If they remade all 7 Harry Potter films would it make money?

[spider-neil]

Would a Harry sevenquel be a hit or would people not bother?

 

[Matt]

It would probably make money. But a TV series is where the real money would be. Especially if they could do it on HBO or something. 10 or 12 episodes per season, one season per book. It could make a killing and be far more faithful to the source material than the movies. Unfortunately, Rowling has already ruled it out.

 

[XtremelyBaneful]

of course it would but they'd have to wait at least like 30 years

 

[NotSoLongAgo]

I'd rather they make an aurors tv series like that April Fools joke

 

[Octoberist]

It's one of those things where...if they were to remake it, they should wait 20-30 years from now. The actors are so synomous with the characters they played, and they've been used for merch and rides. Think about the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios, and how they used for the actors for the rides.

 

[spider-neil]

It would probably make money. But a TV series is where the real money would be. Especially if they could do it on HBO or something. 10 or 12 episodes per season, one season per book. It could make a killing and be far more faithful to the source material than the movies. Unfortunately, Rowling has already ruled it out.

Why did she rule it out?

For the record, I would watch a Harry Potter remark just to see someone else's take on the books.

 

[NotSoLongAgo]

I personally think they did really, really well in casting and bringing the universe to life where it seems pretty unnecessary. I feel like a few years down the road WB would want to return to the series with sequels. Either a new generation in Harry, Ron and Hermione's kids or something following the original trio as adults

 

[flickchick85]

I mean, it's unnecessary, but it would make money. I'd like to see it redone in a decade or two as a big-budget TV series ala Game of Thrones. Like a season-per-book, seven short 5-12 episode seasons, depending on the length of the book being adapted, done by HBO or a comparable network (I just said HBO cuz it's WB). There's just so much meaty stuff that didn't fit into the 2.5-hour film format that I think is still worth adapting someday.

 

[Slade W]

If they did I would like to see a scarier Voldemort. I did not like how he was portrayed at all in the films (from GOF onwards). His face on the back Quirrel's head in the first film looked better than Ralph Fiennes did as him IMO. Voldemort was a great character in the books and I was disappointed with him in the films. I had high expectations for him as he was such an excellent and scary villain in the books. I found him to be more funny than scary in the films.

 

[spider-neil]

I mean, it's unnecessary, but it would make money. I'd like to see it redone in a decade or two as a big-budget TV series ala Game of Thrones. Like a season-per-book, seven short 5-12 episode seasons, depending on the length of the book being adapted, done by HBO or a comparable network (I just said HBO cuz it's WB). There's just so much meaty stuff that didn't fit into the 2.5-hour film format that I think is still worth adapting someday.

Not showing all of the stages of Voldermort's life in the pensive memories was unforgivable. So I would be all over a TV series that went in depth into the books.

 

[spider-neil]

If they did I would like to see a scarier Voldemort. I did not like how he was portrayed at all in the films (from GOF onwards). His face on the back Quirrel's head in the first film looked better than Ralph Fiennes did as him IMO. Voldemort was a great character in the books and I was disappointed with how he was portrayed in the films. I had high expectations for him as he was such an excellent and scary villain n the books. I found him to be more funny than scary in the films.

I think blood red eyes with vertical slits would have freaked out the kids.

 

[Slade W]

I think blood red eyes with vertical slits would have freaked out the kids.

Sadly that is true. It is still possible to get away with things being a little scary in kids films though. The Rancor in Star Wars was scary for example, or at least it was to me (Star Wars is more mature than Harry Potter but the films are still made knowing that lots of kids will go to them). There were other films that I watched as a kid that had scary creatures in them. The Basilisk was scary looking too tbf (certainly more scary than Voldemort). It was not even just how Voldemort looked but how he acted too. He made me laugh more than he scared me sadly. Personally I don't think they got the character (maybe that's just me). Also, I agree with your other post that they should have shown all of Voldemort's scenes from the past.

 

[flickchick85]

Not showing all of the stages of Voldermort's life in the pensive memories was unforgivable. So I would be all over a TV series that went in depth into the books.

Yeah, that's honestly my favorite subplot of the entire series and I was crushed when it was left out. HBP's structure was already the most conducive to a film adaptation, so it should've been the best film, imo. But Kloves pooched it.

