After reigning on the book and movie industry, author JK Rowling is looking to conquer the world of theater with a stage version of Harry Potter.

The play, which will take stage in 2015, will be about the young wizard's life before his arrival at Hogwarts. The author of the seven-volume Harry Potter series will be a co-producer and collaborate with a writer on the play.

"Over the years I have received countless approaches about turning Harry Potter into a theatrical production, but Sonia [Friedman] and Colin [Callender]'s vision was the only one that really made sense to me, and which had the sensitivity, intensity and intimacy I thought appropriate for bringing Harry's story to the stage," Rowling told The Guardian. "After a year in gestation it is exciting to see this project moving on to the next phase."

She thanked Warner Bros "for their continuing support in this project" and for successfully turning her novel into a series of hit films.

London and New York producers Callender and Friedman said the play would tell "the previously untold story of Harry Potter's early years as an orphan and outcast". Friedman is one of the producers behind West End's hit 'The Book of Mormon', while Callender worked on the Broadway play Lucky Guy, starring Tom Hanks.

A Harry Potter-inspired movie based on the Hogwarts textbook "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them" is already in the pipeline. Announcing it earlier this year, Rowling said:

"Although it will be set in the worldwide community of witches and wizards, where I was so happy for 17 years, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is neither a prequel nor a sequel to the Harry Potter series, but an extension of the wizarding world."