We're currently in the midst of the Fantastic Beasts movies, but could there be Harry Potter sequels?
There’s a moment in Howard, Don Hahn’s incredible documentary about the life of Oscar-winning lyricist Howard Ashman, who contributed unforgettably to The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast, that is so quick you will probably miss it. It’s in a section of the movie that details Disney’s attempt to woo the lyricist and writer in the late 1980s, after his frustrating experience on the film version of Little Shop of Horrors and after his would-be Broadway hit Smile had a spectacular flameout. Hahn shows a letter from then-Disney executive Jeffrey Katzenberg, …
In 2005, Seth MacFarlane followed up on the success of animated family sitcom Family Guy with a new yet familiar animated family sitcom American Dad! Critics and fans alike felt that the new series was little more than a carbon copy at the time, a port over of a successful formula that didn't look to reinvent the wheel but rather add more bells and whistles to it. Some thought that the newcomer would fizzle out before it really got going while others posited that both series were destined for cancellation sooner than later. Cut to 2020 when Family Guy …