It wasn’t only a rumor, people! A lot was revealed throughout Warner Bros. Discovery’s latest panel at Morgan Stanley’s investor convention, together with hints that the Harry Potter franchise is “solely simply beginning to increase.”
Along with extra Lord of the Rings movies, execs are turning to the fantastic magical world created by J.Okay. Rowling. “Take Harry Potter for example, the Wizarding World, the truth that we’re having fun with this huge success with the Hogwarts Legacy launch, 12 years after the final movie got here out, exhibits that there’s a lot alternative and we’re solely simply beginning to increase that,” mentioned Warner Bros. Discovery CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels. “We’ve bought the brand new Harry Potter tour arising in Tokyo in the course of the 12 months. Lengthy story brief, I feel this one-company method, nice management within the particular person enterprise items, however coordinated franchise administration might be one of many greatest alternatives the corporate has.”
Wiedenfels provides, “David [Zaslav] made a promise, quote unquote, very early on to revitalize a few of that iconic, tentpole IP and we’re beginning to make progress,” the CFO mentioned. “It’s thrilling to see how persons are coming out and in and the way the artistic group is embracing this chance to work with us. That’s going to bear fruit, over time.”
Whereas a lot of the speak surrounding each Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter was obscure and evasive, each IPs are on the desk with sequels (and even full reboots) within the foreseeable future. Regardless of the preliminary backlash in opposition to the RPG Hogwarts Legacy, the online game has confirmed itself a large success and one of the vital worthwhile video games of the 12 months. Maybe followers actually are prepared for extra Wizarding World content material? We’re crossing our fingers for a Marauders spinoff collection.
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