Even if a story has been adapted into a movie, that doesn’t mean it can’t be adapted into a series. Take for example, one of the most popular children’s book series of the 2000s: Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. The books were given a movie in 2004 boasting an all-star cast including Jim Carrey, Jude Law, and Meryl Streep, but a good cast does not a good adaptation make. The movie smashed together the plot of the first three books in a confusing way, and the other 10 books went completely unadapted until Netflix announced a series adaptation starring Neil Patrick Harris.
But this isn’t the case for the most popular children’s book series of the 2000s: Harry Potter. The seven books were adapted into eight blockbuster movies, and pretty much every twist and turn, minus a few ghosts, were brought to life on screen. But nevertheless, HBO decided to greenlight a massive, multi-year undertaking to adapt the books again into a streaming series. Now, we have our first look at this new Hogwarts, and it looks... exactly the same. Check out the trailer below:
