So I just wanna kind of pick everyone’s brains on this because it feels like an eventuality that’ll need to be addressed. The MoM ride at Epic really got me thinking even more about it of late in light of the recent suggestions that the TV series that WB is creating is going to maintain a lot of the visual iconography of the films.
In ten years down the line, when the series is over (or at least in its home stretch) and if it’s popular (which I’m sure it will be despite the naysayers), would we expect all the Wizarding World lands to be scrubbed of their film connections and updated with elements of the TV series, IE new ride footage with the new cast and little things like replacing Oldman and Branagh in Sirius’ poster or Lockhart’s book(s)?
WB is really banking on this series to be their overall reset of the Wizarding World as a franchise, so this new version of it could theoretically go on and expand for decades, and I can only imagine that, at a point, if it really takes the world by storm, they’re gonna start eyeballing pushing the new kids/faces of the franchise into the theme park spotlight.
Obviously the versions of what we’ve got are here to stay for a long while, which I’m happy with, but it’s just curious to think about in terms of the big picture and whether or not Warner Bros. would want to keep relying on the nostalgia of the franchise when the OG Orlando version hits its 25-year mark or go full steam ahead on committing to their new era of the franchise. It’s one thing for, say, Disney to push characters like Rey and Mando in the parks and leave the old guard (mostly) behind because Star Wars goes on and on, but it’s a whole other beast to see a franchise like this that lasted so long be getting a complete reset, especially so “soon,” and I’d love to be privy to what executives are thinking for the long run.