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Chris Columbus<\/a> is the director behind the first two Harry Potter<\/a> movies. But he hasn\u2019t held his tongue about his feelings towards the HBO<\/a>-adapted TV series coming in 2027. The American filmmaker has yet again criticized the HBO show regarding the new Hagrid\u2019s look.<\/p>\n Plenty of directors have shaped the Harry Potter film series, like Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n<\/a>, Mike Newell, and David Yates<\/a>. But Chris Columbus deserves all of the credit for being the first Harry Potter director who shaped the beloved films.<\/p>\n However, the original director won\u2019t be involved in the HBO series<\/a>, believing \u201cthere\u2019s nothing left for me to do in the world of Potter.\u201d But, he supports a reboot if it includes the excluded book elements that didn\u2019t make it in the films.<\/p>\n Production for the new Harry Potter series is underway, featuring a new cast and crew ready to create streaming magic. The HBO Original plans to be a \u201cdecade-long\u201d project like the movies that came before. With episodes being an hour long and each season covering each book, there\u2019s a great opportunity to faithfully bring J.K. Rowling<\/a>\u2018s series to life.<\/p>\n Shaun of the Dead\u2019s Nick Frost<\/a> will be playing the role of Hagrid in the HBO series. He previously said he\u2019s not \u201ccopying\u201d Robbie Coltrane\u2019s performance<\/a> as Hagrid from the film series. The British actor\u2019s interpretation of the Hogwarts groundkeeper involves making him \u201cfunny and cheeky and scared and protective and childlike.\u201d<\/p>\n After photos surfaced of Nick Frost dressed as Hagrid for the HBO series, Chris Columbus offered his critique to The Rest is Entertainment podcast<\/a> (via Variety<\/a>) about the photographs:<\/p>\n \u201cSo, I\u2019m seeing these photographs\u2026 and [Nick Frost is] wearing the exact same costume that we designed for Hagrid. Part of me was like: What\u2019s the point?\u201d said the Home Alone director. \u201cI thought the costumes and everything was going to be different, but it\u2019s more of the same. It\u2019s all going to be the same.\u201d<\/p>\n Chris Columbus went on to say that he still found it \u201cflattering\u201d that they\u2019re using a similar Hagrid costume that was in his Harry Potter movies. But at the same time, he described looking at Nick Frost\u2019s Hagrid photos as a \u201csort of deja vu all over again.\u201d<\/p>\n There may be plenty of familiar elements from the new HBO series that will bring us back to the movies that started it all. Nevertheless, the upcoming adapted show will also provide new elements from the books that never made their way to the final cut of the films. Expect to see the Harry Potter TV series on HBO sometime in 2027.<\/p>\n The post Harry Potter: Chris Columbus Again Criticizes HBO Show After Viral Comments<\/a> appeared first on ComingSoon.net – Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chris Columbus is the director behind the first two Harry Potter movies. But he hasn\u2019t held his tongue about his feelings towards the HBO-adapted TV series coming in 2027. The American filmmaker has yet again criticized the HBO show regarding the new Hagrid\u2019s look. 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