Or Matrix reboot. And I mean a real reboot not whatever the last movie was.
I will never be convinced that Matrix 4 was anything other than a giant excercise in a director and cast trolling a studio and sticking up a huge middle finger to WB and the entire concept of reboots/rehashes/unnecessary, creatively bankrupt sequels etc.
There's no way anyone involved believed they were adding to the story, the universe or their character, and the fact WB released it without realising they were the butt of the joke is the only reason I can even acknowledge it exists at all.
Making this show would be the best life insurance policy that JK Rowling could have for the next decade. She's been getting non stop serious death threats for a long time now. The studio will look at the potential merchandising money angle and then just hire a private army to surround her at all times. Nothing would fracture the entire Potter universe and fanbase than Rowling getting gunned down in some parking lot somewhere. It will look like a cut scene from a Call Of Duty video game, Rowling in some grocery store surrounded by 15 PMCs.
Fortunately, the types of people sending her constant death threats typically only ever 'off' themselves or are all talk and no trousers and break down in tears when screaming and dying their hair doesn't result in the world conforming to their warped view on reality. She's as safe as she's ever been.
This show really doesn't need to be made. I doubt anyone is celebrating it's announcement particularly enthusiastically and yet millions will still watch just because we know the world of Harry Potter. Hell, I'll tune in.
I believe you can quite easily recast the main trio as none of those performances are especially charismatic or memorable- even if those actors will be synonymous with the roles for the rest of their lives- and yes, if Hermione isn't race swapped to add an additional layer of derogatory inflammation to her mudblood label, I will eat mud myself. However, much of the supporting cast was exquisite beyond belief; timeless, beloved, enduring embodiments of the literary characters brought to life. Good luck living up to all of that.
