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Warner Bros. buys trademark for HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD

Trademark for movie and merchandise of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child taken by Warner Bros. has fans speculating.

Any time any news regarding official projects based on Harry Potter anything arises, fans really do speculate, and they speculate a lot. Not that that’s a bad thing, of course.  We’re just saying.

So, when news came out recently that Warner Bros. did indeed get the trademark for movie(s) and merchandising regarding J.K. Rowling‘s new play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, fans did what they do. They freaked out.

And it made sense to do so.  After all, when a trademark is purchased, or when a the rights of a book have been optioned, it means that the company doing the buying has the interest to make it into a movie, to make a profit from it, basically.

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People then wondered if Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was actually going to be turned into a movie after the news was released.  However, J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series and scriptwriter for the play was quick to deny this (was trying to look for the tweet, but either it was never there or it was deleted,) stating that only the Fantastic Beasts trilogy are to be movies.

With that said, I can’t say I don’t believe her.  But it is interesting enough that Warner Bros. now has the trademark for it.  When you think about it, if you were to be Warner Bros., and you wanted to keep the movie franchise for all HP films, wouldn’t it be smart to get the trademark, just for the possibility that Cursed Child could possibly be made into a feature film or films in the future, even years from now?

Yes, we’d think so, too.

Source: Nerdist

By Kait

Kait is a New Englander, a YA book and adaptation lover, and a Slythindor, as well as a red velvet and red wine enthusiast. She likes to like things. Catch her on Twitter: @kaitmary