Establishing spin-offs in the world of cinema is easier said than done. The makers of Starwars Experienced. After going with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was able to celebrate considerable success in 2016, flopped Solo: A Star Wars Story hard two years later and marked the temporary end of Disney’s willingness to experiment at the box office. The Harry Potter franchise fared similarly. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 was a terrific financial success in 2011 and celebrated the culmination of the acclaimed series about the magician with the wire-rimmed glasses and the lightning bolt on his forehead. Five years later, the attempt with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them to build on this success, fail.
Harry Potter Reboot: Does the failure of Fantastic Beasts pave the way for a reboot?
At the latest with Fantastic Beasts: Dumbledore’s Secrets the spin-off series seems to have been told in the cinema. After the theatrical release in 2022, the third “animal film” was able to bring in just twice its production costs. If you take into account that the marketing costs of a Hollywood film usually devour a similarly high amount as the actual budget, “Beasts 3” should have ended up in the profit zone with a bang and a bang.
For a franchise of a caliber like Harry Potter this is clearly not enough. films from the Wizarding World should be eyeing $1 billion in sales rather than dealing with profit or loss. And that’s how you join warner apparently seriously thinking about how to breathe new life into the brand in the cinema.
Harry Potter reboot: According to rumors, films are already being planned
Like the entertainment analyst wdwpro announced on Twitter, the hot rumor is currently making the rounds that plans for a reboot of the Harry Potter films have already started and there could be new films “in 3-5 years”.
Considering the fact that it’s been over eleven years since the last film in the main series, this seems quite realistic.
As a corporation, Warner can hardly afford a global brand like Harry Potter to let it rest for several years or even decades without realizing new cinema films. In what form there will be a reboot is loud Analyst wdwpro currently still completely open. However, the rights holders of the Harry Potter films are under pressure and the risk of recasting all the roles in the Harry Potter films and bringing the wizard’s story back to the big screen for a younger generation of fans seems to be seriously considered bring to.
Source: ScreenGeek
