I wasn’t going to post this, but it’s all over the internet so I figured i may as well. Apparently there will be an unauthorized made-for-TV biography on JK Rowling’s life.

A movie about the life of Harry Potter’s creator, J.K. Rowling, is to be shot in Victoria. Filming will begin early next month, with the city used to re-create locations in Edinburgh, Portugal and London, including Leicester Square.

Strange Magic, an unauthorized made-for-TV biography, will chart Rowling’s life from childhood to fame as the author of the books about the young wizard. The movie is being directed by Paul A. Kaufman. Poppy Montgomery, best known as FBI agent Samantha Spade on the TV series Without a Trace, will play Rowling, with Antonio Cupo as the British writer’s Portuguese boyfriend.

Victoria film commissioner Kathleen Gilbert said her staff researched buildings in Edinburgh and drove through Victoria to find similar-looking buildings in their attempt to land the shoot. “We’re really happy to have them because it’s the first show of a slow year,” Gilbert said. “We hope it kicks off our year.”