Sure. But is profit the only reason? What are they trying to do differently than the original movies, other than more closely follow the character ages while horribly miscasting the actors? Was there a particular thing that was done so badly that it justified retelling the exact same story for 95% of the runtime?
If this was a spin-off, then I'd understand. If they were making a series based on "Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality", I'd definitely support it. But they seem to only be redoing what has already been done in an unnecessary reboot.
Game of thrones generated 2.2 billion in net profit for WB/HBO over 8 seasons. Harry Potter has a much larger captive audience and this would likely be at least 3x the revenue for them over 7 seasons. It’s entirely about the money.
But everyone already knows the story. There's no mystery, there's no surprise. All the charm is already gone, because everything they'll show has already been done, and likely done better.
Is this actually going to turn up a profit? I think that this will only make people appreciate the books and movies more. This will likely just turn into another failed reboot, barely worth the salaries of the actors, the price of production, and the costs of advertisement.
The movies left a lot out from the books, especially the 4th after. I’m betting it turns a massive profit, you forget the main viewership is teenage to middle aged women, there’s no way it doesn’t generate more revenue.
From the sounds of it, profit can only be the reason short of some background contract fuckery.
The original movie came out 23 years ago, we've had remakes with shorter spans in between. So its not ridiculous to think they'd want another "guaranteed money" 10 year franchise plan.
Sure. But is profit the only reason? What are they trying to do differently than the original movies, other than more closely follow the character ages while horribly miscasting the actors? Was there a particular thing that was done so badly that it justified retelling the exact same story for 95% of the runtime?
If this was a spin-off, then I'd understand. If they were making a series based on "Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality", I'd definitely support it. But they seem to only be redoing what has already been done in an unnecessary reboot.
Game of thrones generated 2.2 billion in net profit for WB/HBO over 8 seasons. Harry Potter has a much larger captive audience and this would likely be at least 3x the revenue for them over 7 seasons. It’s entirely about the money.
But everyone already knows the story. There's no mystery, there's no surprise. All the charm is already gone, because everything they'll show has already been done, and likely done better.
Is this actually going to turn up a profit? I think that this will only make people appreciate the books and movies more. This will likely just turn into another failed reboot, barely worth the salaries of the actors, the price of production, and the costs of advertisement.
The movies left a lot out from the books, especially the 4th after. I’m betting it turns a massive profit, you forget the main viewership is teenage to middle aged women, there’s no way it doesn’t generate more revenue.
From the sounds of it, profit can only be the reason short of some background contract fuckery.
The original movie came out 23 years ago, we've had remakes with shorter spans in between. So its not ridiculous to think they'd want another "guaranteed money" 10 year franchise plan.