'Legacy' sequels – which typically involve reuniting cast members for an adventure filled with on-the-nose references to the originals – are a huge trend, with next year's Jurassic World: Dominion being the latest in that line.įantastic Beasts 3 will release on July 15 next year, while Hogwarts Legacy is set for release sometime this year. So, there may not be a ninth Harry Potter film on the horizon just yet, but we'll bet our bottom galleon on Harry Potter and the Cursed Child undergoing a Hollywood transfiguration. Just look at how busy the likes of Marvel and Star Wars have become in terms of streaming.
And though there may already be a Harry Potter TV series in development, studios are never ones to take the less-is-more approach. Movies such as Mortal Kombat (2021) and Sonic the Hedgehog, and TV shows like The Witcher,The Last of Us, and Resident Evil are just a few examples – the list goes on.
While we have the Fantastic Beasts franchise, which is already a prequel to the Harry Potter series, we know that the conversion of video games to film – and to TV shows – is at an all-time high. Related: Fantastic Beasts 3 Release Date, Trailer, Plot, Cast, Title, Book, Grindelwald, Johnny Depp, News & Everything You Need to Know Hogwarts Legacy This would save them having to recast – which no one would want, seeing as the actors are now synonymous with their on-screen counterparts – or the cost of digital or prosthetic aging (in fact, if they do end up making Cursed Child, they should reshoot the awkward Deathly Hallows epilogue while they're at it). has taken the decision to 'wait' for the actors to reach the age they are in both the Deathly Hallows epilogue and Cursed Child. With that said, is it not also reasonable to assume that other events and adventures of great interest took place within those 19 years? If making a film set during this time is to be the case, the tricky part, of course, would be recast, with the main actors now in their 30s (we can forgive the 'recasting' of Dumbledore from Michael Gambon to Jude Law, given that The Crimes of Grindelwald is set decades before). While its reception was far less positive than its predecessor, that didn't stop the third entry from going into development - and Fantastic Beasts 3 is already heading for theaters next year. In 2016, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, an A-to-Z listing of all the magical creatures in the Wizarding World, written by Magizoologist Newt Scamander, was adapted into a film of the same name that became a global box office hit, spawning its own sequel in 2018, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.
The final movie also represented the end of the book series, with the epic Deathly Hallows novel having been split it into two films.īut that's not to say there was no more material left. The franchise would dominate movie theaters for 10 years before its explosive finale with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II in 2011. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (or Philosopher's Stone as it's known in the UK and in book-form), the first film in the series that introduced anyone who wasn't already familiar with Rowling's incredible book series to the Wizarding World.