creative Harry Potter Chris Columbus has praised the upcoming HBO TV reboot, calling it an “amazing idea” that will allow the previously unknown corridors of Hogwarts to be explored.
“There are certain limitations when making a film,” Nosferatu The producer said the people. The Oscar-nominated multi-hyphenate — who oversaw 2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone And 2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets -Note that there is no spell that can magically cram novel-length material into a narrow feature.
“Our film was two hours and 40 minutes long, and the second one was almost as long,” he said, adding that his productions tried to “include as much of the book as possible.”
Much ado has been made about the ambitious revival, which HBO & Max Content Chairman and CEO Casey Bloys has vowed will be a “faithful adaptation” based on JK Rowling's beloved children's book series and will span “10 consecutive years,” challenging early reports. precedent that the serialized adaptation would follow a book-per-season format. As a result, there's more breathing room for throwaway plotlines.
“The fact that they have free time [multiple] Episodes for each book, I think that's great Alone at home The director said. “You get all the things in the series that we didn't get a chance to do…all these amazing scenes that we couldn't put in the movies.”
He concluded, “I'm looking forward to seeing what they try to do with it. I think it's great.”
According to previous reports, principal photography will begin this summer, led by showrunner Francesca Gardiner. Since then, 32,000 children have auditioned for the sought-after trio of Harry, Hermione and Ron, created by Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint.
