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The Harry Potter film franchise will always maintain a particular place in our hearts, despite the fact that the first film was released 20 years ago.
If you wish to view the Harry Potter films in chronological order, you should grab your wand, walk to Platform 9 3/4, and settle in for the ride. Harry, Hermione, and Ron’s attendance at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry sparked the fantasies of children all around the world, who yearned to attend the school with Harry, Hermione, and Ron.
The seven books were converted into eight films that grossed billions of dollars at the box office and produced stars out of its young ensemble. The success of the novels and films led to the creation of Fantastic Beasts spinoffs (Fantastic Beasts 3 is out this spring).
The Harry Potter films order according to Release Date
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone(2001)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets(2002)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban(2004)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire(2005)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix(2007)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince(2009)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1(2010)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2(2011)
The Harry Potter Films Watch Order
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them(2016) (set in 1926)
- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald(2018) (set in 1927)
- Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore(2022) (set in 1932)
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone(2001) (set in 1991-92)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets(2002) (set in 1992-93)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban(2004) (set in 1992-94)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire(2005) (set in 1994-95)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix(2007) (set in 1995-96)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince(2009) (set in 1996-97)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1(2010) (set in 1997-98)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2(2011) (set in 1997-98)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (the hit stage play, set in 2017-2020)
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Origin of Harry Potter
- In late 1997, film producer David Heyman’s London offices received a copy of the first book in what would become Rowling’s series of seven Harry Potter novels.
- The book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was relegated to a low-priority bookshelf, where it was discovered by a secretary who read it and gave it to Heyman with a positive review.
- Highly impressed by Rowling’s work, he began the process that led to one of the most successful cinematic franchises of all time.
- Heyman’s enthusiasm led to Rowling’s 1999 sale of the film rights for the first four Harry Potter books to Warner Bros. for a reported £1 million (US$2,000,000).
- Rowling was hesitant to sell the rights because she “didn’t want to give them control over the rest of the story” by selling the rights to the characters, which would have enabled Warner Bros. to make non-author-written sequels.
- Although Steven Spielberg initially negotiated to direct the first film, he declined the offer.
- Spielberg contended that, in his opinion, there was every expectation of profit in making the film.
- He claims that making money would have been like “shooting ducks in a barrel.
- In the “Rubbish Bin” section of her website, Rowling maintains that she had no role in choosing directors for the films, writing, “Anyone who thinks I could (or would) have ‘veto-ed’ him [Spielberg] needs their Quick-Quotes Quill serviced.”
- Petersen and Reiner both pulled out of the running in March 2000.
- It was then narrowed down to Columbus, Gilliam, Parker, and Silberling.
- Rowling’s first choice was Terry Gilliam.
- However, on 28 March 2000, Columbus was appointed as director of the film, with Warner Bros. citing his work on other family films such as Home Alone and Mrs. Doubtfire as influences for their decision.
- Harry Potter is the kind of timeless literary achievement that comes around once in a lifetime.
- Since the books have generated such a passionate following across the world, it was important to us to find a director with an affinity for children and magic.
- Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Warner Bros.Steve Kloves was selected to write the screenplay for the first film.
He described adapting the book as “tough” since it did not “lend itself to adaptation as well as the next two books”. - When speaking to Warner Bros., he stated that the film had to be British and true to the characters.
- David Heyman was confirmed to produce the film.
- Rowling received a large amount of creative control for the film, an arrangement that Columbus did not mind.
- Warner Bros. had planned to release the first film over the 4 July 2001 weekend, making for such a short production window that several originally proposed directors had withdrawn themselves from contention.
Harry Potter Series In Details
1. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Director: David Yates | Stars: Eddie Redmayne,Katherine Waterston,Dan Fogler
Newt Scamander’s travels in New York’s underground community of witches and wizards seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book at school.
Stream on: HBO Max
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2. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald(2018) (set in 1927)
Director: David Yates | Stars: Eddie Redmayne,Katherine Waterston,Dan Fogler
The second instalment of the “Fantastic Beasts” series featuring the adventures of Magizoologist Newt Scamander.
Stream on: HBO Max
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3. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore(2022) (set in 1932)
Director: David Yates | Stars: Eddie Redmayne,Katherine Waterston,Dan Fogler
Professor Albus Dumbledore must appoint Newt Scamander and his companions as Grindelwald leads an army to exterminate Muggles.
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4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone(2001) (set in 1991-92)
Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe,Rupert Grint,Emma Watson
A young orphan enrols in a school of wizardry, where he discovers the truth about himself, his family, and the dreadful evil that plagues the magical world.
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5. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets(2002) (set in 1992-93)
Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, John Cleese, Robbie Coltrane
When a mysterious entity begins roaming the corridors of a magic school and leaving its victims paralyzed, it appears that an ancient prophecy is coming true.
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6. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban(2004) (set in 1992-94)
Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Michael Gambon, Richard Griffiths
Harry Potter, Ron, and Hermione return for their third year of study at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where they investigate the mystery surrounding a fugitive prisoner who poses a grave threat to the young magician.
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7. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire(2005) (set in 1994-95)
Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes
Harry Potter must compete in a dangerous tournament between rival schools of magic, but recurring nightmares distract him.
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8. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix(2007) (set in 1995-96)
Director: David Yates | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane
Harry and Dumbledore are targeted by the Wizarding authorities as an autocratic bureaucracy progressively seizes control at Hogwarts, despite their warnings concerning the return of Lord Voldemort being disregarded.
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9. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince(2009) (set in 1996-97)
Director: David Yates | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Jim Broadbent, Helena Bonham Carter
As Harry Potter begins his sixth year at Hogwarts, he uncovers an old book marked “Half-Blood Prince’s property” and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort’s evil background.
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10. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1(2010) (set in 1997-98)
Director: David Yates | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Helena Bonham Carter
As Harry, Ron, and Hermione race against time and evil to destroy the Horcruxes, they discover that the Deathly Hallows are the three most powerful things in the wizarding world.
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11. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2(2011) (set in 1997-98)
Director: David Yates | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Helena Bonham Carter
As the climactic battle rages at Hogwarts, Harry, Ron, and Hermione search for Voldemort’s remaining Horcruxes in an effort to slay the Dark Lord.
Stream on: HBO Max
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12. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (the hit stage play, set in 2017-2020)
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