BokoFilmFredag, v 37 - An extension to the wizarding world

Ni har säkert redan hört vid det här laget, men alla vi som älskade Harry Potters värld har fler filmer att se fram emot. J.K. Rowling har gått ihop med Warner Bros. och skriver just nu manus till en filmserie som ska handla om Newt Scamander och hans äventyr. Scamander nämns i första boken om Harry och han är författaren till en av Hogwarts förstaårsskolböcker, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

Handlingen kommer utspela sig 70 år innan berättelsen om Harry och börjar i New York. Det här blir alltså en helt ny berättelse, en spinoff som utspelar sig i en värld vi redan känner och älskar. "..is neither a prequel nor a sequel to the Harry Potter series, but an extension of the wizarding world," som Rowling själv säger.

Franchisehysteri kan förväntas. Filmerna ska även bli TV-spel och en rad andra produkter kommer också att släppas i samband med releasen. När den tänkta releasen tar plats är oklart än så länge, men tro mig när jag säger att jag lovar att håller er uppdaterade. Jag ser verkligen fram emot att besöka Rowling underbara magiska värld igen.

Rowling säger:

“It all started when Warner Bros. came to me with the suggestion of turning Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them into a film. I thought it was a fun idea, but the idea of seeing Newt Scamander, the supposed author ofFantastic Beasts, realized by another writer was difficult. Having lived for so long in my fictional universe, I feel very protective of it and I already knew a lot about Newt. As hard-core Harry Potter fans will know, I liked him so much that I even married his grandson, Rolf, to one of my favourite characters from the Harry Potter series, Luna Lovegood. As I considered Warners’ proposal, an idea took shape that I couldn’t dislodge. That is how I ended up pitching my own idea for a film to Warner Bros. Although it will be set in the worldwide community of witches and wizards where I was so happy for 17 years, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is neither a prequel nor a sequel to the Harry Potter series, but an extension of the wizarding world. The laws and customs of the hidden magical society will be familiar to anyone who has read the Harry Potter books or seen the films, but Newt’s story will start in New York, 70 years before Harry’s gets underway. I particularly want to thank Kevin Tsujihara of Warner Bros. for his support in this project, which would not have happened without him. I always said that I would only revisit the wizarding world if I had an idea that I was really excited about and this is it.”