Talking about Harry Potter is more complex than it may seem and imagining a future for his saga is no less feat. Launched in 1997, the series of novels that revolutionized the world of fantasy followed an entire generation over the span of a decade, discovering a magical world and at the same time growing its inhabitants. Cinema has expanded that experience, so much so that eleven years after the publication of "Deathly Hallows”New fans continue to approach the universe created by Rowling 
The events that led Harry to the final confrontation with Lord Voldermort they ended, as the writer has repeatedly stated, and had their life cycle. A life cycle that probably won't see starring sequels Harry Potter, but which has opened the doors of a universe so vast that it has almost spontaneously generated new stories and new characters. The direct sequel to the seven novels, "Harry Potter and the Curse of the Heir”(Born as a play and then re-proposed in the form of a screenplay in a book) for example, no longer sees the figure of Harry at its center but begins and literally explores his legacy and his legacy.
Cinema also had to follow this evolution of the "HP" brand. The starting point is offered by a secondary work linked to the series, namely the booklet "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them“, A little book that proposes to us Muggles one of the school texts in use at Hogwarts. The result of its film adaptation (now in its second chapter a few weeks ago, "The Crimes of Grindelwad“- here our review), is the very picture of what is happening to the world of Harry Potter. Not a repetition of situations and stories to be fed to the logic of the fanservice, but the development of those seeds that the author has disseminated over ten years and of ideas that she herself has then revealed, as the popularity of the wizard was growing up.
It is possible to note for Harry Potter, a process similar to what the saga of Star Wars. In both cases, the so-called “canonical” works lead the way to an expanded universe, both for the work of the authors of the series and, if not more, for that of the fans. Just browse a little on the well-known Pottermore portal to discover that what is told through films and books is only the tip of the iceberg. In fact, there are myriads of subplots and insights: these elements alone could compose a volume of biblical dimensions and give rise to others that are ever richer.
All this is possible thanks to the passion of thousands of people who, perhaps unwittingly, with their own curiosity have given life to Wizarding World, the expanded universe of Harry Potter, officially born in the cinema and now in constant evolution. Obviously, the film industry hasn't decided or created from scratch one of the highest-paying brands in recent years. The decision to invest in Wizarding World is the consequence of the appreciation that the followers of the series have shown towards their favorite. If the fans power the Potter "machine", the engine still remains JK Rowling. She is the sorceress whose mind has given birth to the adventures we know and will give birth to future ones. Probably in a few years we will find in our hands the equivalent of a real epic cycle that revolves around the Wizarding World.
Who has followed closely since its inception the Wizarding World, in fact, he will have noticed how this has increasingly diverged from the figure of Harry, who however remains the epicenter of a shock wave that is gradually expanding. Each new series will come to a therefore, as it develops it will tell its own story and show us new elements, and then find a closure and leave room for the next cycle. The developments in this sense are potentially infinite, even if we do not know for sure which projects they have in store Rowling e Warner Bros.
Paradoxically, the future of Harry Potter it will therefore be a future "without" Harry Potter. Perhaps we will meet him or hear him mentioned in some scene, and perhaps he will have to give way to the other inhabitants of his universe. But like a star it will continue to shine at the center of its system, giving light to the myriad worlds it has generated.
