It seems HBO Max, in the 11th hour, pulled off an acquisitions charm.
The Boy Who Lived now miraculously lives again on theHBO Maxstreaming platform.
It seemed like this wasn’t a possibility.
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In 2016,NBCU acquired the rights to the blockbuster franchise, including theFantastic Beastsspin-offs starringEddie Redmayne.
It was considered one of the largest movie franchise rights acquisitions of all time.
“I’ll just say there is active engagement around that discussion,” he said.
“In terms of the marketplace, there’s a lot of opportunities for horse-trading.
We’re seeing that across the board.”
Daniel Radcliffe, who starred as the titular wizard-in-training Harry Potter in the films adapted fromJ.K.
It was part of a celebrity-filled initiative to give all of us stuck in quarantine something to do.
This new update on the eight films also helps with that.
