Harry Potter and the Wizarding World

[Ben]

There’s *everything* to see here: we know that Warners want to make Cursed Child once the five Beasts are done, and tbis is Columbus throwing his hat in the ring to return to the franchise and finish it off by making the first two, and then the last two, films as bookends. And having him make these early overtures means the cast — which may or may not be reticent at returning — might be a little more swayed and touched by nostalgia so as to make it happen, which it will, one way or another…

[EricJ]

Given that a few years ago, nobody thought there would be THREE Beasts, Warner coming back to Cursed Child (with, look, all the original cast comebacks grown up now, we've all gotten old together, old fans!) was kind of inevitable.
When you screw up the spinoffs, high-school reunion the Original.

But Columbus asking to come back and do a franchise that Warner basically handed to David Yates five films ago sounds like the time Adam West wondered why he hadn't been asked for the Batman movies.

[Randall]

But Columbus backed out, didn't he? And I like his films far more than Yates's last few.

[EricJ]

He was Cute enough for the innocent middle-school-fantasy first two books, but John Hughes Jr. would not have done well for Order of the Phoenix.
Goblet of Fire, maybe-repeat-maybe, but not Deathly Hallows.

[Farerb]

In my opinion, Yates' films are the least visually interesting out of all the Harry Potter films.

[Ben]

Posted September 2016:

For us in the know, this is old news!

The plan is for Fantastic Beasts to play out as a trilogy over the next six years (16, 18, 20) and for a two-part movie Cursed Child to then come a year or two after that. WB don't have to get the rights, they automatically have them (JKR only retains publishing).

I don't know anything about then extending that to a new series, but they'll probably want to. As far as I understand it, it's just two movies for now, like the stage play is two parts.

The hope is that WB can convince the original cast to return, by which point they would be approaching the right ages. Although if you look at his facial features, Tom Hiddleston would be a good Harry!

Can't say how I know, but I'm not a million miles away from Leavesdon Studios...

Obviously since then, JKR couldn’t contain her Beasts and wrote outlines for five films instead of three, and other factors have delayed releases, but the plan very much has stayed in place…

Here’s the link…Eric, you even replied to it, so you did know this was all on the cards…

viewtopic.php?p=91634#p91634

[Daniel]

Not to mention you requoted that post on March 9 2021...

[EricJ]

Isn't it...theoretically...POSSIBLE that I don't have a cross-referenced archival knowledge of every single social-media post I typed six years ago, let alone six months?
Might be brain-fog, I'd better get Covid-tested.

[Daniel]

Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, and a plethora of other alumni will be part of a 20th anniversary reunion special that will stream New Year's Day on HBO Max.

[Ben]

That Cursed Child update isn’t looking so far off now, is it…?

[Bill1978]

I'm kinda hoping Cursed Child is never made into the film so I can continue tp pretend it doesn't exist as Potter Canon.

[Ben]

I’m afraid that’s a hope too far, Bill. It’s gonna happen mate…

[Bill1978]

If it's gonna happen can I ask for them to totally change the story so it doesn't come across as fan fiction? Haha

[EricJ]

Wouldn't that be going against JK's two Fantastic Beasts scripts, though?

[Bill1978]

Fantastic Beast's story doesn't bother me at all I'm happy to just go along with the ride (at the moment anyway) but reading the plot of Cursed Child on Wikipedia I can't believe that Rowling admitted she wrote that story, It hoenstly feels like lame fan fiction. To paraphrase Ian Malcolm 'Just cause she could, doesn't me should have'