IN DEVELOPMENT: Max's "Harry Potter Series"

[jeangreyforever]

Not interested in this. There is a lot of material the movies left out (especially from the Goblet of Fire onwards) but I don't believe a new cast and crew can capture the magic of the originals and I'm sure they'll mess up more than they'll fix.

I think the main reason WB is going this route is because building on the existing HP series has turned out to be a creative dead end. Prequels in the form of Fantastic Beasts flopped. Then their goal was to capitalize on a sequel in the form of Cursed Child that would bring back the original cast and while Chris Columbus was eager to direct, there was no approval from any of the main cast. Daniel, Emma, and Rupert have all basically said no, and while Rupert has said he'd be okay returning if the others did and Dan said he'd be open to returning decades from now, from what I've heard online, Emma refuses to have anything to do with HP or JKR anymore. On top of that, more than the main cast not likely returning is the fact that JKR herself has said no to a Cursed Child movie. She feels that a movie will hurt ticket sales for the show. That leaves WB with no choice but to reboot if they want to keep minting off of HP.