Eight blockbuster movies have been made by Warner Brothers from the first seven books, (Deathly Hallows was separated into two parts because of it's length and Cursed Child was a play). Video games based off those movies have been made for all gaming consoles. Pottermore.com and JKRowling.com are newer sources of canon information as well. The premise of Harry Potter, however, is that in the early fifteenth century the persecution of wizards and witches began to take pace