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And here we go — possibly recasting leads with PoC


Rumors but still a BS move if they do it. Billions of people of all colors love the books and movies. You think completely changing the characters’ race, especially the leads, will draw a bigger crowd of fans if they produce this totally useless reboot?

Also get off Rowling’s back for merely protecting her own gender. And screw Radcliffe and especially Watson for turning their backs on her. Without her, they’d have no careers.

https://www.screengeek.net/2023/04/29/harry-potter-cast-rumor/

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Warner Bros Discovery has officially announced their plans to produce a new live-action series based on the Harry Potter books. The goal of the series is to be a more faithful adaptation of the iconic stories.



IT WILL BE AN ENTIRELY NEW THING.

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It’ll be the same as the movies but extended into several episodes per book rather than 2 hours per film. That isn’t an entirely new thing.

And recasting white characters as PoC is pointless.

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THEY ARE NOT REMAKING THE MOVIES...THEY ARE TURNING THE BOOKS INTO A SHOW...THEY CAN CAST WHOEVER THEY WANT...IF THE SHOW AND ACTORS ARE GOOD IT WILL WORK...IF NOT...NOT.

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The head characters are white in the books. They point that out in certain passages and if that wasn’t the case Rowling would have pushed to make them diverse in the films. But she didn’t. So absolutely no reason to change them now.

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NO CHANGES...A NEW INTERPRETATION.

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Not sure I'm into that. Reading the books was fun. The movies were a decent adaptation.

I don't know of the TV series will capture the attention it needs to keep the Audience. Let's hope it's a better performance than the rings of power.

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I AM 40 THESE DAYS...MY HARRY POTTER DAYS ARE BEHIND ME...SO I WON'T BE WATCHING EITHER WAY...BUT MY DAUGHTER IS INTERESTED IN THE SHOW...FINGERS CROSSED IT WORKS FOR THE KIDS.

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I'm right there with ya. No kids, but I'm always hopeful my nieces and nephews can enjoy movis and TV like we did as kids. Hopeful it's not like that recent episode of Its Always sunny.

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I honestly don't give two shits either way, but you people who instantly bitch about wokeness in every single movie are just insufferable. Out of spite, I hope Voldermort is a black transgender Muslim in this version.

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LMAO, do you even understand what you just said?

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lol The people you find insufferable would actually welcome a black-transgender-muslim Voldemort, he's the bad guy after all. But current Hollywood doesn't have the balls to show that minorities can be evil too.

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Oh really? I could have sworn Kang was the villain in the newest Ant Man film. Oh and look at that the white guy is the main hero. Epic fail.

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You mean the misunderstood super-genius who’s a variant of the creator the MCU? Who beat entire multiverses of white avengers? Who’s apparently better than Thanos? That Kang? Epic fail.

You should’ve mentioned the bad guy from Guardians 3 instead, but he’s an exception.

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Nope still counts a black bad guy. Choke on it bigot.

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One movie out of hundreds isn’t enough to balance the scales. Once there’s more movies and shows with evil minorities and white protagonists in a post-2016 world, then we’ll reach true equality. Until then, it’s racist.

Checkmate, snowflake.

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That isn't the only one. Actually I'm flipping it. Until blacks outnumber or equal white heroes in film then the scales will show it isn't racist and in favor of whites. If you truly think that's the only villain that isn't white you are not watching enough films. Which wouldn't surprise me you have trash taste in cinema. I mean you calling the batman bad demonstrated how trash your taste is.

Choke on that as well bigot. Scoreboard me 27 you 0. Step up your game or admit defeat. This getting too easy.

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Your losses against me went from 13 to 27? You losing to me in your dreams too or something? Damn, boy; you need a new hobby.

Your obsession with The Batman always makes me chuckle, you act like it’s some kind of own every time you mention it. I’m gonna laugh my ass off if the sequel gets Batgirl’d in favor of Gunn’s DCU. Where will you be then?

You can flip it all you want, your words mean nothing when the political climate in Hollywood is clear to everyone else but you. Get with the times, kid.

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Lol nope that's how many times you have lost. I wasn't aware you were too dumb to know that. That gives me 3 more points. So now 30 points and 0 for you.

Once it gets canned in favor of that get back to me. The batman was a hit critically and was profitable enough for a sequel. The sequel is happening it doesn't need your approval choke on it.

