Twenty-five years ago, French bookstores welcomed the story of a wizard named Harry who didn’t know he was one. Little Harry then grew up well, and with him, the saga Harry Potter. Twenty-five years, many novelties of this universe have been unveiled to the world public.
This is the video game release Hogwarts Legacy, or the announcement of the production by HBO of a series, resuming each volume in one season each. But the event of this spring remains the opening of Harry Potter The Exhibition at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles.
The series mitigates, the game intrigues, when the exhibitions fascinate
In this podcast from Wait a minute ! », we went to the Paris Fan Exposition to meet the enthusiasts of the wizarding world. In the forefront of which, The Daily Prophet. A community of volunteers who animate a website covering, deciphering, commenting on, all the news from the world of Harry Potter, but not only.
In this episode, you will hear Corentin, communication director of the Gazette. According to him, if the world of Harry Potter continues to fascinate so many different generations, it is due to the richness of this universe of magic. Many facets of the saga remain to be explored, which gives rise to debates, creations, and speculations.
According to him, the novelties of Harry Potter must respond to this demand from fans to explore the unknowns of the saga, as the prequel film tries to do. Fantastic Beasts. Also, the announcement of a “reboot” series disappointed him somewhat.
“We didn’t expect it to be a rewrite. There are a lot of skeptics in the fan community, ”he explains to our microphone. Marjolaine, a member of the Daily Prophet, is mixed. She would have preferred that “the opportunity to make a series be exploited to continue to expand the universe with new stories”.
As for exhibitions, it’s time for interactivity and immersion. While some are already familiar with the London studios, others are discovering the sets for the first time through the exhibition Harry Potter from Paris. Fans imagine experiences in virtual reality, while others hope to find new costumes and participatory activities.
In this episode, we also went to collect the reactions of the first visitors to this exhibition. After their wanderings in the space of more than 1,600 square meters devoted to all the opuses of the saga (a first), what did they think? Answer in this podcast!
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