 

[The Shape]

I personally think they did really, really well in casting and bringing the universe to life where it seems pretty unnecessary. I feel like a few years down the road WB would want to return to the series with sequels. Either a new generation in Harry, Ron and Hermione's kids or something following the original trio as adults

I agree. In terms of remaking the series, the only thing that would really make any sense would be to completely "reimagine" the series, which would mean making it very different from the books and pre-existing films. In other words, a "new take" on the Harry Potter mythos. I could see that happening someday.

Otherwise, we all know there will be an eventual series of either books or films that pick up Harry's story later in life.

 

[Snow Queen]

Yeah, that's honestly my favorite subplot of the entire series and I was crushed when it was left out. HBP's structure was already the most conducive to a film adaptation, so it should've been the best film, imo. But Kloves pooched it.

It's baffling how that script was approved. It was like they switched the A plot with Voldemort into the B plot and made the B plot with the romances into the A plot.

 

[XtremelyBaneful]

Not showing all of the stages of Voldermort's life in the pensive memories was unforgivable. So I would be all over a TV series that went in depth into the books.

oh my god, yes. that might be the main reason why hbp was my favorite book. i can't believe they thought it was okay to cut them out, and then add in a stupidass fight scene in the burrow that wasn't even there in the book.

the fact that the movie was pg proved they were going backward anyway. and they added a filter to the movie to make it literally dark.

 

[sueb1863]

Agree that a TV miniseries for each book would be the only way to fully tell the story. The movies were well done but cut and changed way too much.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

It's baffling how that script was approved. It was like they switched the A plot with Voldemort into the B plot and made the B plot with the romances into the A plot.

And JK already ruined that by not putting Harry and Hermione together.

 

[Boy Scout]

Would a Harry sevenquel be a hit or would people not bother?

If the movies were remade within the next decade, they'd make money, but not as much as the original films did. That is, unless they made an effort to tell the stories in drastically different ways, with perhaps even a different ending/epilogue.

But like others have probably already said, I think it'd be smarter to make a television series.

 

[dude stannis]

This is a bad idea and you should feel bad for making it a thread.

 

[Reek]

Agreed lol

But I'd prefer a TV series separate from the books. Each season following each book would be lame when they can do so much more with the world.

 

[spider-neil]

I'm surprised WB aren't backing up the money truck to JK to make a HBO GoT style mega series with a huge budget. Syndication would pay out money literally forever.

Book 1 - 6 episodes
Book 2 - 6 episodes
Book 3 - 8 episodes
Book 4 - 10 episodes
Book 5 - 10 episodes
Book 6- 12 episodes
Book 7 - 14 episodes

 

[Marvolo]

I think blood red eyes with vertical slits would have freaked out the kids.

I imagine Voldemort in the books looking like a slightly milder version of Eichhorst.

Slit nostrils instead of a hole and without the wrinkly neck.

Newell just neutered Voldemort visually. The slit tongue is just a human tongue that's split in a barely noticeable way. His eyes are entirely human and normal. And his teeth are practically rounded and he has way too much gum. He isn't scary. He is kind of goofy looking. The only scary thing about his design is that David Heyman had to fight tooth and nail to stop Newell giving Voldemort a normal human nose. Newell was adamant that Voldemort should have a nose because he believes the makeup and prosthetics would limit Fiennes acting ability. Heyman and the animators had to do tests on their own and set Newell down and prove to him that they could do it without makeup but he was still iffy about it. Thank god Heyman wouldn't take no for an answer and went to bat for the character.

Their excuse for changing his eyes tho was weak. Heyman said red eyes would make it hard to relate to him and make it hard for audiences to "read" him. We aren't supposed to relate to Voldemort. He isn't a tragic relatable villain. He is a sadistic evil prick. That's all we need to understand about him. He is supposed to be frightening and make people not want to go anywhere near him. In the books his name terrifies people. Visually he is the thing of nightmares. And he has red eyes in the Philosopher's Stone film and it worked so why not in 4-8 as well?

 

[Sawyer]

Aside from the eyes, the visual was never a problem for me. My issue was more that the moment of the resurrection didn't give me nearly as much chills as I had when I read the book.

 

[Reek]

I was a fan of the final battle in the book more than the movie... Like the confrontation part where Harry was talking smack to Voldemort with everyone watching.