Harry Potter fans might just have some magical news coming their way after director Chris
Columbus revealed that he’d love to make a Cursed Child film with the original cast!
Let’s get into it.
Here’s something to make you feel old: the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone film
is about to celebrate its 20 year anniversary.
Yep, we’re honestly shocked as well...
The Harry Potter film franchise kicked off in 2001 and starred Daniel Radcliffe as the
titular character, Emma Watson as Hermione Granger, and Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley.
The film has since cemented itself as part of cinematic and literary history.
It’s safe to say that the Harry Potter films are nothing short of iconic, and hold so many
fond memories for people who grew up watching.
While the Fantastic Beasts series is attempting to rekindle that magical Harry Potter spark,
I think we speak for everyone when we say it’s just not quite the same.
To celebrate the film’s 20th anniversary, Chris Columbus, who directed the first two
Harry Potter movies, recently spoke with Variety about the future of Harry Potter.
And whether he knew it or not, Chris went on to cause an absolute UPROAR when he hinted
at a future Harry Potter movie starring the original cast!
Yep, we totally lost all our chill!
When asked if he thinks there will be any more Harry Potter movies or not, Chris responded
that he “would love to direct The Cursed Child.
It’s a great play and the kids are actually the right age to play those roles.
It’s a small fantasy of mine."
Can someone PLEASE make this man’s fantasy a reality?
But for the most part, fans’ reactions were pretty...mixed.
Some praised the idea of a Harry Potter revival, while others SLAMMED it across social media.
This Twitter user said, “We don’t want it! the book was bad.”
However, this fan showed their full support, tweeting “We f*****g need this!!!!
fantastic Beasts wasn’t enough.”
So yeah - the idea of a Harry Potter reunion definitely has its most passionate fans divided,
but studios are allegedly not stopping talks of a future revival project.
For the more casual Potterheads out there, The Cursed Child is a two-part play based
on an original story by J.K.
Rowling.
It picks up nearly 20 years after the events of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and
follows Harry Potter, now Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement at the Ministry
of Magic, and his younger son Albus, who is about to start his first year at Hogwarts.
And now that Daniel, Emma, and Rupert are all the correct age their characters would
be in The Cursed Child, Chris is saying that it’s the perfect time for the original cast
to revisit the franchise.
And perfect timing it just might be!
According to The Sun, a Harry Potter revival show is in talks at Warner Brothers, and the
original cast has been invited to participate.
The source told The Sun that, ​​"The proposed show is being shrouded in secrecy as franchise
bosses want to get talent locked in first,” and that explained Emma, Daniel, and Rupert
have been “offered big money to reunite."
A different insider told Variety that, "A Harry Potter series is in very early development
at HBO Max," making it seem hopeful that Potterheads can expect new Harry Potter content in the
coming years!
But don’t have a total meltdown quite yet.
There’s still a lot to be confirmed before we can all start panicking about the possibility
of a long-awaited Harry Potter reunion.
Logistics aside, one thing would need to be settled before any future projects: the actors.
The original cast were launched into full-blown stardom after the movies concluded in 2011,
with each of the main actors going on to join impressive film and TV projects.
And after all that hard-earned success, who’s to say Emma, Rupert, and Daniel would necessarily
want to head back to the franchise they worked tirelessly on for over a decade?
Clearly, it’s hard to predict much of anything at the moment.
The future of Harry Potter and the possibility of a film or TV adaptation of The Cursed Child
remain in pre-production limbo, but we’ll be eagerly awaiting any new updates.
For now, we’ll just have to read our tea leaves, and hope they can predict the future
of this beloved film franchise!
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movie adaptation.
Are you hoping to see the original cast reunited on the big screen?
As always, I’m your host Carly Henderson, you can follow me on socials @CarlyHenderson_
and I’ll catch you next time!