The New York Times recently
interviewed Warner Bros. Pictures CEO Kevin Tsujihara, who revealed more
details about the studio's adaptation of J.K. Rowling's upcoming Fantastic
Beasts and Where to Find Them and the DC soon to be cinematic universe.
As previously reported, J.K. Rowling is writing a new “Harry Potter-inspired” franchise for the
studio, and now Tsujihara announces that the franchise will consist of a
trilogy.
"Wherever he learned the
skill, his deft touch became clear to Hollywood's creative community last
September. That is when Warner announced that Ms. Rowling had agreed to adapt
for the big screen her 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,' a 2001 book
billed as one of Harry Potter's Hogwarts textbooks. Three megamovies are
planned. The main character will be a 'magizoologist' named Newt Scamander. The
stories, neither prequels or sequels, will start in New York about seven
decades before the arrival of Mr. Potter and his pals."
The CEO also commented on the
DC Comics future cinematic universe, which is starting with the upcoming Zack
Snyder Man of Steel sequel.
""As for DC
Entertainment, cross-studio collaboration to make better use of its comic book
characters appears to have accelerated considerably since Mr. Tsujihara took
over, in part because he eliminated some management layers. (He has not named a
chief operating officer and did not replace Mr. Rosenblum and Mr. Robinov,
choosing instead to divide up their duties and assume some himself.) Two new
television shows are coming to the CW and Fox, including one based on the Flash
and another on a young Batman, and a film series will be announced in the near
future, Mr. Tsujihara said. It is expected to include a "Justice
League" movie."
The Justice Lague movies has
been in development for years and years, but given that the upcoming Batman vs.
Superman will introduce many new characters, it's possible that Warner is
getting ready to announce future DC movies at this year's SDCC.
As for Rowling's trilogy, set
in the Harry Potter universe but that won't act as "neither prequels or
sequels", it can backlash if there aren't any bridges to the history of
the Harry Potter franchise, just like what happened to Ridley Scott's
Prometheus.
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