Ok, Harry Potter never properly left as it has a huge and very faithful fanbase, but its undeniable that after the last movie, and expectedly so, it went into a "recess", sort of.
Apparently though Rowling is back to pushing it hard and I find it amazing that she is after all sorts of medium. Anyway just recaping whats coming in the next few years:
- pottermore was launched as an online source of all things potter, which includes exclusive new story bits from rowling and serves as a platform for people to buy ebooks, audio books and collections in general.
- rowling is writing the script for the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them movie, and even though its not exactly HP its a spin off and it takes place in the same world, so yeah. Also it was confirmed to be a trilogy so there is much more coming in the future.
- they are preparing a play that will be a continuation of the story, called HP and the cursed child (which pretty much seems to be HP8). They are also launching the script in book form.
- the HP parks seem to be expanding even more, the universal orlando one got a pretty big new area, and universal holywood just oppened its own HP area. Valid to mention that they have a yearly harry potter celebration on the parks with actors coming by and some other cool stuff.
- they are relaunching the books in new versions with covers from different illustrators.
- they are also launching fully illustrated editions of all the books featuring drawings from jim kay, and they look awesome. Only philosopher stone is available for now, but the second one is coming this year.
- they oppened the leavesden studios in london for a tour which contains a lot of sets, costumes and other stuff they used in the filming of the movies.
- there is also an ongoing exhibition that tours the world with stuff used in the movies.
- it was also just announced that warner bros signed a partnership with CineConcerts for an orchastrated performance of each movie that will go on tour in Europe and North America starting with Philosopher stone (this year I think).
- not to mention the enormous amount of merchandise that ranges from clothing, to wands, drinks, video games and candies.
I think its pretty impressive how the franchise seem to be represented in pretty much every form of medium there is. 2016 and 2017 seem packed and as a fan I am very much looking forward to it. I honestly think that this is the right way to "milk" a franchise, because lets be honest, Rowling could just write a new book and everyone would buy it anyway. Its great that she is seeking different ways to approach new content regarding the series.
Is there any other franchise that was as big as HP in this aspect? I can only think of Star Wars.
Apparently though Rowling is back to pushing it hard and I find it amazing that she is after all sorts of medium. Anyway just recaping whats coming in the next few years:
- pottermore was launched as an online source of all things potter, which includes exclusive new story bits from rowling and serves as a platform for people to buy ebooks, audio books and collections in general.
- rowling is writing the script for the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them movie, and even though its not exactly HP its a spin off and it takes place in the same world, so yeah. Also it was confirmed to be a trilogy so there is much more coming in the future.
- they are preparing a play that will be a continuation of the story, called HP and the cursed child (which pretty much seems to be HP8). They are also launching the script in book form.
- the HP parks seem to be expanding even more, the universal orlando one got a pretty big new area, and universal holywood just oppened its own HP area. Valid to mention that they have a yearly harry potter celebration on the parks with actors coming by and some other cool stuff.
- they are relaunching the books in new versions with covers from different illustrators.
- they are also launching fully illustrated editions of all the books featuring drawings from jim kay, and they look awesome. Only philosopher stone is available for now, but the second one is coming this year.
- they oppened the leavesden studios in london for a tour which contains a lot of sets, costumes and other stuff they used in the filming of the movies.
- there is also an ongoing exhibition that tours the world with stuff used in the movies.
- it was also just announced that warner bros signed a partnership with CineConcerts for an orchastrated performance of each movie that will go on tour in Europe and North America starting with Philosopher stone (this year I think).
- not to mention the enormous amount of merchandise that ranges from clothing, to wands, drinks, video games and candies.
I think its pretty impressive how the franchise seem to be represented in pretty much every form of medium there is. 2016 and 2017 seem packed and as a fan I am very much looking forward to it. I honestly think that this is the right way to "milk" a franchise, because lets be honest, Rowling could just write a new book and everyone would buy it anyway. Its great that she is seeking different ways to approach new content regarding the series.
Is there any other franchise that was as big as HP in this aspect? I can only think of Star Wars.
