Ignoring the expansions into the Cursed Child and Fantastic Beasts titles, the lack of a ninth Harry Potter movie has caused significant consternation. Even a Harry Potter & The Cursed Child movie would be welcome at this stage, even with that story’s issues.
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As there are no plans to adapt Harry Potter and the Cursed Child into a movie, there is no release date information to speak of. Instead, film fans will have to look forward to the next Fantastic Beasts film, the third in the series, which is currently slated for release on July 15th, 2022.
Since nothing has been confirmed by either Warner Bros. or J.K. Rowling, there is no way to predict when a new Harry Potter movie or TV show might be released. With filming restrictions due to COVID, we can expect a release as early as 2023 if the project is confirmed in the next few months.
When will Harry Potter be released?
Rowling, there is no way to predict when a new Harry Potter movie or TV show might be released. With filming restrictions due to COVID, we can expect a release as early as 2023 if the project is confirmed in the next few months.
Set 19 years later after the events of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , Harry Potter and the Cursed Child shows Harry, Ron and Hermione as 37- year-old parents who are seeing their children off to Hogwarts. The play continues Harry Potter’s story through his son, Albus, following Albus Severus Potter as he uncovers secrets from his father’s past in a time-travel adventure. On top of the original set of characters, the play also features Draco Malfoy’s son Scorpius, Hermione and Ron’s daughter Rose, as well as Voldemort and Bellatrix Lestrange’s surprise offspring Delphi. The time-travel aspect of the play could make for a very engaging movie or TV series, both for new and old, loyal audiences by exploring much of the original story through a fresh lens.
Taking into account that the play is shown in two parts because of its length, many argue that a movie version of Harry Potter in the Cursed Child wouldn’t really work and might it be better adapted in a TV show format. It so happens that the studio has announced a call for writers for a potential spinoff show set in the world of Harry Potter.
Now, rumors of a live-action Harry Potter TV show being developed for HBO Max have been given some weight by WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar’s recent remarks. Many fingers are being pointed at Harry Potter and the Cursed Child as the potential material to be adapted since the play has already proven to be very popular.
The second movie of the prequel series, The Crimes of Grindelwald, received brutal reviews after it was released in 2018.
WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar recently teased that new Harry Potter content was in the works for HBO Max, and it has people wondering if they plan on adapting the play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Ever since the epilogue scene at the end of the Harry Potter movie franchise in 2011, fans have been asking for more movies set in …
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