The problem with the live-action Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is that while some of the characters were referenced in the Potter books, we’d never actually met most of them and therefore did not find them as compelling or interesting as Rowling might have hoped. Robbie Coltrane, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, and every other actor tasked with bringing one of Rowling’s characters to life did so with complete and utter mastery, a magic trick to readers who had previously only ever seen them in their imaginations (or Mary GrandPré’s illustrations). Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson embodied their characters to perfection, and they were far from alone. Could you imagine different actors in the roles of Harry, Ron, and Hermione? Of course not. If we learned anything from the first eight Potter films, it’s that casting is everything. How exciting would it be to watch him and Sirius meet each other for the first time and learn how to become Animagi? How thrilling would it be to watch the four pals use their secret map ⏤ and perhaps even a certain Invisibility Cloak ⏤ to get into all kinds of mischief under Dumbledore’s nose? More importantly, putting the Marauders center stage would finally give us our first real look at James Potter, who we only ever got to know through flashbacks and mentions. We know how Sirius, Lupin, Pettigrew, and even James affected Harry’s story during his third year at Hogwarts, but what were their years at school like? How did they meet? What led them to dub themselves the Marauders? What inspired them to create their infamous map? Was Pettigrew always a rat, or did he have redeeming qualities as a youngster? What adventures did the boys go on together? Did anyone else at Hogwarts ever discover that James, Sirius, and Peter were Animagi? What were the Marauders even marauding?Ī Marauders film ⏤ ahem, series of films ⏤ would answer all of these questions, giving valuable screen time to characters that Potter die-hards have cherished since 1999.
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