Harry Potter is one of the most successful movie franchises of all time. Based on the incredibly popular fantasy book series, it has a string of record-breaking blockbuster films, the Fantastic Beasts spinoff trilogy, video games and several theme park locales. And due to the immense success of the IP, a TV series is currently in development for Max. While purchasing the rights to the books may have been one of the best decisions Warner Bros. ever made, it turns out, not everyone was on board at first. That's right, the movie exec who bought the rights revealed that his boss was was somewhat mad about the decision at the time.
Lorenzo di Bonaventura, a producer and former president of worldwide production at WB, recently sat down with Collider to discuss his latest feature, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. During the interview, the Hollywood veteran also opened up about his decision to invest in Harry Potter. He kicked things off by discussing what drew him to the material and, on top of that, he revealed that he was able to get in on the story very early on. He said:
