Eight “Harry PotterThere are movies, the last of the seven books would be split into two movies. While the grand finale “Deathly Hallows – Part 2” can be seen on TV today, the “Beasts” series is currently showing in cinemas. But what happens next?
“Harry Potter“: The film series about the magic student with the lightning scar is still such a big draw that Sat.1 is making a big prime-time event out of the two-part finale this weekend. To “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1” on Saturday night, which will be repeated on Sunday (May 15, 2022) at 2:50 p.m., then airs on Sunday at 8:15 p.m. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2”.
The TV weekend is all about “Harry Potter“. But you can also immerse yourself in the Potter universe in the cinema – namely with “Fantastic Beasts: Dumbledore’s Secrets”, the third part of the “Beasts” spin-off series, for which fans had to wait quite a long time. But what’s next for the franchise created by JK Rowling?
“Beasts” series: are parts 4 and 5 still coming?
Anyone who has followed the whole “Beasts” series a little probably know: Five parts were planned. So is Fantastic Beasts 4 next? It’s not that simple, because there’s a catch: Part 4 was officially announced by Warner Bros. not yet, and shortly before “Dumbledore’s Secrets” was released, producer David Heyman had declared that there was no script for the sequel either.
It can be assumed that Warner Bros. wants to take a close look at the worldwide box office figures of “Fantastic Beasts 3” before deciding on the future of the series – because that is already on the brink of a weak overall box office result (despite great visitor numbers in Germany) of part 2.
Not to mention that cast and crew scandals (Johnny Depp’s sacking, JK Rowling’s perceived transphobic tweets, now Ezra Miller’s uncertain future) don’t help the franchise’s standing either.
The box office numbers don’t look exactly rosy at the moment, after “Tierwesen 3” has been running in cinemas for more than a month. In Germany, Part 3 is a hit again, so far almost 2.5 million people have seen it in this country. But in its native USA, “Dumbledore’s Secrets” has so far only grossed 86.6 million US dollars, worldwide just 365 million came together.
News “Harry Potter” movie starring the original stars
So it remains exciting to see if we’ll see Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne), young Dumbledore (Jude Law), and Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen) back on screen (or even twice). In addition to the income, it also plays a role, of course, in how much one believes in further “animal” films, the brand “Harry Potter’ to keep people talking, selling merchandise, and promoting events and studio tours.
But it’s not like Warner has to Bros. necessarily resort to the “animal” offshoots. There’s always the option to just go back to the original series – that Harry Potter Never making it back to screens is hard to imagine given the long-standing trend towards late sequels and remakes. It may be too early for a “Potter” remake, but it has long been rumored that there might be a sequel – in the form of a film adaptation of the play “Harry Potter and the cursed child”.
For this “Harry Potter 8” – or “Harry Potter 9“, if you were to number the first eight films including the two-part finale – the former child actors Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint would slowly be of the right age to play their characters as adults with school-age children, as is the case stage play.
“Harry Potter” series for HBO Max
And then there would be the “Harry Potter” series, about which the industry magazine The Hollywood Reporters Reported in early 2021, but not much has been heard of since then. The magazine revealed at the time, that a series set in the “Potter” world is being developed for the Warner streaming service, HBO Max. And that sounds more than plausible when you consider that it’s all the rage right now to expand big cinema franchises with series – see Marvel and “Star Wars’ on Disney+.
