Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone almost turned out much differently… Maybe youve heard of it?Harry Potter.
And it could have been a very different movie than what we got… ## It could have had a different director.
And Columbus wasnt the first guy offered the job.
Ad content continues below
Steven Spielberg was originally a frontrunner for the job of directing the Harry Potter movies.
Instead, he went on to directArtificial IntelligenceandMinority Report.Guys, we could have hadHarry Potter and the Minority Report.
She thought perhaps it should be a British director.
Columbus and Rowlin met, however, and hit it off.
The rest is Hogwarts, A History.
It could have been animated.
You know how I was waxing poetic just then about the importance of a director in the franchise-building process?
We already knew magic was possible in animated movies.
The live-action Harry Potter films let us imagine magic was real in our world, too.
(Art featured above from Deviant Art userTwiggyMcBones)
It could have been condensed into fewer installments.
WhenThe Sorcerers Stonewas released, four of the seven Harry Potter books had been published.
(Yeah, Im still holding out for the Harry Potter TV show.)
It could have had a very different cast.
And, now, its hard to imagine anyone but Daniel Radcliffe inhabiting this role.
(Well,and Jamie Parker.)
Some food for thought while we launch into the next era of the on-screen Harry Potter universe.
