Is J.K. Rowling building a real-life version of Hagrid's hut?
Is 鈥�Harry Potter鈥� author J.K. Rowling having a structure built on her property that looks like the residence of 鈥淧otter鈥� character Hagrid?
According to the , the writer is having a 鈥渟tone-built summerhouse [that bears] a striking resemblance to the home鈥� of the 鈥淧otter鈥� character Rubeus Hagrid, who is the gamekeeper at Harry鈥檚 school Hogwarts and lives in a one-room stone structure on the school鈥檚 grounds.
The structure would reportedly be on Rowling鈥檚 Killiechassie Estate in Scotland.
Rowling did not comment on the project, according to the .
The author is behind the screenplay for the upcoming movie 鈥淔antastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,鈥� a short book which Rowling wrote in the mode of a textbook for Harry and his friends. The movie, which will be released in 2016, according to a Warner Bros. 聽and聽will follow the adventures of the fictitious "Fantastic" author Newt Scamander, will serve as the beginning of a planned trilogy. The second and third 鈥淔antastic鈥� movies will be released in 2018 and 2020. Meanwhile, Warner Bros. CEO Kevin Tsujihara said the series will be 鈥渁t least a trilogy,鈥� according to the .
Rowling is also behind a new series based in our own world and which centers on private investigator Cormoran Strike and his secretary Robin. She publishes the series, which is currently comprised of the books 鈥淭he Cuckoo鈥檚 Calling鈥� and 鈥淭he Silkworm,鈥� under the pen name Robert Galbraith. 鈥淪ilkworm鈥� was released this past summer and soon after its publication, Rowling said that the series would have 鈥渕ore鈥� than seven titles, the amount of books that made up her 鈥淧otter鈥� series. 鈥淚 don't know that I've got an end point in mind,鈥� she said, according to the .听
Monitor fiction critic Yvonne Zipp wrote that 鈥淪ilkworm鈥� has 鈥渁 corkscrewing plot and a clever use of both Jacobean revenge dramas and the book-within-a-book plot device. In addition to the mystery, Rowling also wryly sends up the publishing industry鈥� The plot could have used a little tightening in the second half, but "The Silkworm" is a highly entertaining read. Above all, Rowling is a storyteller with a terrific imagination, and she employs both to good effect.鈥�
