This week sees the debute of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2, the final big screen adaptation of JK Rowling's ultra popular book series. Hearing a news report this morning on the film made me wonder if there was ever any attempt to make a Potter cartoon series. It seems highly likely that it was done. Many franchises have hit the TV screen in cartoon form. Some were successful, such as the 1980s cartoon version of Ghostbuters and the current Star Wars: The Clone Wars series. Others never made it to air, such as the proposed cartoon version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, despite a short pilot animation that included voice work from much of the cast of the TV series. Then there are such bizarre examples as Rambo and the Forces of Freedom, based on the Stallone movies. Perhaps Rowling didn't like the idea of material being produced that wasn't directly based on the books, as the movies were.
For that matter I wonder if there was ever a pitch for a Harry Potter ongoing comic book. Again this would obviously have revolved around stories not created by Rowling, which is perhaps why it didn't happen.
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