera, Potter-on-ice and the interpretative dance version of Beedle the Bard." Then she gave it the hashtag #NotActuallyHappening.
Many fans seemed to jump on the idea of seeing the young wizards playing their favorite sport Quidditch on ice, plus seeing Harry and Voldemort duel it out while skating. But Rowling personally thought it was a bad idea, since she tweeted much later: "To all those begging for Potter-on-Ice: the image of Ice Voldemort performing the triple salchow will haunt my dreams tonight." To that, she provided the hashtag #sick.
