The merger between HBO Max and Discovery+ could result in a very important fictional project about Harry Potter. Warner Bros. Discovery may be close Reaching an agreement to adapt the popular epic created by JK Rowling According to American media Bloomberg, it is in series format.
As reported by the aforementioned portal, this new project is a spin off It was more like the ‘Fantastic Beasts’ movies. In fact, the currently unconfirmed deal, turn each of the books in the series into a season of this series That the British author will link to the creative part of this adaptation to keep it true to its original material.
This new adaptation will be incorporated into its new strategy, which will be announced next week. This will consist of a new brand for its platform after the merger of both platforms and new content, especially movies and TV shows based on stories and characters that audiences already know.
In this sense, according to the aforementioned medium, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav he would decide to invest in fewer movies and TV shows and have the company do better.. In February, it was announced that the company would be making a new series of films based on ‘Lord of the Rings’, but the details are yet to be worked out.
Harry Potter is one of the most important cinematographic and literary phenomena in history. According to data collected by Box Office Mojo, Eight films in the literary epic have sold $7.7 billion in worldwide ticket sales.
On the other hand, according to the American publisher Scholastic Corp., the books in the saga created by JK Rowling It became the best seller of all time, selling 600 million copies in 85 languages in 25 years.. He also produced the stage adaptation of ‘The Cursed Child’, which had previously premiered in London and New York.