{"id":1781353,"date":"2022-12-20T07:56:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T12:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1781353"},"modified":"2022-12-20T10:03:56","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T15:03:56","slug":"hbo-max-head-of-original-content-says-harry-potter-fans-clamoring-for-more-storytelling-warner-discovery-ceo-david-zaslav-willing-to-work-with-j-k-rowling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hbo-max-head-of-original-content-says-harry-potter-fans-clamoring-for-more-storytelling-warner-discovery-ceo-david-zaslav-willing-to-work-with-j-k-rowling\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO Max Head of Original Content Says \u201cHarry Potter\u201d Fans \u201cClamoring for More Storytelling,\u201d Warner Discovery CEO David Zaslav Willing to Work With J.K. Rowling"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">50<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhbo-max-head-of-original-content-says-harry-potter-fans-clamoring-for-more-storytelling-warner-discovery-ceo-david-zaslav-willing-to-work-with-j-k-rowling%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1781353&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Wizarding World of Harry Potter carries on as a franchise even without The Boy Who Lived or any sign of the actor who played him for a decade, Daniel Radcliffe. He went on unexpected and experimental journeys as an all-purpose corpse in <em>Swiss Army Man<\/em> and Weird Al Yankovic more recently. He\u2019s matured as a performer \u2013 to some degree \u2013 and moved on.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_187794\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187794\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-187794\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.11.04-08.16-themixnet-6364ca4769e8a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"419\"   style=\"display:none\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-187794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022), The Roku Channel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/12\/01\/hbos-live-action-the-last-of-us-series-confirms-race-swap-for-joels-daughter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HBO\u2019s Live-Action \u2018The Last Of Us\u2019 Series Confirms Race-Swap For Joel\u2019s Daughter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Warner Bros., on the other hand, can\u2019t get over the coin the <em>Harry Potter<\/em> movies made them \u2013 or used to. After 11 years, it\u2019s still one of their most identifiable film series and a formerly big moneymaker. A dropoff happened with <em>The Fantastic Beasts<\/em> movies at theaters due arguably to the bad PR of Johnny Depp\u2019s firing and the real-life transgressions of Ezra Miller.<\/p>\n<p>Things could change in the realm of spinoffs. A streaming series was reportedly in development for HBO Max last year albeit progress of it has since gone silent. That\u2019s not to say plans have been canceled, however, at least not fully. If the Head of Original Content for the streaming platform can be believed, there is always an appetite for more from Hogwarts.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_166147\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166147\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-166147\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.19-03.16-themixnet-63a08038105e2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"533\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-166147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018), Warner Bros. Pictures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/12\/15\/harry-potter-novelist-j-k-rowling-admits-book-sales-went-up-after-she-referenced-being-cancelled-lampoons-safe-spaces-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Harry Potter\u2019 Novelist J.K. Rowling Admits Book Sales Went Up After She Referenced Being Cancelled, Lampoons Safe Spaces, And More<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s nothing like a \u2018Harry Potter\u2019 fan, in terms of their endless appetite for storytelling and new ways of interacting with these characters,\u201d exec <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/tv\/news\/hbo-max-sarah-aubrey-dune-penguin-1235428240\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarah Aubrey said speaking with <em>Variety<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em> \u201cSo whether it\u2019s the reunion or live events or games, we\u2019re very much in the business of creating new content for those fans and thinking what to do next.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the bad news is they don\u2019t have any content ready to bubble up yet. \u201cWe don\u2019t have a series in active development right now. But we are very much in that business, because fans are just clamoring for more storytelling,\u201d Aubrey added. Looking at her words, specifically \u201cactive development\u201d and the allusion to being in business, reports are reading between the lines.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_186860\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-186860\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-186860\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.10.26-01.00-themixnet-635886a613595.