Warner Bros. may have just publicly executed ‘Fantastic Beasts,’ and nobody cares
By Scott Campbell
Warner Bros.
Discovery
CEO David Zaslav
recently announced during a shareholders' meeting a desire to focus on franchises, including
Harry Potter
.
But the
Harry Potter
spinoff franchise,
Fantastic Beasts
, was notably absent from the discussion.
Variety
also reported: "There are no active discussions currently with Rowling about developing another
Harry Potter
movie, according to a studio source. There is also currently nothing in 'the Wizarding World' in active development at Warner Bros."
Sadly, it seems that nobody was at all surprised about
Fantastic Beasts'
fate
"Everyone knew that
Fantastic Beasts
was dead the moment it failed to even crack 100 million domestic." —@BlackMajikMan90
"So
Fantastic Beasts
franchise is dead, confirmed." —@DanielRPK
How do you keep making HP films if Rowling keeps writing terrible scripts while doubling down on trans hate/misinformation? Plus, the diminishing returns for the
Fantastic Beasts
movies likely means the next two movies are dead." —@_ChristopherM
"
Fantastic Beasts 4
is dead." —@Elbert_Reyner
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