Harry Potter returns in J.K. Rowling's new release, older, married, and with children; attending a Quidditch final like a true soccer dad.
The graying Harry, Ron, and Hermione in "The Deathly Hallows Part 2" was the last time fans saw the friends on the big screen, and author J.K. Rowling has since insisted the Harry Potter series is a closed book. This shouldn't mean new material won't come up every now and then, though.
Harry Potter returns in a new short story, older and with a new air of mystery around him. Rowling has no plans of developing the story into a novel, though, according to her spokesman Mark Hutchinson.
The short story is told in the tone of a gossip column for the fictional The Daily Prophet, from the byline of Rita Skeeter. It's an account of Harry Potter spotted at the final of the Quidditch World Cup, with his family and friends Ron and Hermione.
Harry is 34 years old and already graying; there's a new mark on his face, a mysterious cut on the cheek which hints of his battle scars as an Auror. Apparently his fashion style hasn't changed with the years, wearing the "the distinctive round glasses that some might say are better suited to a style-deficient 12-year-old."
"About to turn 34, there are a couple of threads of silver in the famous Auror's black hair but he continues to wear the distinctive round glasses that some might say are better suited to a style-deficient twelve-year-old,"
Ron and Hermione are faring similarly age-wise, and Rowling speculates on the state of Harry's marriage with Ginny. Ron has inherited the family's joke shop, and Hermione, true to form, is now in civil service, as Deputy Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.
Harry Potter returns to take his now teenage sons James and Albus to attend the 2014 Quidditch Cup, and it's likely Rowling will let the hero live the rest of years in relative peace and quiet (cbsnews.com).