New ‘Harry Potter’ Spinoffs May Be in the Works, Report Claims

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Good news for Potterheads: even more Harry Potter could be on the way soon.As was confirmed in 2023, the coming years will see the debut of a TV reboot of JK Rowling’s beloved book series on HBO. For now, details are thin on what audiences can expect from a second iteration of Harry Potter, other than the fact that the series will apparently span ten years, adapt a book per series, and star an entirely new cast.Credit: Warner Bros.According to a report from Deadline, Warner Bros. is pushing forward with the show’s development behind the scenes. While we now know that Francesca Gardiner will act as showrunner, the report also revealed that the studio is considering producing more than just one Harry Potter project.Credit: Warner Bros.“There may also be an opportunity for more than one of these writers to be involved,” it claims. “Max [soon to once again be known as HBO Max] is open to the possibility of developing more than one idea based on Harry Potter.”For now, what exactly these additional projects could entail is a mystery. However, fans have vouched for a project based on the Hogwarts years of the Marauders – AKA James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew – for years. Considering the rich background already provided on the First Wizarding War in the Harry Potter books, this seems like one of the strongest options.Other potential ideas floated by fans in the past include a series focused on Tom Riddle and his rise to becoming Lord Voldemort (which is again heavily seeded throughout the Harry Potter books), or the four founders of Hogwarts, or a screen adaptation of the stage show Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.Credit: Warner Bros.Conveniently, the original Harry Potter cast is currently the appropriate age to star in the latter – but, considering the tension between Rowling and the likes of Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint, the odds of that ever happening seem slim. It was previously rumored that Warner Bros. is aware of that fact and has considered buying Rowling out of the franchise. In an episode of his newsletter, The Insneider – which shares leaks and rumors from the entertainment industry – Jeffrey Sneider commented on the announcement of a new Harry Potter audiobook series and suggested that this is Rowling trying to make the most of the series while she can.“Reading between the lines of this announcement, this feels like Rowling squeezing as much juice as she can from the Harry Potter orange before WBD inevitably buys her out to get rid of her, as the original stars won’t return while she’s still around,” Sneider wrote.Harry Potter admittedly doesn’t have the strongest track record when it comes to spinoffs. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – the planned pentalogy featuring Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander in the 1920s – appears to have gone out with a whimper after the disappointing release of its third entry, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022), with Redmayne himself confirming that future installments don’t seem to be “on the cards.”What would you like to see from a Harry Potter spinoff? Let us know in the comments!The post New ‘Harry Potter’ Spinoffs May Be in the Works, Report Claims appeared first on Inside the Magic.