Earlier than the Harry Potter franchise enters a brand new period with the premiere of HBO’s remake, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone might be getting a specialised theatrical remedy. The film adaptation of the primary ebook in J.Okay. Rowling’s fantasy sequence hit theaters in 2001, making subsequent 12 months its twenty fifth anniversary; Warner Bros. had already introduced a world re-release for this milestone.
Now, Selection reviews that Warner Bros. might be persevering with its partnership with Cosm to convey a “shared actuality” model of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone to audiences, following The Matrix and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Manufacturing facility getting the identical remedy. Tickets to this up to date model of Harry Potter might be on sale someday in early 2026.
This immersive expertise is made doable by Cosm’s 87-foot diameter LED domes and superior filmmaking know-how. Cosm presently has venues in Los Angeles and Dallas, and can open new ones in Detroit and Atlanta subsequent 12 months. The Cosm variations of those movies are produced along side Little Cinema and MakeMake Leisure.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is directed by Chris Columbus, who returned for the primary sequel earlier than the franchise was handed on to different filmmakers, earlier than touchdown with David Yates, who has directed each Wizarding World film since Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Columbus’ entries are characterised by a way more whimsical tackle the setting.
In the meantime, manufacturing continues on HBO’s Harry Potter remake, which can adapt extra storylines and particulars from the ebook, being allowed to do that by the prolonged TV present format. The plan is to adapt one ebook per season, that means the present will run for years. Characters together with Harry, Ron, and Hermione have been recast with new actors; the sequence is slated to premiere someday in 2027.
It stays to be seen if the Harry Potter TV present will overtake the film franchise, and it’ll premiere amid controversy surrounding J.Okay. Rowling. In latest historical past, Columbus has commented on Rowling, saying that her many anti-trans statements are “very unhappy,” whereas the writer has closely criticized authentic Hermione actor Emma Watson for her feedback.
Regardless of all this, Harry Potter stays a pillar of popular culture for a lot of, and Warner Bros. and Cosm see potential in bringing a magical new expertise to life by way of re-releasing Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone on this format. It is doable, particularly with occasions like this, that the films will all the time be the extra beloved adaptation.
- Launch Date
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November 16, 2001
- Runtime
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152 Minutes
- Director
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Chris Columbus