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It鈥檚 time for another school year, 鈥淗arry Potter鈥� fans.

While American schoolchildren wait every year to find out what day they鈥檒l be walking back through their school doors, students at Hogwarts, the magical school attended by Harry and his pals, didn鈥檛 need to check for an announcement. School at Hogwarts begins every year on Sept. 1, with students traveling to King鈥檚 Cross Station in London to take the Hogwarts Express train to school. This date was often eagerly awaited by Harry himself, who usually stayed with his cruel relatives the Dursleys during the summer.聽

鈥淧otter鈥� fans all over the world are celebrating today, and 鈥淧otter鈥� author J.K. Rowling herself got in on the festivities, noting that within the chronology of the 鈥淧otter鈥� books, this day in 2015 is when Harry鈥檚 son James Sirius began his Hogwarts career.

So what do 鈥淧otter鈥� fans have to look forward to over the next school year? Those who are old enough to read Rowling鈥檚 more adult work can keep an eye out for the new book in her "Cormoran Strike" mystery series, which Rowling writes under the pen name Robert Galbraith. The book 鈥淐areer of Evil鈥� is due to be released on Oct. 20.

In addition, California residents soon won鈥檛 have to travel to Florida to experience the world of Harry for themselves. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is reportedly set to open in Universal Studios Hollywood sometime this . The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is currently part of the Universal Studios park in Orlando, Fla. and is a big hit. The Florida branch has already opened a second part of the park, which is based on the Diagon Alley shopping area of the 鈥淧otter鈥� books. The Diagon Alley section opened last summer.

While not technically within the bounds of this coming school year, many 鈥淧otter鈥� fans are also eagerly anticipating the film 鈥淔antastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,鈥� which opens in November 2016. 鈥淔antastic鈥� is set in the world of 鈥淧otter鈥� and is based on a textbook of the same name that Harry and his friends studied in class. The movie 鈥淔antastic鈥� tells the story of the textbook鈥檚 author, Newt Scamander, who is an expert on magical creatures, and Rowling is writing the screenplay for the movie. 鈥淭he Theory of Everything鈥� actor Eddie Redmayne is set to play Newt.聽

The 鈥淧otter鈥� series is indicative of a larger trend in Hollywood of turning hot literary properties into wide-ranging series with multiple experiences and platforms. Not only are there seven 鈥淧otter鈥� books, eight 鈥淧otter鈥� movies, and two theme parks with a third on the way (there's also one in Japan), but now there will be more movies 鈥� not about Harry, but about characters living in the same fictional universe.

It's become such a given that a popular property will continue on beyond its original source material that 鈥淭he Hunger Games鈥� stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Liam Hemsworth were recently asked about projects extending beyond the original books and movies. (The last 鈥淗unger Games鈥� film, 鈥淭he Hunger Games: Mockingjay 鈥� Part 2,鈥� is set to be released this November.)

鈥淟ionsgate obviously must be thinking, there鈥檚 got to be some way we can keep this going,鈥� talk show host Conan O鈥橞rien told the stars. Hutcherson seemed to drop a hint, saying, 鈥淭here is鈥� when asked if there was a future project, and then backtracking, but an anonymous source reportedly said in an that there are currently no plans for future 鈥淗unger Games鈥� films.

But Lawrence herself acknowledged the tendency to simply remake a property in the absence of new material. 鈥淚 know that there鈥檚 going to be a reboot [of 鈥楾he Hunger Games鈥橾 with younger, hotter people in our lifetime,鈥� she . 鈥淟ike, within 10 years.鈥