Harry Potter är slut som artist, men JK Rowling skriver vidare på nya berättelser om trollkarlar och häxor ändå, och kallar serien för Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them.
Böckerna, filmerna och spelen som ska att lanseras under de kommande åren utspelar sig i samma universum som tidigare, om än 70 år tidigare och i New York snarare än England.
Senast vi recenserade ett licensspel ur Harry Potter-franschisen var i samband med den sista filmen. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 belönades med det usla betyget 3/10, och vi vågar påstå att utannonserandet inte känns sådär stekhett just gällande just på spelsidan, såhär på förhand. Men vem vet? Harry Potter utan Harry Potter kanske blir något alldeles extra till nästa konsolgeneration?
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Warner Bros. Entertainment today announced an expanded creative partnership with world-renowned, best-selling author J.K. Rowling. At the center of the partnership is a new film series from Rowling's world of witches and wizards, inspired by Harry Potter's Hogwarts textbook "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" and the adventures of the book's fictitious author, Newt Scamander. The announcement was made by Kevin Tsujihara, Chief Executive Officer, Warner Bros. Entertainment.
"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" will be an original story and will mark Rowling's screenwriting debut. It is planned as the first picture in a new film series. Set in the wizarding world, the story will feature magical creatures and characters, some of which will be familiar to devoted Harry Potter fans.
"Although it will be set in the worldwide community of witches and wizards where I was so happy for seventeen years, ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' is neither a prequel nor a sequel to the Harry Potter series, but an extension of the wizarding world," said Rowling. "The laws and customs of the hidden magical society will be familiar to anyone who has read the Harry Potter books or seen the films, but Newt's story will start in New York, seventy years before Harry's gets underway."
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In addition to the film series, "Fantastic Beasts" will also be developed across the Studio's video game, consumer products and digital initiatives businesses, including enhanced links with Pottermore.com, Rowling's digital online experience built around the Harry Potter stories.
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