15 Movies That Clearly Wanted to Be the Next Harry Potter

The cultural success (and impact) of the Harry Potter series can’t be underestimated, making it only natural that studios would want to catch that lightning in a second bottle. However, a big part of Harry Potter’s success comes down to luck, something no amount of money can replicate. With that, we end up with a plethora of book adaptations looking for their next hit. These works, in their literary form, did find success, but that doesn’t immediately translate to a cinema classic. We aren’t talking about things that carved their own identity, like The Hunger Games, but films that were looking to be the next Boy Who Lived. The post 15 Movies That Clearly Wanted to Be the Next Harry Potter appeared first on Den of Geek.