Glut of trademarking suggests big screen version of JK Rowling's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them could spawn more movies in the Harry Potter universe
Hollywood studio Warner Bros has trademarked several titles from the world of Harry Potter, hinting at further future film projects to follow the recently announced big screen outing for JK Rowling's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
Rowling revealed earlier this month that she is adapting the "magizoology" compendium read by Harry Potter during his first year at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry for a new adventure set in the world of quidditch, Diagonal Alley and fizzing whizbees. Now Bleeding Cool reports that Warner has trademarked a number of other titles from Rowling's Potterverse, sparking speculation that they could be used for future films.
These include Scamander himself, the popular collection of Wizarding children's fairy tales Tales Of Beedle The Bard (first mentioned in Rowling's final Potter novel The Deathly Hallows and made available for Muggle readers in 2008), and another spinoff publication, Quidditch Through The Ages. The studio has also trademarked the name of quidditch expert Kennilworthy Whisp, the latter tome's fictitious author, as well as team names Wimbourne Wasps, Chudley Cannons and Kenmare Kestrels.
Warner and Rowling revealed earlier this month that Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them will form the basis of a new series of films set 70 years before the arrival of Harry, Hermione and Ron at Hogwarts. Rowling published the book in 2001 to raise money for the charity Comic Relief; the films will feature the book's ostensible author, the swashbuckling adventurer Newt Scamander.
While the new series of trademarkings may simply be a case of Warner preparing diligently for all eventualities, they suggest that the studio plans to retain a Rowling presence on the big screen for the foreseeable future. That's hardly a surprise, as films based on books by the British author, who was recently revealed to have complete contractual control over her debut screenplay for Fantastic Beasts, have so far made more than $7.7bn (£4.87bn) worldwide. The eight Harry Potter films, released between 2001 and 2011, are also the most successful film series of all time.
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