Will they turn The Tales of Beetle the Bard into a movie?

Not sure this is in the proper forum sorry..
I was thinking about this, after The Deathly Hallows movies we'll have nothing to look forward too :no: so it's just a thought..or a wish actually :lol:

I'm not sure that they will. It's more of a companion book (in my estimation, anyway- and I've laid down a 50£ deposit for the special edition..), so I can't see it happening. It's more a set of stories that can't be made into a connecting film, I reckon.

But I do so wish there was more about that world on the way! :tu: :agree: I agree with you on that for sure!

Knowing them most likely

yep. They'll probably squeeze as much as they can out of HP because let's face it, it's not as if it's hard to find people willing to watch anything Potter related!

It will probably be an animated featurette on the DH 1&2 DVD, well that is just my guest.

yep. They'll probably squeeze as much as they can out of HP because let's face it, it's not as if it's hard to find people willing to watch anything Potter related!

First off, love your signature.
Second off, how can they turn it into a film? I know the inclination would be there, but it would be like trying to turn Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them into a film. It's however many short stories that have no connections to each other. And we'll likely see part of one of them in Deathly Hallows anyway.

:D

By what I know so far about the book it seems more like a cartoon material.
Maybe there will be some "Christmas special" episode :hmm: with Radcliffe/Watson/Grint reading the stories...anything to keep people wanting more!

I dont think there will be enough material from this book to turn it into a movie. But after DH comes out I know I'll probably change my tune.

I dont think there will be enough material from this book to turn it into a movie. But after DH comes out I know I'll probably change my tune.

That actually sound pretty accurate.

There probably isn't enough demand or material in the books to make a good movie out of it.


If they did, however, it might be a small little animated feature. Could be really entertaining for kids, too!:)

Second off, how can they turn it into a film? I know the inclination would be there, but it would be like trying to turn Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them into a film. It's however many short stories that have no connections to each other. And we'll likely see part of one of them in Deathly Hallows anyway.

:D

Exactly, it's just a companion book, not a story. There is no way to make it into ONE story without butchering each of the small stories so much they are unnoticeable.

Exactly, it's just a companion book, not a story. There is no way to make it into ONE story without butchering each of the small stories so much they are unnoticeable.

Actually, it's a collection of fairy tales - smaller stories compiled together. They couldn't make it into one story, but they could do a feature film - or even made for cable film - combining short films for each story into one movie. Walt Disney did that with Winnie the Pooh - taking three separate stories and compiling them into one film while still maintaining the integrity of each separate story. I've also seen some compilations like that on HBO Kids - also using old fairy tales. You can separate each story out into 30 minute shows - which has been done - or keep them together in a longer film.

I think they could do something like that with Beedle. I think animated would be the best format because they are supposed to be stories for children, but they could probably do live action as well. If they did do something like that, it would probably be made for cable or straight to DVD rather than a feature film I think.

First off, love your signature.
Second off, how can they turn it into a film? I know the inclination would be there, but it would be like trying to turn Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them into a film. It's however many short stories that have no connections to each other. And we'll likely see part of one of them in Deathly Hallows anyway.

:D

First, thank you!:tu: Second. I agree with what others have said, if they do make it 'digital' it'll probably be a featurette or a special 'limited edition' DVD. It would be odd to have it just as a film. But you know what the media's like, any opportunity to make money and they'll pounce on it with teeth and claws.:evil:<---- See that's them.

As much as I would LOVE to see more Harry Potter after we're done with the two Deathly Hallows movies, I wish they wouldn't make Beedle the Bard a movie. I feel it would be milking the series and the wizarding world a bit too much.

Something should be left to our imaginations! :)

As much as I would LOVE to see more Harry Potter after we're done with the two Deathly Hallows movies, I wish they wouldn't make Beedle the Bard a movie. I feel it would be milking the series and the wizarding world a bit too much.

Something should be left to our imaginations! :)

I whole heartedly agree. Though I will miss the anticipation of waiting for a new film I think that to carry on would be pushing it. When it's done it's done but I can see them hanging on to the series for as long as possible.

As much as I would LOVE to see more Harry Potter after we're done with the two Deathly Hallows movies, I wish they wouldn't make Beedle the Bard a movie. I feel it would be milking the series and the wizarding world a bit too much.

