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There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
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Why do we even need a remake of the old movies? The movies are still holding up very well in this day and age. Why couldn't they focus on some other story? Expand the universe a little. Hogwarts is not the only magic school that exists...
Money.
but that excuse doesnt hold water either, why spend money on a remake when you can make money on a quick and easy and CHEAP remaster/re-release without any effort or inevitable backlash around casting choices
Remasters rarely make money.
The Blu-ray remaster of Star Trek (can't remember which series) lost money.
No one would buy a re-release of a decade old Harry Potter film.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was 2001, 25 years ago. Deathly Hallows was 2011, 15 years ago.
Because JK Rowling is pissed that the original cast doesn’t support her becoming a raging transphobe/capitalist goon.
The world building is weak because Rowling is a bad fantasy writer, not because it was written for grade schoolers. There are tons of series aimed at grade schoolers with incredible world building - Redwall, Warrior Cats, Earthsea, just to name a few, all have way better world building than Harry Potter.
Earthsea has some of the best world building of all time, but I'm not sure I'd say it was written for grade schoolers.
I feel like Earthsea is appropriate for middle-school-aged kids (so like 11-14ish), right? Maybe our definitions of "grade schoolers" is different, but I was trying to give examples for a wide range of ages
Actually that's totally fair. There's just some heady concepts in there, it certainly makes HP look much more childish and goofy.
Money and the Hollywood is going to mine the nostalgia until there is no more money left.