David Zaslav, CEO of the newly formed Warner Bros. Discovery, intends to plan the future of the saga with new titles, especially for HBO Max
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A few weeks ago, the giant Warner Bros. Discovery was born from the merger of two entities such as WarnerMedia and Discovery. Harry Potter is certainly one of the most profitable franchises in the catalog of this new media conglomerate and it is therefore clear that it is a primary interest for its management to try to understand what the future of this saga will be. This is especially in light of recent events: the third chapter of the new Fantastic Beasts film series, entitled Dumbledore's Secrets, was rather disappointing at the box office, not to mention all the difficulties faced in recent years by a figure like J.K. Rowling, with her highly criticized outings on transgender people, has placed productions.
According to the Wall Street Journal, one of the priorities of David Zaslav, former CEO of Discovery and now of the new joint group, would be to meet Rowling and discuss how to produce new content related to the boy wizard saga. The intention is above all to have new productions to offer on HBO Max, the group's streaming platform which has ambitious growth expectations. On the other hand, for some years now we have continued to hear rumors about a possible TV series linked to Harry Potter, even if it is not clear what it could be about and how it would be linked to the broader destinies of this narrative universe.
Furthermore, it is not clear whether Zaslav wants to meet Rowling to seek her consent on the creation of various spin-offs or whether he even wants to ask her to personally produce new content that would enrich the saga. This could obviously be a double-edged sword: on the one hand, infusing new blood, and taking from original stories, could give new impetus to the franchise, leaving behind the not entirely successful experiment of Fantastic Beasts; on the other hand, however, a direct involvement of the writer could arouse bitter controversy, especially from those who believe her ideas are now incompatible with the messages of inclusion and acceptance that she had expressed in the original novels.
Source: Screenrant
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