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How “Harry Potter” Became the Gold Standard of Film Series Adaptations

The magic of conscientious recreation

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Ben Ulansey
Sep 28, 2024
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Image of the Hogwarts castle from the Harry Potter franchise
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Maybe it’s hard not to be a little biased when the first Harry Potter film came out a few months after your fifth birthday, but there’s a magic to these films that extends well beyond the wizardry. Likely no movie series has done more justice to the fantastical world of its source material than the colossal Hogwarts castl…

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