TS: Steve Kloves wrote the screenplay, and Jo said the minute she met him she knew Harry would be in safe hands. We asked Richard Curtis to write the screenplay, and he said he would do it if Mike directed they had worked together on Four Weddings and a Funeral.

NP: No one around London will admit that they read the book and passed on it, but I know through the grapevine that quite a few other big companies didn't see in the book what we saw.ĭH: One of the first people we asked to direct it was Mike Newell, who ended up doing the fourth film. I knew its appeal might reach more than just children. For me, Jo's book was an adventure, but it was also about character and emotion and the power of love. Family entertainment was not at the centre of film culture in the way it is now. TS: It was not a sure thing by any means. Warner Bros were not immediately enthusiastic. David asked what it was called and I told him: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.ĭH: I said: 'I'm not sure about the title.' But I read it and fell in love the world Jo had created was so rich. I came in raving about it on Monday morning. It was brilliant – a huge, original story which felt so visual and filmic. NP: I read the first Harry Potter at home on a Saturday morning. There was a slight gloom in the air about that.ĭH: Each Friday, we'd decide what everyone would read over the weekend. Again, we know that the movies are heralded as untouchable, so we would imagine people are going to be plenty upset about a full reboot.Nisha Parti, production consultant, HP1: We'd been running the company for a while and hadn't found the big thing Warner Bros was hoping for. This newly rebooted plan could involve telling a more factual story by staying as close to the source material as possible. To be fair, despite the Harry Potter movies being as good as they are, there are always those that say the books were far better.

We are not sure how this newly rebooted franchise might look but going with a recast could spell through for this glorious series. The above rumor seems to indicate that the latter is going to happen, much to the dismay of many adoring fans of Radcliffe and the other spectacular actors that have come and gone from the franchise. The rebooted Harry Potter movies could do that, or simply tell the original story in a much different way with a much different cast. The game will cover the Victorian era and take place hundreds of years before the events of Harry Potter take place. Take Hogwarts Legacy, for instance, the new video game is going to be exploring an older age of the Harry Potter franchise. Harry Potter is full of plenty of lore that could be explored in different ways.

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