But this week HP author JK Rowling releases her first book for adults, “The Casual Vacancy.” There’s no Harry, no Ron and no Hermione, but continue holding your breath. In an interview with the BBC, when asked about returning to the Wizarding World, Rowling said “... if I did have a great idea for something else, I probably would do it. I am very averse to the prequel-sequel idea. A side step could maybe ... well, we'll see." We Muggles will take that as a good sign. If a new book comes, you can be sure a movie would be right around the corner.
In the meantime, say Warner Bros. decided they didn’t want to wait and were somehow able to bring a new Harry Potter movie to the big screen without an accompanying book. Here is our list of potential movie starting points.
-Mapping the Marauders
The most obvious suggestion would be to follow Harry’s parents and their well-known classmates through Hogwarts. There would be the tension between James, Lilly and Snape to deal with. Plus a certain werewolf we all know has to deal with his fang and claw issues on top of finishing his Potions homework. Less dire circumstances than HP, but it would still be fun to watch.
-The Dawn of the Death Eaters
A more intellectual look into Hogwarts would follow a teenage Voldemort around as he takes the school as his own in a dark sort of thriller. Dumbledore would be there at every turn to try to stop him, and his pre-horcrux conflicted mind would make for an anti-hero, who the audience knows doesn’t stand a chance of turning out to be the good guy. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince tells us this would be incredibly exciting.
-The Founding Four
Covering the founders of Hogwarts would give a virtually clean slate to make a new story with characters who were already introduced. Some of the school ghosts were still alive, Slytherin brought about constant fighting and the unshakeable foundation of the Hogwarts system was still in its infancy. Plus what were wizards like so long ago? The possibilities for this story are many.
-The Durmstrang Dodger
One option is take a small role and steer clear of Hogwarts (and England for that matter.) Someone like Victor Krum, who we know has experience dabbling in the dark arts, but isn’t a bad guy for the most part. He’s all the way in Bulgaria where Voldemort is lesser known than the once menacing Grindelwald so the whole school dynamic at Durmstrang must be different than the Slytherin vs. the world mentality of Hogwarts. Plus, there’s the little fact that Krum is the world’s best Quidditch player. Fame related drama ensues.
-Wizard War I
Our vote for a Harry Potter prequel comes when the boy wizard was just an infant. Fans are familiar with a lot of the big events during the first battle between Voldemort and Dumbledore’s Order of the Phoenix. But a closer account with James, Hagrid, Sirius, and all the others at the forefront would be golden for fans.
As awesome as any of these films would be, Harry is, like we said, off limits for the time being. So we’ll have to keep watching the eight films we already have. “The Casual Vacancy” is in stores now.
Let us know your ideas in the comments.
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