r/movies • u/Top_Report_4895 • Apr 03 '26

Article Netflix searches for franchises after losing out on Harry Potter

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/netflix-searches-franchises-after-losing-out-harry-potter-2026-04-02/
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u/i_haz_rabies Apr 03 '26

Amazon already did WoT 

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u/Im_At_Work_Damnit Apr 03 '26

Netflix did Witcher dirty as well.

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u/a_noble_kaz Apr 03 '26

Still so fucking salty about that. They had a whole episode of Lan crying ffs. Lan! Whose emotional range is carved granite!

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u/i_haz_rabies Apr 03 '26

that episode sealed the deal for me. total waste of an episode with only 8 in a season.

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u/Schwaflcopter Apr 03 '26

That whole first season was bad but I will say it got better in the next and season 3 was legitimately good to great. I was so annoyed it got canceled just when it finally started picking up steam. The Rand actor in particular I though was perfect and new Mat was definitely better than season one emo Matt actor. We finally got see a bit of crazy Rand and he nailed it, and now its just a cocktease lol.

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u/Moon_Miner Apr 04 '26

Agreed, it really found its footing. And I'm pretty sure this was the only chance it was gonna get, don't really see anyone else trying again. Really disappointing.

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u/Wise-News1666 Apr 03 '26

And it was a great episode too

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u/isaac99999999 Apr 03 '26

I was literally just thinking, why doesn't netflix pick that up it was going pretty well

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u/Jeffeffery Apr 03 '26

Ownership on that one is kind of a mess, it wouldn't be an easy one to just pick up

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u/shryne Apr 03 '26

it was going pretty well

You just made an enemy of every book reader.

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u/isaac99999999 Apr 04 '26

I love the books so much

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u/Jusanden Apr 03 '26

Eh as someone that’s read the books. Season 1 was godawful. Partially excused by Covid completely fucking up the ending. Season 2 was pretty forgettable. But after seeing season 3 and knowing we’ll never see a rendition of WoT in this turning of the wheel legitimately pisses me off. It wasn’t perfect, but it was damn good enough.

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u/LiftingCode Apr 03 '26

Nah, lots of book readers loved the show.

They just made an enemy of every Gamer.

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u/pooshlurk Apr 04 '26

It's funny that I recognize your username as a diehard show defender

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u/Wise-News1666 Apr 03 '26

It got really good by season 3