What Harry Potter Needs Going Forward
Photo by Rae Tian on Unsplash I love Harry Potter , ever since seeing the first movie in the cinemas at age 5. It captured my imagination and inspired me to write my own stories, including a parody of The Philosopher's Stone in the form of an Esquire Bay story; Barry Astrovik and the Magician's Stone . And while some might accuse me of wearing rose-tinted round spectacles, I'm not blind to the fact that there are some things wrong with the franchise as of late. But why is this, and what can be changed or introduced that may fix this? What We Have Now? The Seven Books Beginning in 1997, the book series propelled author J.K. Rowling to fame and made Harry Potter an international phenomenon. The seven book series had critical and commercial success, being translated in 80 languages and selling over 500 million copies. The world created in the pages of these books is so dense and expansive, that it is ripe for in-depth adaptations and spin-offs (we ...