So you are saying Hollywood is racist against whites? Care to double down on that? If that's your stance how is that true when they have the majority of roles in Hollywood? That's like saying the NBA is racist against blacks.

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lol Keep counting your losses, kid. It tickles me every time.

Even if The Batman gets a sequel, you can have it.
That’s more money in my wallet, and I’ve got decades of superior content to enjoy.

You already brought up that point about the number of whites and blacks in Hollywood, and it was already addressed by myself and others. So your concession is noted. This makes loss 31. Keep up the losses, buddy. Handing us free wins is why we still bother talking to you.

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It tickles me you think you are winning.

There is no if it is happening bud. I couldn't care less if you see it. You think you not going will make a difference? The batman was one of the best Batman films ever made. Arguably the best. It is the best Batman film ever made in my book.

Nope you didn't address it. By your logic the NBA is racist against blacks. That debunks your entire premise. Step it up bud this is getting old. You know nothing about cinema. I'm glad I actually work on the field on film sets. The only thing you have ever produced is crap in a toilet. Sit back and let the adults make films. Sit down watch and shut your mouth.

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The batman was one of the best Batman films ever made. Arguably the best. It is the best Batman film ever made in my book


Now you're just being silly.

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Why because you disagree? The point stands it is one of the best reviewed Batman films.

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Didn't think so.

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Well each to his or her own: but I literally haven't spoken to anyone in the real world who thought it was a good movie.

It's boring, takes it self too seriously, Robert Patterson is wrong for the part and the cinematography is catastrophically bad.

I mean seriously what do you think is good about it?

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Wow seriously? I don't believe that for two seconds. The majority of critics and people think this is a good film. All I have to do is look at the fact that it has good scores by the mass majority of critics and overwhelming majority of people to question your statement there.

Cinematography catastrophically bad? You want to go ahead and quantify that? Greg Frasier is one of the best cinematographers in the film industry right now. His work on Zero Dark thirty, killing them softly, Dune as well as the Batman create a terrific atmosphere. He knows how to shoot a fight scene better than Nolan's cinematographer ever did. No quick cuts, a nice steady view of the fight scenes on display. Honestly I can even swallow you claiming it to be too long. However of all the things to criticize about the film the cinematography? Ha it's one of the best looking comic book films or even films for that matter. You didn't just criticize it you called it catastrophically bad. You are objectively wrong there man.

I am quite capable of forming my own opinion. I can illustrate in many ways how this film is better than the others. Care to debate it?

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Well like I said each to their own, if you like the movie then have at it.

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See and that right there tells me what I need to know. Notice how I quantified why the fights were shot better in the Batman than in the dark knight trilogy? All you said was the cinematography was catostrophhically bad. Which shows you only can spout a subjective view without backing it up. Don't tell me I'm being silly when you have nothing but buzzwords to throw around good day bud.

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What’s insufferable is the pointless push to make everything woke these days.

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Let's start WW3. Make Voldemort Muhammad!

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Emma Watson will always be Hermoine. Tall order to replace her; good luck to whomever they cast in the role.

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They didn’t apparently have any trouble replacing her with a black actress in the Cursed Child play.

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This is a story for kids. Please remember that when you're trying to protect the "racial virtue" of the original stories. It's a magical story for children. There are mermaids, centaurs, unicorns, dragons, witches and wizards. People fly on broomsticks. The races of the main characters does not matter. Even if they made Harry "Harriet", why would it matter? What would that take away from a story for kids about going to a magical school?

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I hope they don't. I'm not racist or anything and i'm okay with black hermione being used in plays and such, but it would ruin immersion if it was in the series...at this point everybody is so used to the movie Hermione that it would seem weird, especially if ron and harry were kept the same as they were in the movies...

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The way that people can get used to a new Hermione is seeing another type of Hermione, one that's drastically different from the original actress, who was already different from the original book character anyway. Kids are adaptable, it's only adults that have a problem with things like this.

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Children? Do you know how many adults love the books and movies?

The franchise hasn’t made billions just because little kids like it.

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Yeah it has. Those kids grew into adults, sure, and certainly adults like the movies as well, but kid viewers are who made this franchise successful. Still doesn't change the fact a story for children doesn't need any racial virtue protection.

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That’s not true at all.

I remember a lot of my adult friends read the books, some in their 50s and older, when they came out.

The theaters were also packed with adults without kids for the movies.

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