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The Cricket’s Daily 3: Bringing back Harry Potter?

Actor Daniel Radcliffe poses at the premiere of "Swiss Army Man" during the 2016 Sundance Film Festival on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP)

Here's what's happening today in pop culture:

• Warner Bros. is reportedly trying to secure the movie rights to the play "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," possibly launching a new set of Potter movies. There is a major stumbling block, though: Convincing Daniel Radcliffe to reprise the role. [New York Daily News]

• R&B singer Chris Brown was arrested Tuesday for suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, after a woman called to accuse Brown of pointing a gun in her face. [The Hollywood Reporter]

• Netflix has OK'd a second season of its breakout hit "Stranger Things," because companies are not in the habit of leaving money on the ground. [Vulture]

FILE - This July 30, 2016 photo shows the Palace Theatre in central London which is showing a stage production of, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child." The script “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two” sold more than 2 million print copies in North America in its first two days of publication, Scholastic announced Wednesday, Aug. 3. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File)