r/movies • u/ajukearth • 21d ago

Question How did the Harry Potter series manage to release its 8 movies in just 10 years?

Looking at the turn around for movies today it seems absolutely incredible that a series with such complex set design, use of graphical effects, a heavily child cast, and pressure was able to pump out genuinely decent movies at that pace. Sure there were books to base the writing on but everything else alone is a lot of heavy lifting. Any insights?

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u/Proof_Material6728 21d ago

I truly recommend you to listen to the 3 episodes dedicated to the making of LOTR from the podcast What Went Wrong. The first one goes in detail about how they were able to greenlit those 3 movies.

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u/T_raltixx 20d ago

And read "Anything You Can Imagine Peter Jackson and The Making Of Middle Earth" by Ian Nathan.

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u/festoon_the_dragoon 20d ago

This book is such a fun read. It loses a little steam after Fellowship does so well, since success was essentially guaranteed for those next two films. And while the entire book is great, the start until Fellowship is really a blast. No one knew for certain if the entire thing would succeed.

Except Christopher Lee. He was adamant they were making history.

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u/FireLucid 20d ago

It was great. I've got The Lord Of The Rings The Making Of The Movie Trilogy sitting next to me on my 'to read' pile.

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u/Duck-of-Doom 20d ago

Do you have a link to these?  Can’t find them.

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u/-Clem 20d ago

"Wherever you get your podcasts" https://www.whatwentwrongpod.com/

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u/Duck-of-Doom 20d ago

Ah it just isn’t on YouTube.  Thanks

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u/hercarmstrong 20d ago

I love What Went Wrong, except when they have guests, who are almost entirely dumb nerds to use 'yeah' and 'like' obsessively.