Can HBO's 'Harry Potter' Dodge the Curse That Killed 'Fantastic Beasts'?
Will the new HBO adaptation of Harry Potter face the same fate as Fantastic Beasts, or will it finally give fans the magic they've been craving?
HBO intends to bring Harry Potter back to our screens. The main cast has already been announced. But is the streaming giant moving too fast with this one?
There are plans for a decade-long run of the future series. This ambition reminds us of another Wizarding World franchise that planned too far ahead and ended up failing miserably.
Why Did ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Fail?
The Fantastic Beasts franchise was originally planned to have five movies. However, due to some difficulties, they had to stop at three.
The main reason is the story. They got too ahead of themselves. J.K. Rowling wrote the screenplay for the movies, but some fans argue that she should have stuck to writing novels.
“Writing movies, even if they were written in collaboration with screenwriter Steve Kloves, director David Yates, and producer David Heyman, is not something she was as good at. If she'd written the stories as novels first, it would have been easier to streamline the story for movies,” Redditor brassyalien wrote.
Besides the poor storytelling, the production was also affected by the controversies surrounding J.K. Rowling, accused by many of transphobia.
Will HBO Manage to Keep Their 7-Seasons Promise?
Fantastic Beasts and the upcoming HBO adaptation have one thing in common: both are too ambitious from the very beginning. Being ambitious is good, but some fans don't have faith in the adaptation's future, claiming it can easily be canceled.
“After the Fantastic Beasts flop, I don't even trust it to get renewed for 3 seasons,” Redditor not-cotku pointed out.
Yes, but: others think that it will never happen to a franchise as huge as this one.
“It's Harry Potter, the show “not making it that far” isn't really a risk unless they are planning to go for a low effort cash grab,” Redditor Quantization said.
HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ Looks Very Promising
Unlike Fantastic Beasts, HBO is working with tried-and-true source material. They're not trying to invent new things. In fact, they're promising to adapt the story as true to the source material as possible.
HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’: Release Date
According to Deadline, the show will premiere in 2026 or 2027.
