New 'Harry Potter' themed movies announced.

I was a bit confused when you linked to the Jurassic Park 4 article, wondering if there was some element of sarcasm that I was missing.

Here's a more direct, and less confusing link:

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/09/12/jk-rowlingharry-potter-fantastic-beasts/

Man there would be some potential in a Mutual Of Omaha-style "Wild Kingdom" TV series where Newt and his assistant go in search of mythical beasts each week.

I loved Part II. III sucked as a movie, but the dinos were cool.

They've said that they're aware of the brand erosion and are really planning to knock this one out of the park. I realize they'd say that regardless, but from the leaked plot synopsis it does sound pretty amazing.

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Sorry about the wrong link everyone. I was not paying attention to what I was doing and was in a hurry. I hope that they get the directors of 'Prisoner of Azkaban' and films 5-8 for these Rowling films.

Updated On: 4/2/14 at 06:07 PM

"They basically came crawling to me and said, 'Jo, you made us gobs of money. Please find a way to make us more. So I compromised my original concept, and SNAP! The job's a game!'"

--- J(ust) K(idding) Rowling

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I'm sure Warner Bros. will take any Pottery paragraphs she writes and break them apart into six 3D movies.

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"They basically came crawling to me and said, 'Jo, you made us gobs of money. Please find a way to make us more. So I compromised my original concept, and SNAP! The job's a game!'"

Thank you Best12bars and Jordan, for making me almost spit OJ all over my desk at work. :)

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I read the novel for The Lost World when it was published and was so annoyed by how Crichton retconned Malcolm to have survived the first book that I never bothered with the movie. It also didn't help that I had recently re-read Misery not too long before that, so I definitely felt that the novel was a cheat.

As for this proposed Fantastic Beasts, I'm not so sure how I really feel about it. I'm just assuming it will be a bloated, CGI crap-fest, at least from a visual standpoint.

The spin-off has just been confirmed to be a trilogy. I like this idea because I don't know if there really needs to be eight films like before.



J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" spinoff to be a trilogy

Looks like I'll be saving a lot of time and money at the movies.

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"I'm sure WB will not turn this into a CGI crapfest. They used many practical effects for the Potter films and they will likely exercise the same care into these movies, especially with the financial stakes resting on them."

They did use a good number of practical effects, but the first films also introduced one or two new magical creatures, they weren't centered around a magizoologist dedicated to finding and cataloging all of the magical creatures in existence.

The fact that it's now being planned as a trilogy just adds to the cash-grab aspect from WB. Rowling may have signed on in an effort to protect some of the integrity of it all, but we've also seen what happens when the creators of an original series begin to revisit those worlds after some time has passed (we're looking at you, Mr. Lucas). She's already gone on record saying that she was initially wrong and now feels that Harry and Hermione should have ended up together. Who knows what else she may feel was wrong about the world she created that she may now attempt to "fix"?

I loved the job Cuaron did with 'Prisoner of Azkaban' and he said he hoped to direct another film in the series, but he couldn't. Now, he might have the opportunity after all.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=118509