“It was about a 130-page document-slash-screenplay,” Columbus tells THR. He wanted to be the “last director in the room” in order to make a “lasting impression” and be the “freshest person in their memory.”ĭuring a two-week waiting period, Columbus wrote a director’s version of Steve Kloves’ script to explain his vision for the tone of the film. I’d love to direct Harry Potter.'” After being told there were 25 others also eager to direct, Columbus knew he had to make an impression, so he asked his agent to secure him the final meeting. Once his daughter persuaded him to read Rowling’s Harry Potter books, Columbus tells THR, he “couldn’t put them down.” “I called my agent and I said, ‘Look, I need to get a meeting with Warner Bros. “This was just my one shot getting the Harry Potter job.” will debut two new Potter-inspired TV projects: a four-part competition series, Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of House, hosted by Helen Mirren and a retrospective special to follow.Ĭolumbus, 63, spoke to The Hollywood Reporter and took a trip down Hogwarts memory lane, reflecting on his approach to adapting Rowling’s source material, working with Radcliffe, Watson and Grint, why he eventually left the franchise, and why he’d return to direct a Cursed Child adaptation. To mark the film’s 20th anniversary, Warner Bros. The film - which just last year surpassed $1 billion at the global box office after a 4K rerelease in China and other markets - would not only launch the careers of then-newcomers Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry, Ron and Hermione but spawn franchise spinoffs Fantastic Beasts and a Broadway play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, based on an original story by Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne. 14, 2001, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was the first of an eventual eight-film franchise based on Rowling’s seven-book saga about a young wizard attending the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Released in theaters two decades ago, on Nov. 'Harry Potter' Star Bonnie Wright Says Her Lack of Screen Time in Films Was a "Little Disappointing"
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