While Harry Potter and the Cursed Child may have been polarizing among hardcore Potterheads, the Harry Potter play could make for a brilliant reunion for the original cinematic cast if it were to get a movie adaption. Daniel Radcliffe and company bid farewell to the franchise when Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 hit cinemas in 2011. The film ended the series on a high note, showing Harry giving his son, Albus, advice as he’s off to Hogwarts for his first year.

Since the original series ended, Warner Bros. has continued to expand the Harry Potter franchise with the prequel series Fantastic Beasts, but hasn’t returned to the core characters (and setting) of the original books and movies. Harry’s story has continued, however, on stage: In 2015, Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling confirmed that she was expanding the fictional universe with a play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, that was set 19 years after Deathly Hallows, written by playwright Jack Thorne based on a story he developed with Rowling and stage director John Tiffany. The production opened to rave reviews from critics, but some Potterheads found the story to be contrived, bloated, and more like fan-fiction that rehashed the original series instead of being a confident continuation.