With HBO’s Harry Potter series in the works , the original movie director has some thoughts. Chris Columbus, who helmed the first two films over two decades ago, discussed the upcoming TV adaptation while appearing on The Rest Is Entertainment podcast . It turns out, he has concerns about what he’s seen so far.

“More Of The Same”

Columbus shared on The Rest Is Entertainment that he’d seen photos of the Harry Potter series filming in London that gave him pause — specifically, the pictures of Nick Frost’s Hagrid. “He’s wearing the exact same costume that we designed for Hagrid. Part of me was like, ‘What’s the point?’” the director said. “I thought everything was going to be different, but it’s more of the same. It’s all going to be the same.”

While Columbus found it “very fl

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