
Plus, with the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them series failing to live up to expectations - and is all but dead and buried, following multiple recasts, scandals, and dwindling audience numbers - the studio needs a fresh start and a neat way to distance themselves from the controversy surrounding the pre-existing franchise – exemplified by Daniel Radcliffe calling out author J. were always going to seek out new fans now that the Harry Potter fandom is aging out. Now you can take control of the action and be at the center.

Your character is a student who holds the key to an ancient secret that threatens to tear the wizarding world apart. For the first time, experience Hogwarts in the 1800s. A reboot of Harry Potter was always inevitable, especially considering the money the Harry Potter franchise has brought in over the years.Īccording to Statista, the franchise has hauled in $25 billion in revenue since 1997 - $8.5 billion at the box office (if you include worldwide revenue from The Crimes of Grindelwald), $7.7 billion in books and another $9.3 billion from toy and DVD sales. Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG set in the world first introduced in the Harry Potter books. Still from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011) Warner Bros.Īs much as the Wizarding World can be in uproar over this news, this is hardly surprising.
