It’s actually occurring. In line with Bloomberg, a Harry Potter tv sequence will quickly be in growth, successfully rebooting the franchise, with totally different seasons every portraying the occasions of one of many seven books.
Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. is rumored to be near finalizing a deal for the sequence, which can change into the shining jewel of a brand new streaming technique but to be introduced. The format will enable every e book, many longer than 500 pages, to be absolutely fleshed out with out time constraints. The sequence writer J.Okay. Rowling shall be (reportedly) extraordinarily concerned, however not as a main creator or showrunner.
Now we have recognized for a couple months {that a} new Harry Potter undertaking was doubtlessly within the works, however nothing has been formally confirmed. In a current panel at Morgan Stanley’s investor convention, Warner Bros. Discovery CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels acknowledged, “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.”
Wiedenfels added, “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. 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.”
If the Bloomberg scoop is to be absolutely trusted, we must be listening to concerning the undertaking very quickly. Within the meantime, Harry Potter followers that additionally take pleasure in video video games can take a look at Hogwarts Legacy, which has confirmed itself a large success and one of the crucial worthwhile video games of the 12 months. The magical RPG is out there now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection X|S, Nintendo Swap and PC.
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