Harry Potter Spin-off Movies: Warner Bros. Trademarks 'Quidditch Through The Ages'
Harry Potter fans could now look forward to a spin-off film that focuses on Quidditch, The Telegraph reports. Warner Bros. has recently trademarked the title, Quidditch through the Ages, a history book in Potter universe that chronicles Quidditch tournaments. The move has sparked rumors that a film (and a lot more commercial projects) is in the works.
Warner Bros. has hit the jackpot with the Harry Potter franchise, and while the film series culminated in 2011, the studio was quick to trademark Fantasic Beasts and Where to Find Them this year after Harry Potter author JK Rowling announced she had decided to write the screenplay for the spin-off film based on the Potter universe textbook.
The film studio has also trademarked the titles Newt Scamander, the fictional author of the "fantastic Beasts" textbook; and Kennilworthy Whisp, the fictional historian who wrote "Quidditch through the Ages." Other trademarked titles include Tales Of Beedle The Bard, and the names of Quidditch teams including Wimbourne Wasps, Chudley Cannons and Kenmare Kestrels, according to UPI.com.
The trademarks mean that the studio will have complete ownership of all media and commercial projects that bear the trademarked names and titles, including "live-action film, reality TV series, animated series and films and computer games."
The Quidditch through the Ages textbook was introduced in the book and film series right in the beginning of Harry Potter's epic story. In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) gives Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) a copy of the history book before he played his first match in Quidditch.
JK Rowling has written both Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Quidditch Through the Ages way back in 2001 to benefit a charity. The writer also penned the other trademarked title, Tales of Beetle the Bard in 2008 for the same purpose, UPI reports.
The Harry Potter film series had reportedly grossed $3 Billion for Warner Bros.