![]() ![]() Rowling and stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, with Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley, and Emma Watson as Hermione Granger. Harry Potter is based on the fantasy novel series of the same by J. ( Return to corrected sentence.Harry Potter is one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time and despite its success, Chris Columbus, the director of the first three Harry Potter films revealed one key detail he would like to change in the movie. And so the answer Harry receives in reply to his question felt like it came from all of us: “We never left.” Correction, July 14, 2011: This piece originally had the two Batman movies directed by Joel Schumacher in the wrong chronological order. It didn’t matter whether we were fans of the books, or the movies, or both. At a recent screening, the question seemed directed not just to the specters onscreen but at the teary-eyed fans in the audience, for whom the final movie in the series represents one last chance to live in the world J.K. ![]() “Why are you here? All of you?” Harry asks a quartet of beloved figures from his past near the very end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II. Most importantly, without Cuarón, it’s hard to imagine Yates would have the freedom to make the Potter movies his own: to make the Ministry of Magic an automated nightmare straight out of Brazil to shoot action sequences as loud and surprising as gunfights to let Harry and Hermione dance to Nick Cave, even though it’s not in the books, because it turns out that’s just what the audience needs to see. But in which direction would it turn? Would the producers and the studio choose someone who could deliver product just like Columbus? Or would they choose someone who could make a real movie? There was never any doubt that the series would continue of course it would, with so much money to be made. The director Chris Columbus built the world of Hogwarts without delivering real magic. Financially, that film made $50 million less than its predecessor artistically, both films were duds. A lead actor, Richard Harris, passed away after the filming of Chamber, forcing the producers to recast Dumbledore. Perhaps the most important decision of all was who they chose to direct the third film in the series: Cuarón, who, even though his picture underperformed (relatively-I mean, it still made $250 million), jolted the series to life and built a scaffold on which director David Yates could construct the four films he’s made.įollowing the second film, Chamber of Secrets, the series was at a crossroads. ![]()
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