Quidditch Quidditch World Cup on Pottermore, culminating in a short story about the final featuring the return of Harry, Ron, Hermione and their friends as adults. This generated interest from several media outlets, as it was the first new writing about the "Harry Potter" characters since the end of the series in 2007. Quidditch is introduced in "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", and is a regularly recurring feature throughout the first six books. It is depicted as being played by both professionals (as in tournaments like the Quidditch World Cup) and amateurs. A major motif of five of the "Harry
The Books of Magic began publishing a series of "Books of Magic" young adult novels under the Eos imprint, adapted from the comics series, by Carla Jablonski. Each novel featured cover art by Christopher Moeller. The first book is based on the original miniseries. The subsequent books are based on story arcs in the second series; except "The Children's Crusade", which is based on the Vertigo crossover event of the same name. A film version of "The Books of Magic" has been in development hell for many years. It was originally optioned "by Warners some years before the first Harry Potter book was published"