Although he returned to the big screen years later, the result has not turned out as expected.
Expectations are the enemy of enjoyment. Going to a movie theater with the hype through the roof is doing a disservice to the movie you’re watching and to yourself. And let’s not even talk about whether it is the end of a legendary franchise. There are many cases of successful products that have ended fatally: Game of Thrones, Killing Eve and Penny Dreadful are some examples. But there are also sagas that have managed to have a perfect outcome, such as Harry Potteravailable in full at HBO Max.
Ok, the franchise about the young wizard had something that worked in its favor: it is based on the saga of novels written by JK Rowling. However, that is no guarantee of success either, as there are film adaptations of highly awarded novels that have been a disaster. It is the case of The goldfinchbased on the book of the same name given by the pulitzer to Donna Tartt. The film was destroyed by critics.
Harry Potter He ended his story on the big screen in 2011 with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. The decision of Warner Bros. Splitting the last book of the franchise into two films was risky and could have turned out fatal. The study showed with the result of The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and its sequel that were not wrong to lengthen the pace a little more Harry Potter on the big screen.
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Thanks to Rowling’s pen, the end of the franchise tied up all the dots in its last installment impeccably. On the one hand, the past of Severus Snape (Alan Rickman) as Agent Albus Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) infiltrated the side of Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) and his relationship with the protagonist’s parents. On the other, the final confrontation between Harry Potter and the dark wizard. Dumbledore’s royal plans from the beginning, the romantic relationship between Hermione (Emma Watson) and Ron (Rupert Grint) and closing the topic of horcruxes are others. All this seasoned with epic battles, action-packed moments and other very emotional ones.
Furthermore, as happens in the book, the film saga moves forward a few years in the future to show what the lives of the three protagonists are like as adults. In the final sequence, Harry, Ron and Hermione accompany their children to platform 9 and ¾ because they begin their studies at Hogwarts.
A FAILED RETURN
After a few years, Warner Bros. wanted to return the saga to the big screen, but this time it didn’t turn out very well. In 2016 it premiered Fantastic beasts and where to find themthe first installment of a prequel saga starring Eddie Redmayne, who plays the magizoologist Newt Scamander. The story is set 70 years before Harry Potter and the plan was to tell, through five installments, the great confrontation between a young Dumbledore (Jude Law) and the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen), but it looks like we won’t get to see it.
Although the first installment did very well at the box office (more than $814 million around the world) and in reviews, the sequels do not. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald raised more than 654 million dollars all over the world and the specialized press did not support it. After the film’s release, problems did not stop appearing.
On the one hand, the trial that Johnny Depp lost in the United Kingdom against The Sun, whom he sued for defamation for calling him a “wife beater.” The ruling established that it is “substantially correct” refer to the interpreter as such. On the other, Rowling’s transphobic comments. Finally, the problems with justice of Ezra Miller, who gives life to Credence Barebone in the saga.
Depp was fired and replaced by Mads Mikkelsen in the third film Fantastic Beasts: Dumbledore’s Secrets. The film grossed more than 407 million dollars worldwide and reviews were negative, but somewhat better than those of the sequel. Since the premiere of the third installment, nothing has been announced about fantastic beasts 4 and Fantastic beasts 5.
What has been confirmed is that they are working on a ‘reboot’ of Harry Potter in the form of a series, which, after announcing the team in charge of the adaptation, is one step closer to being a reality.
