Some, like the set design, were deliberate choices, but others were a matter of casting luck. However, his early gambles stuck, from the Quidditch uniforms to the Great Hall. PicturesĬolumbus directed the first two Potter movies, and went on to produce the third, but was not involved with the later adaptations.
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“And then as the series progressed, we had to utilize the same sets and create a darker world.” Image: Warner Bros. “We did put into the design the fact that these sets have to start off with some sort of storybook kind of warm fantasy feeling,” he explains. Rowling, was that the books would get grim - and that ultimately informed the set design. What Columbus did know, however, from conversations with author J.K. But in 2001, only four books had been published, leaving the exact direction of the series unknown to the filmmakers and audiences. Led by 11-year-old Daniel Radcliffe, Sorcerer’s Stone was paramount in establishing the visual design of the first movie, which would continue on not just in the subsequent movies, but also in the multimedia future of Harry Potter, including theme parks built in its image. 14, 2001, and turned Potter book fever into a worldwide phenomenon. The first Harry Potter film debuted in theaters Nov.
“So weirdly, every decision was important, every decision would eventually affect what would come later.” “I was undertaking this job where billions of people were going to be scrutinizing every move,” he tells Polygon, on the occasion of the movie’s 20th anniversary. My kids will grow up and I’ll never get to know them.Director Chris Columbus recalls feeling a sense of terror when he signed on to direct Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in the late 1990s. I thought, ‘I can’t do another six, seven, eight years of this. The director went on to detail the things he felt he needed to be a part of. “I wasn’t seeing my kids, who were young at the time, growing up,” Columbus continued. It took him away from things he felt were important. However, it wasn’t simply the demanding schedule. That’s roughly 320 days back-to-back shooting.”
“And then, immediately after we stopped shooting, we started shooting Chamber of Secrets, which was another 160 days. “Sorcerer’s Stone took 160 days of shooting, which is ridiculously long,” Columbus told the magazine. And he said he had to make a difficult choice after finishing Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. “Basically, after 320 days of shooting, I could barely form a sentence.” Alfonso Cuarón took the third film.Ĭolumbus likewise emphasized that the shooting schedule was incredibly demanding in a separate interview with The Hollywood Reporter. “I thought I was going to stay for all seven, initially,” he told Jake Hamilton on the YouTube series Jake’s Takes.
He said he initially expected to head up the entire series of movies. The director hasn’t been shy about how intense the shooting schedule for the movies was.
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Chris Columbus stepped away from the ‘Harry Potter’ movie franchise for his family Finally, he produced the third film Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004).
Moreover, he stayed on for the second movie, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002). He cast the movie with largely unknown young actors and subsequently proceeded to make a classic. However, Columbus survived the first two weeks and beyond. I knew I was taking on something fairly gigantic, and I’ve never been involved in a project that had so much scrutiny.” And I would have millions of fans at my door just infuriated. “I was very, I don’t want to say anxious, but aware of the fact that if I screw this up, I probably will never work again. “I had every expectation that I would probably be fired within the first two weeks,” Columbus says. The director has been giving interviews to mark the twentieth anniversary of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. In a November 2021 interview with Variety, Columbus said he didn’t think he’d last through the first film. Rowling’s Harry Potter books were already a worldwide phenomenon. And it was an overwhelming proposition at the time. Doubtfire fame was responsible for directing the first Harry Potter movie. David Heyman, Chris Columbus, Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint | Evan Agostini/ImageDirectĭirector Chris Columbus of Home Alone and Mrs.
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