kev Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 J.K. Rowling is conjuring up more tales of witches and wizards and will be making her debut as a screenwriter. Warner Bros. Entertainment has announced an "expanded creative partnership" with the Harry Potter author, and at the center of the relationship will be a new film series that is inspired by Harry Potter's Hogwarts textbook Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. According to an announcement by Warner Bros. CEO Kevin Tsujihara, Rowling will be penning the first picture in a new film series and that the story, which covers the adventures of the book's fictitious author, Newt Scamander, will feature creatures and characters familiar to Potter fans. "Although it will be set in the worldwide community of witches and wizards where I was so happy for seventeen years, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is neither a prequel nor a sequel to the Harry Potter series, but an extension of the wizarding world,” said Rowling. “The laws and customs of the hidden magical society will be familiar to anyone who has read the Harry Potter books or seen the films, but Newt’s story will start in New York, seventy years before Harry’s gets underway.” Warners plans on leveraging this new series into a video game, consumer products and digital initiatives. It will also expand the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme parks in conjunction with partner Universal Parks and Resorts. Rowling will also be extending her partnership with Warner Bros in other ways. The studio will serve as the worldwide TV distributor of Rowling’s upcoming television adaptation for the BBC of The Casual Vacancy, her best-selling first adult novel. This miniseries begins production in 2014. “We are incredibly honored that Jo has chosen to partner with Warner Bros. on this exciting new exploration of the world of wizardry which has been tremendously successful across all of our businesses,” said Tsujihara. “She is an extraordinary writer, who ignited a reading revolution around the world, which then became an unprecedented film phenomenon. We know that audiences will be as excited as we are to see what her brilliant and boundless imagination conjures up for us.” Warner Bros. released eight Harry Potter films, based on the best-selling books, from 2001-2011. The movies were all massive hits at the box office, with the last one, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, which pulled in more than $1 billion worldwide, currently ranked as the fourth highest-grossing film of all time. The other films are all among the top 50 highest-grossing titles ever. They each earned more than $750 million worldwide in ticket sales, with the worst-performing movie, 2004's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, racking up $796.69 million worldwide. The second part of the Deathly Hallows also still holds the record for the biggest opening day gross, worldwide opening weekend, July weekend gross and friday and single-day gross. Meanwhile, the first Harry Potter film still holds the record for the highest-grossing Thanksgiving three-day and five-day weekends. Source: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/new-harry-potter-movie-jk-628244 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
So Sejima Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 NOT A HARRY POTTER SEQUEL ANYTHING HP RELATED IS HORRIBLE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWM Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 NOT A HARRY POTTER SEQUEL ANYTHING HP RELATED IS HORRIBLE 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clappy Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 NOT A HARRY POTTER SEQUEL ANYTHING HP RELATED IS HORRIBLE J.K. Rowling is involved with the screenplay for this. That's all I need to guarantee me being there opening showtime. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
So Sejima Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 J.K. Rowling is involved with the screenplay for this. That's all I need to guarantee me being there opening showtime. *insults harry potter infront of him some more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
box Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Well, looks like I'll be adding these/this to my quest of reading the HP series. Which is probably going to add up to hours of Wikipedia and TVTropes and the like. And I'm still only up to GoF in the books area and PoA movie-wise. It's going to be a long walk from here. An enjoyable one, I hope. Anyway, probably'll rent the DVD when it becomes available/watch it in SOME FORM because HP is wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev Posted September 13, 2013 Author Share Posted September 13, 2013 NOT A HARRY POTTER SEQUEL ANYTHING HP RELATED IS HORRIBLE Not my daughter...Please Kevin, be strong... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jellatine Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 This looks sooo cool! I can't wait >w< NOT A HARRY POTTER SEQUEL ANYTHING HP RELATED IS HORRIBLE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
So Sejima Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 This looks sooo cool! I can't wait >w< no joke I hate it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMM Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Another one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev Posted September 13, 2013 Author Share Posted September 13, 2013 Another one? It's not considered as another one. It's a stand alone movie. Setting about 70 years before Harry Potter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMM Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 It's not considered as another one. It's a stand alone movie. Setting about 70 years before Harry Potter. OK. NOT A HARRY POTTER SEQUEL ANYTHING HP RELATED IS HORRIBLE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
So Sejima Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 OK. WHY AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO SEES ITS HORRIBLENESS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMM Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 WHY AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO SEES ITS HORRIBLENESS? For a little while I had a hatred of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
So Sejima Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 For a little while I had a hatred of it no response to me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMM Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 no response to me? Highlight it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
So Sejima Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Highlight it Why did you stop doing a good thing and like it? I'd say it's a sin to like it yes I hate it that much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMM Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Why did you stop doing a good thing and like it? I'd say it's a sin to like it yes I hate it that much I was forced to watch one of the movies and it wasn't bad A sin, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
So Sejima Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 No joke I hate it 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 times worse then it being a sin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev Posted September 13, 2013 Author Share Posted September 13, 2013 Why did you stop doing a good thing and like it? I'd say it's a sin to like it yes I hate it that much Why call it a sin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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