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I suppose thats why she had little to no involvement in the video game that came out last year. It feels like she and WB don't have a a huge interest for animation set in the Wizarding World. I see no other reason why there hasn't been any HP/Wizarding World animated content yet other than they just think it's lesser than live action, which is a disappointing mindset to have if you ask me. It's a shame because I think an animated HP tv show or movie could be a hit. They should've considered making this supposed reboot animated instead of live action, and I still don't see that reboot working out like they hope. WB hasn't exactly instilled me with confidence regarding their long-term management of their franchises lately and I can't see that show lasting 7 seasons or over 10 years. A lot of wishful thinking going on there.

Final episode of the season is out right now. After watching it I really really liked it. I quite enjoyed watching this show and it mostly lived up to my expectations as a fan of the book series/world. This first season as a whole was not perfect but there's no issue present that can't be fixed throughout later seasons. The ratings have been pretty good, the reviews have been really good. I would be shocked and disappointed if this show was not renewed for a 2nd season. Out of all the stuff Disney Plus has in their catalog thus far this show has the potential (and the preexisting material) to go on for several seasons. 5 books total and one season per book means this series could go on for about 10 years minimum. There's also a sequel series and a couple of spin-offs as well involving different mythologies. As much as I enjoy marvel and Star Wars none of their current shows I could see going beyond 2 seasons unfortunately. Disney Plus needs a long running series and this is the one to do it imo.

First episode is up on Hulu and the first two are up on Disney Plus. My non-spoiler thoughts are that the 2nd episode is much better than the first. Once the exposition is out of the way things improve in the first. As someone who read the books there were plenty of moments where I was like "yep, thats correct, that right there is correct" etc, etc. But, even discarding my knowledge of the books, the plot isn't complicated at all so anyone can jump into the series and follow along with everybody else. One line that made me chuckle was Percy saying "So you feel in love with god? You mean like Jesus?" Walker Scobell has my seal of approval. I think all the other young actors are solid as well and behave like kids. Leah Jefferies as Annabeth has me intrigued as she carries herself well and I see great potential in her. I don't really have any strong negatives aside from the first episode starting off kinda slow, but it doesn't take long to get to the good stuff. If you're a fan of Harry Potter or young adult fantasy then I'd say definitely check it out, it's gonna get better from here.

I'm thinking this will be a hit, maybe a sleeper hit but a solid hit nonetheless. From everything I've seen/heard the people behind this show really put some effort into it, especially Rick Riordan, who was not a fan of those two live action movies so him being involved with this tv series really feels like him wanting his work adapted right this time. We don't really have many good YA shows on at the moment so I'm praying this show takes off.

Official Trailer. I gotta say I'm digging what I see so far, enjoyed the books when I was younger and think the series deserves a good live-adaptation on screen. I'm thinking disney plus has a hit on their hands.

Not exactly new information here. We been knew WB was taking a break from this anyway. Will Warner Brothers ever get their franchises back on track? Maybe some day.

I almost forgot what day it was.

I dig it. For one, the kids look like actual kids. Two; the effects look pretty solid. I was a fan of the books when I was a teen and was disappointed the movie series never really got off the ground so I am looking forward to this.

Reviews seem pretty decent, much better than the last three DC movies that have come out in the past year. Its unfortunate that this may not do that well box office wise, but at least they didn't spend 200 million on this. I wish Xolo Maridueña the best and hope that this will lead to him getting more/better projects.

Honestly wasn't sure what to expect with this Ahsoka show but I'm digging what I've seen thus far. I really like the look of it, the lightsabers look solid and both Thrawn and Hera look really good. I'm thinking we got a hit on our hands folks, as long as it's better than Mandalorian season 3 I'm good. I do wonder how this will play for someone who hasn't seen Clone Wars or Rebels, but at this point I think even really casual Stars Fans at least know of Ahsoka by now.

They're all using the same suitcase lol

I remember the first time I head they were doing a movie about Willy Wonka and I laugh out loud. I mean Willy Wonka? Really? But tbh it doesn't look all that bad. I definitely got HP vibes from this trailer and I've seen others say the same thing, which makes so much sense when I realized they got David Heyman from the HP franchise to work on this alongside Paul King who directed the two Paddington movies. Idk how well this will do, on the one hand it's a prequel about a character who isn't all that popular tbh. But they got a hot up and coming actor to play the role so that could draw in the younger crowd. I just hope to god WB didn't spend 200 million on this.

I've seen this take from a few people now and I don't really agree with it. In an ideal world it would've been nice to have Indy's son and Shortround come back for his final adventure but that scenario unfortunately didn't come to pass. I'm cool with him going on an adventure with new people every installment. Haven't these movies established that Indy has friends from all over? I'm surprised he doesn't have more god kids (or biological kids) out there that we don't know about.

The Flash movie simply was not poised for success, too much going on behind the scenes and Ezra Miller (as an actor and as the Flash character) not being all that popular with general audiences. It all culminated in just a general lack of interest for the movie, there was very little WB could have done to make this more successful. Lucky (or unlucky?) for Zaslav the movie was already in motion before he stepped into WB, so there wasn't much he could have done to change its course. I guess it's all up to James Gunn and Matt Reeves to keep the DC theatrical brand alive.

So far the consensus I'm getting is that this is mostly solid but not spectacular. I'm not really sure how this will do box office wise. It's been over four years since the last installment, and with that much time passed you gotta come back with something really good to great. This may turn out to be opposite of Across the Spiderverse, another franchise with a four year gap between installments, but Spiderman is more popular than ever with the Tom Holland trilogy being a bit hit and the last Spiderverse movie also being a hit back in 2018. And its pretty much a fact now that Across the Spiderverse came back swinging and is poised for major success, whereas Rise of the Beasts has somewhat of an uphill battle as its not entirely a sequel to Bumblebee 2018. I wonder if that may turn some people away. I wonder if this would end up being more successful they just titled it Bumblebee 2 instead of Rise of the Beasts.