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ThatDanishGamer on 14 June 2015

The Harry Potter movies proved that movies about magic and wizards can be highly profitable, so where are all the movies about magic?

Do you also want some magic in the blockbuster movies and what do you want to see in them?



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Player2 on 14 June 2015

We don't get many movies about magic because the movie industry is mostly run by biased muggles...



sethnintendo on 14 June 2015

Just wait for the 20th Lord of the Rings.



Conina on 14 June 2015

http://www.imdb.com/search/title?at=0&keywords=magic&sort=year,desc

recent "magical" blockbusters: Frozen, 3 Hobbit movies, Alice in Wonderland, Maleficent, Tangled, Cinderella, Snow White and the Huntsman, Night at the Museum 3, Epic, Game of Thrones...

upcoming "magical" blockbusters: Star Wars Episode VII, VIII + IX



pokoko on 14 June 2015

The Harry Potter movies were popular because they were based on an insanely popular series of books. Same with Lord of the Rings. I don't know if there is anything else similar that's at the same level of popularity. Game of Thrones, of course, but that was turned into a television series.

There is plenty of "young adult" fiction related to magic, some of it much better than Harry Potter, but I can't think of any that are as well-known.

Fantasy movies are expensive to produce, I think, so there is probably hesitation to shoot anything that isn't a sure-fire hit.



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Ultrashroomz on 14 June 2015

I'll just leave this here:



"Just for comparison Uncharted 4 was 20x bigger than Splatoon 2. This shows the huge difference between Sony's first-party games and Nintendo's first-party games."

AbbathTheGrim on 14 June 2015

BBC has an intersting looking TV Series based on a novel called Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell:

I plan on watching it soon after I finish some other series. It looks well acted with some nice actors and nice special effects.

SyFy has another TV Series based on another novel called The Magicians which has been described as "Harry Potter for adults" or whatever:

I am not completely sold on this one but I'll check it out.

And lastly, one I do have seen and can recommend, you have American Horror Story Season 3: Coven. American Horror Story is an anthology series in which every season is a differrent story so no need to watch the first ones to enjoy the third.

The third season is about this coven of witches and their magic twisted into horror:

Found it hard to get a hold of a proper trailer so I picked that one.

These series aren't films but there you have something with magic.



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ThatDanishGamer on 14 June 2015
pokoko said:
The Harry Potter movies were popular because they were based on an insanely popular series of books. Same with Lord of the Rings. I don't know if there is anything else similar that's at the same level of popularity. Game of Thrones, of course, but that was turned into a television series.

There is plenty of "young adult" fiction related to magic, some of it much better than Harry Potter, but I can't think of any that are as well-known.

Fantasy movies are expensive to produce, I think, so there is probably hesitation to shoot anything that isn't a sure-fire hit.


I agree but I think that a new franchise with the same budget could reach a high level of popularity.



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zelmusario on 14 June 2015

Hmmm, good question. Some of my favorite movies ever are the 80s fantasy/magic movies like Labyrinth, Neverending Story, Return to Oz, Conan the Barbarian, etc. I'd like a resurgence of those types of movies, please.

I can't imagine that magical movies are dead. Hollywood is just waiting for the next LoR/Hobbit or Harry Potter to franchise.



It'll be awhile before I figure out how to do one of these. :P 

pokoko on 14 June 2015
ThatDanishGamer said:
pokoko said:
The Harry Potter movies were popular because they were based on an insanely popular series of books. Same with Lord of the Rings. I don't know if there is anything else similar that's at the same level of popularity. Game of Thrones, of course, but that was turned into a television series.

There is plenty of "young adult" fiction related to magic, some of it much better than Harry Potter, but I can't think of any that are as well-known.

Fantasy movies are expensive to produce, I think, so there is probably hesitation to shoot anything that isn't a sure-fire hit.


I agree but I think that a new franchise with the same budget could reach a high level of popularity.

Maybe.  There have been a lot of flops, though, which is certain to scare film makers.  We had The Seventh Son last year, which I'm pretty sure bombed hard, despite a star-studded cast and a large budget.

I think the Percy Jackson films are doing well, though.