Harry Potter enters the 1960s in new art that gives the franchise an early TV feeling. The world of J.K. Rowling’s popular novel series first graced movie screens in 2001, with Chris Columbus’ Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone introducing audiences to Daniel Radcliffe as Harry, Rupert Grint as Ron, and Emma Watson as Hermione. The rest of the saga would play out across seven sequels, with the grand finale ultimately coming in 2011.
AI-generated art shared by @harrypotterfans4u now imagines what the cast of Harry Potter would look like if the saga came out in the ’60s instead of the early 2000s. Check out the art below:
In order from left to right, the images show reimagined versions of Harry, Ron, Snape, Hermione, Dumbledore, Draco Malfoy, Hagrid, Dobby, and Voldemort. The art gives the franchise an early TV feel, with era-appropriate costumes and effects. Snape is even wearing eyeliner.
Harry Potter Came Out At The Perfect Time
The Wizarding World Franchise Blends VFX & Pratical Elements To Stunning Effect
With the eight Harry Potter movies releasing between 2001 and 2011, they really did come at a prime time in movie history. While visual effects and CGI had been around for some time, the early 2000s is when this technology started to allow scenes to look more real and life-like than ever before. The Harry Potter movies feature a lot of impressive practical effects, but it blends these real elements with VFX elements that still largely hold up to this day.
VFX were used to bring the sport of quidditch to life, for example, a feat that would have been quite a challenge to pull off entirely practically. In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the Basilisk is similarly brought to life largely digitally, as are the Dementors, the werewolf, and the hippogriff in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. As VFX technology advances, each new movie in the franchise becomes more ambitious in terms of its depictions of magic and spell-casting.
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Making the world of Harry Potter look believable on screen was no easy task, and Quidditch especially required a lot of movie magic.
VFX, then, were crucial in bringing the Harry Potter franchise’s magical world to life. Had the films instead come out in the 1960s, the production would have been limited in terms of the technology available, and this could have resulted in an adaptation that felt less true to the world of the books. At the same time, if the movies came out today, they may have over-relied on VFX instead of practical elements and real sets. It remains to be seen how the upcoming Harry Potter TV show approaches this, but the movies evidently came out at the perfect time.
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Harry Potter
Harry Potter is a multimedia franchise about an orphaned boy who enrolls at Hogwarts School of Wizardry, where he learns the truth about himself, his family, and the terrible evil that haunts the magical world. Adapted from the novels, Harry Potter is an eight-episode film saga that follows the journey of Harry Potter and his friends, Hermoine Granger and Ron Weasley, as they navigate the tricky world of growing up, school life, and magic. Starting from year one and moving to their seventh year, the films chronicle the students’ time at Hogwarts while unfurling a sinister plot that centers around the unsuspecting Harry. With the return of the dark wizard, Voldemort, the students and professors at Hogwarts will fight to carry on as the world around them may change forever. Harry Potter has expanded beyond the world of its films and novels with several video games, a spin-off film series titled Fantastic Beasts, and even attractions at Universal Studios.
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J.K. Rowling
- First Film
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
- First TV Show
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Harry Potter
- Cast
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Daniel Radcliffe
, Emma Watson
, Rupert Grint
, Tom Felton
, Alan Rickman
, Matthew Lewis
, Bonnie Wright
, Evanna Lynch
, Maggie Smith
, Michael Gambon
, Richard Harris
, Ralph Fiennes
, Helena Bonham Carter
, Alfred Enoch
, Harry Melling
, Gary Oldman
, Robert Pattinson
, Warwick Davis
, Oliver Phelps
, James Phelps
, David Bradley
, David Thewlis
, Katie Leung
, Jason Isaacs
, Imelda Staunton
, David Tennant
, Jamie Campbell Bower
, Timothy Spall
, Robbie Coltrane
, Eddie Redmayne
, Jude Law
, Katherine Waterston
, Ezra Miller
, Dan Fogler
, Alison Sudol
, Johnny Depp
, Mads Mikkelsen - TV Show(s)
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Harry Potter
- Character(s)
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Harry Potter
, Hermione Granger
, Ron Weasley
, Dumbledore
, Minerva McGonagall
, Rubeus Hagrid
, Dobby the House Elf
, Draco Malfoy
, Sirius Black
, Ginny Weasley
, Voldemort
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