‘We’re going to focus on the franchises’: HBO Max Boss seemingly confirms Harry Potter series is in the cards after Fantastic Beasts fail

The Harry Potter film franchise, an adaptation of the Harry Potter series of novels, was what many fans of this generation grew up with. What turned out to be a recommendation to read the first book in the series for producer David Heyman, his good impression of the written work inspired him to turn the books into movies. Over the course of a decade and countless memories, we have been given the gift of a virtual glimpse into the wizarding world, guided by the pages of JK Rowlings.

After the end of the Harry Potter franchise, WB studios have been kind enough to present a spin-off on the series, fantastic beasts. The new film series shed light on the war that broke out between Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald.

Harry Potter Movies
Harry Potter Movies

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New updates on the future of the Harry Potter series

After a long hiatus from watching Daniel Radcliffe play Harry Potter on sets, HBO Max’s Head of Original Content has given fans hope that the franchise will return to the small screen. For many years, the Harry Potter film franchise has been making waves by adapting the seven books in the series into eight blockbuster films. However, the golden age ended with the latest film, Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (2011).

Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter
Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter

The CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery’s David Zaslav has taken the liberty of teasing future plans for more Harry Potter projects to be developed with JK Rowlings involved, despite his recent controversies.

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“We are really going to focus on the franchises. We haven’t had a Superman movie in 13 years. We haven’t made a Harry Potter movie for 15 years. The DC movies and the Harry Potter movies provided a lot of profit for Warner Bros. Motion Pictures over the past 25 years. One of the big advantages we have, House of the Dragon, is an example of that with Game of Thrones. Enjoying Sex and the City. Lord of the Rings, we still have the right to make Lord of the Rings movies. » says Zaslav.

It’s also been reported that Zaslav is planning to remake the entire franchise, allowing us to relive the experience for the first time once more.

Possible end of the Fantastic Beast series

The end of Harry Potter The original series was followed by a prequel which explained the events between Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald. With a notable cast of Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law and Johnny Depp, the franchise has made 3 movies. However, it’s a mystery whether production on the next two films will ever begin as Fantastic Beasts: Dumbledore’s Secrets was met with disappointing box office returns.

Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander in Fantastic Beasts.
Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander.

Even David Zaslav’s comment, “We haven’t made a Harry Potter movie for 15 years”indicated that he might not consider the fantastic beasts deductible equivalent to the Harry Potter franchise.

Also Read: ‘We Haven’t Had a Harry Potter Movie in 15 Years’: David Zaslav, CEO of WB-Discovery, Disses Fantastic Beasts Trilogy, Says They Aren’t Harry Potter Movies

Thanks to HBO Max, the Harry Potter the franchise could once again see light at the end of the tunnel.

Source: thedirect.com

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