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"533\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-186860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows \u2013 Part 2 (2010), Warner Bros. Pictures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Subscribe and get our daily emails and follow us on social media.<\/h4>\n<div class=\"terms-privacy\">\n<p>By opting in, you agree to receive emails with the latest in Comic Culture from Bounding Into Comics. Your information will not be shared with or sold to 3rd parties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Just because they haven\u2019t greenlit something doesn\u2019t mean there aren\u2019t discussions or a series of some kind on the drawing board. It makes business sense to the very top given that parent company CEO David Zaslav is on a wavelength that emphasizes the drawing power and cash flow of tentpole franchises. He stated as much during a highly publicized earnings call.<\/p>\n<p>Other than Superman, Harry Potter was one IP he name-dropped as a big draw that has gone over a decade without a sequel. \u201cWe\u2019re going to have a real focus on franchises. We haven\u2019t had a Superman movie in 13 years. We haven\u2019t done a Harry Potter movie in 15 years,\u201d Zaslav stated on <a href=\"https:\/\/thedirect.com\/article\/harry-potter-tv-show-hbo-max\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the call via <em>The Direct.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_188036\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188036\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-188036\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.11.04-08.16-themixnet-6364ca56a7574.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"533\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-188036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows \u2013 Part 2 (2010), Warner Bros. Pictures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/11\/04\/harry-potter-star-daniel-radcliffe-throws-j-k-rowling-under-the-bus-over-her-views-on-transgender-politics-not-everybody-in-the-franchise-felt-that-way\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Harry Potter\u2019 Star Daniel Radcliffe Throws J.K. Rowling Under The Bus Over Her Views On Transgender Politics: \u201cNot Everybody In The Franchise Felt That Way\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe DC movies and the Harry Potter movies provided a lot of profits for Warner Bros. Motion Pictures over the last 25 years. One of the big advantages that we have, <em>House of the Dragon<\/em>, is an example of that with <em>Game of Thrones<\/em>,\u201d he continued, also adding <em>Sex and the City<\/em> and <em>Lord of the Rings<\/em> to his list.<\/p>\n<p>Another name Zaslav mentioned was HP author JK Rowling as someone he\u2019d like to work with on a Wizarding initiative. \u201cAnd we have a lot of them: Batman, Superman, Aquaman, if we can do something with JK [Rowling] on Harry Potter going forward,\u201d he said. Rowling\u2019s canceled status resulting from her outspoken comments about transgender people will definitely be an obstacle to achieving this.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_193009\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-193009\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-193009\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.15-06.16-themixnet-639b646984c1f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-193009\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Author J.K. Rowling reads from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer\u2019s Stone at the Easter Egg Roll at White House. Screenshot taken from official White House video. Photo Credit: Executive Office of the President, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Do you want to see more Harry Potter from J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. Discovery?<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/10\/25\/harry-potter-star-ralph-fiennes-decries-constant-attacks-against-j-k-rowling-shes-not-some-uber-right-wing-fascist-shes-just-a-woman-who-wants-to-be-able-to-say-im-a-woman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Harry Potter\u2019 Star Ralph Fiennes Decries Constant Attacks Against J.K. Rowling: \u201cShe\u2019s Not Some \u00dcber-Right-Wing Fascist, She\u2019s Just A Woman Who Wants To Be Able To Say \u2018I\u2019m A Woman\u2019\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wizarding World of Harry Potter carries on as a franchise even without The Boy Who Lived or any sign of the actor who played him for a decade, Daniel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1781356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[10560,5458,3850,5589,4044,6970,5823,5675,10561,5639,8174,10562,8588,6172,3819,8179,10559,6976,9628],"class_list":["post-1781353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-clamoring","tag-bongino","tag-ceo","tag-content","tag-david","tag-discovery","tag-fans","tag-harry","tag-hbo","tag-head","tag-j-k","tag-max","tag-original","tag-potter","tag-report","tag-rowling","tag-storytelling","tag-warner","tag-zaslav"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1781353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1781353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1781353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1781356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1781353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1781353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1781353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}