It's been five years since the last Harry Potter movie hit theaters, but we may have to wait only four more until another installment featuring the iconic titular wizard. According to the New York Daily News, Warner Bros. is secretly making a deal on movie rights to Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the two-part stage play written by Jack Thorne under the authority of franchise creator J.K. Rowling. Reportedly the studio is eyeing a 2020 release for the adaptation, set to be the first in a trilogy. This would come right on the heels of the conclusion of the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them trilogy.

Currently the play is onstage in London, and a North American premiere is expected for Toronto and then New York in 2017. The story takes place 19 years after the main events of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, meaning it's the same time as that movie's epilogue revealing Harry, Ginny, Hermione, Ron and Draco as grown wizards sending their own children off to Hogwarts.  

The Daily News claims Daniel Radcliffe might not be interested in returning to the series that made him famous so soon. He'd rather wait until he's actually 40, which would be more age-appropriate in 13 years. He's doing fine with his distance from the character, starring in acclaimed movies such as this summer's indie sensation Swiss Army Man. "He will need some persuading," a source told the paper, because he doesn't exactly need the money or attention of a return to the Potter role.  

On the one hand, he shouldn't be so against the reprisal, because The Cursed Child is focused more on Harry's son, Albus, and his friendship with Draco's boy, Scorpius. Radcliffe would be more in the background, allowing him to keep some space and also some time to work on other things. On the other hand, does Warner Bros. need to rush this? The studio is kicking off a new series in the same universe this fall, with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Maybe see how well that does first?

Well, we can now be sure that more Harry Potter is heading to the big screen, and it's likely that Radcliffe will be a part of it in some way. With a little old-age makeup and a lot of money, anything can happen.