I don’t think the new Harry Potter The TV show, which is expected to appear on MAX, will reach the same level of popularity as the films. It’s possible. People love this franchise. I’ve already heard colleagues at my day job cringe to justify their enthusiasm for the series, despite all the disgusting garbage that JK Rowling brings (which MAX supported). It will have its fans, but I doubt it will reach the same level of popularity as its predecessor.
This is partly due to the current media landscape. Without wishing to state the obvious, films and television are now consumed differently. People can watch whatever they want, and a lot of what they watch is people on YouTube watching or playing other things. It’s hard to stand out from all the noise, even if the brand name Harry Potter is strong and could still be. If the series can find a way to take creative risks, as the originals avoided, it might have a better chance of standing out.
The first two Harry Potter the films are relatively standard. I wouldn’t call them bland, but they’re close. Warner Brothers had trusted Chris Columbus and had produced fairly safe films. Then the studio brought in Alfonso Cuarón, who took more risks and presented a darker, more character-driven film. This approach more or less disappeared thereafter. The series would get darker, but it seemed less risky. Surprisingly, Warner Brothers opted for Cuarón’s approach, as they had already turned down a big-name director who wanted to get weird with it.
David Fincher recently spoke with Variety and revealed that he met with WB about the direction of the franchise. “I was asked to come and talk to them about how I would do Harry Potter“, explained the director. “I remember saying, ‘I just don’t want to make a stripped-down Hollywood version of it.’ I want to do something that looks a lot more Withnail and meand I want it to be a little scary. » Warner Brothers disagreed with Fincher’s point of view. “They said, ‘We want Thom Browne’s school years as a Olivier.»
Things ultimately turned out well for Warner Brothers. Harry Potter is one of its most successful film franchises, which is why they’re trying to bleed this thing dry. Maybe they’ll take a scarier approach this time? Maybe they’ll talk to Fincher?! Or, more likely, they’ll do a decade-long adaptation that might as well be canceled as soon as Zaslav figures out how to sell WBD’s assets to Jiffy Lube. All of these possibilities are very viable.
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