Fight Club director reveals he almost made a Harry Potter film: ‘I want it to be kind of creepy’
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David Fincher says his ‘creepy’ vision didn’t align with that of production company. David Fincher has revealed that he was in the running to make the Harry Potter films, but his “creepy” vision didn’t align with that of the production company.
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The Academy Award nominee, in a new interview to promote the 4K release of his classic thriller Seven, recalled meeting Warner Brothers, who asked him to pitch his adaptation of the popular series. “I want to do something that looks a lot more like Withnail And I, and I want it to be kind of creepy.”.
But Warner Brothers had a different idea of how they wanted Harry Potter to go. “They were like, ‘We want Tom Brown’s School Days by way of Oliver.’”. In the end, Chris Columbus of Home Alone fame directed the first two movies, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in 2001 and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets the following year.
Alfonso Cuarón’s 2004 take on the third instalment, Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, ended up with a slightly darker tone, which continued in Mike Newell’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in 2005, and the last four films, all directed by David Yates.
It was announced last year that JK Rowling’s bestselling books were being adapted for a new series, a move that drew criticism from some fans of the books who deemed another adaptation “unnecessary”. No casting announcements were confirmed but there was speculation around which major stars could play iconic roles such as Albus Dumbledore, Snape, and Voldemort.
