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Nintendo wollte mit Harry Potter arbeiten

Folgende Story ist unbestätigt und Nintendo selbst wird sich dazu wahrscheinlich nie äußern. Jedenfalls soll Nintendo 1998 an JK Rowling herangetreten sein, um sich die Rechte an Harry Potter zu sichern. Um das zeitlich einzuordnen, es war die Zeit, in der die Romanreihe populär wurde. JK lehnte ab und verkaufte dann an die Warner Bros. Gruppe die Rechte für die, aus heutiger Sicht, geringe Summe von 1 Mio-Pfund. Die ganze Geschichte gibt es auf Unseen64.

In 1998, Nintendo of America’s internal team, Nintendo Software Technology developed a pitch to lock down exclusive access to the Harry Potter rights. Had it been successful, Nintendo would have secured the rights to produce all adaptations of the book series for the indefinite future in video game form; potentially preventing the eventual movie adaptations from being created altogether.

Ultimately, Nintendo’s bid was declined by JK Rowling. Our source revealed that the writer turned it down in favor of several other proposals by media giants with greater resources, such as Disney and Universal. Whereas Nintendo was only able to offer forays into the realm of video games, these larger companies had the ability to spread out into TV and film; as well as gaming.

Rowling, in the end, sold the rights to Warner Bros. for a reported £1m. WB would later contract Electronic Arts to create video game adaptations of their film series based off the books. The first, Harry Potter & The Philosopher’s Stone was released in 2001.

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