Something should be left to our imaginations! :)

I agree. They would probably never get it like I imagine it, or at least how I imagine it would be nice to do a movie of Beedle the Bard. If there comes a movie out of it, I don't think I'll bother see it, except if someone says it's just like I hoped it would be. It is fairy tales, after all, so I feel it wouldn't be nice if it was like the new Disneymovies. Maybe something like the good, old Snow White movie... ;)

The idea of never having the Tales of Beedle the Bard published leads me to think that it will not make it to the big screen either. The stories are a gift to the person they are given to and are not meant to be shared with the entire world, so it would only make sense to keep that importance by never making them accessible to the general public.

It will probably be an animated featurette on the DH 1&2 DVD, well that is just my guest.

If they do anything, this is likely to be it.

I can't see this being turned into a movie - not for cinema anyway. Would be difficult to get a satisfying cinema format out of it.

I think that radio would be a much better option for adapting these stories (and I wouldn't be surprised if BBC Radio 4 acquired those to have Stephen Fry read them, as they did with PS (perhaps again around Christmas).

Somehow I'd hope that IF these ever get adapted for any medium, some of the proceeds go to charity. That's how JKR is using the book, after all, and Amazon's sale at least is also supporting a charity.

It seems unlikely that these fairy tales will be made into a movie(s). I cannot imagine Amazon or JKR agreeing to the adaptation, for they were never even intended to be released to the public, much less in video form. While filmmakers could easily make a movie out of the tales (they can make a two hour film out of a fifteen page story nowadays), I think it would be sloppy and not worth the risk.

I truly hope these tales will not be adapted into a film format. While I enjoy the films of the (as of yet) five books, I would prefer if some of the Harry Potter world escapes the movies.

By what I know so far about the book it seems more like a cartoon material.
Maybe there will be some "Christmas special" episode :hmm: with Radcliffe/Watson/Grint reading the stories...anything to keep people wanting more!
Hmmmm, I like that idea. Like maybe after DH, Harry, Ron, Hermione, & Ginny could read it to their kids.

I don't see why they couldn't make it into a movie. It would simply have to take the form of a series of shorts. Sort of like the shorts in Pixar movies, but all strung together one after another. They could do it live action or maybe even turn it over to Pixar or Dreamworks to do compter animation.

I don't think that they will, most fans would probably love it but most cinema goers would wonder what the point of it all was.

I don't see why they couldn't make it into a movie. It would simply have to take the form of a series of shorts. Sort of like the shorts in Pixar movies, but all strung together one after another. They could do it live action or maybe even turn it over to Pixar or Dreamworks to do compter animation.

I would have said that that was probably what they would have done too- but those shorts don't fit together at all. I just can't see it working, some things are unfilmable. And, turning something tangible into a computer generated film (See Star Wars for further details! ;)), doesn't work so well.

Mind you, cartoon Harry might look quite cool.

I don't know that it was the fact it was animated that made the latest Star Wars film awful.
I think it was how they went about telling the tale! Uncle George always gets so excited with new movie making technology, that he lets it get away from him. I think a Pixar or Dreamworks animated Beedle The Bard could work.

I don't think they will make it a movie, but I hope that in DH, when Hermione is reading it, it shows it happening as she reads it, or something like that. :)

I think that IF they animated it they should not try to make it look like 'real' in any way - would be interesting to have every story animated in a different style, but most certainly in a style that looks drawn rather than computer generated. That way, each story could have a style of its own, and that would sort of make an advantage out of the fact that it's a collection of different stories.


That said, my gut instinct still tells me that the answer to the overall thread question is 'no'.

Has anybody watched the snowman? Thats the kind of animation I think it would be good as.

I think that IF they animated it they should not try to make it look like 'real' in any way - would be interesting to have every story animated in a different style, but most certainly in a style that looks drawn rather than computer generated. That way, each story could have a style of its own, and that would sort of make an advantage out of the fact that it's a collection of different stories.


That's just how I hope it will be! (If they ever make it a movie, which I doubt.)

I don't think they will make it a movie, but I hope that in DH, when Hermione is reading it, it shows it happening as she reads it, or something like that. :)

Oooh that would be so awesome! I really hope they do something like that! :tu:

I don't think they will make it a movie, but I hope that in DH, when Hermione is reading it, it shows it happening as she reads it, or something like that. :)

Good enough for me.

On one hand, it's a series of fairy tales, so it's not exactly movie material. On the other hand making it into a movie would be a major movie maker. Since the book was only recently published and the Harry Potter series itself isn't finished being made into movies, I doubt the Tales of Beedle the Bard will be movie-fied any time soon, if ever. But I would not be shocked or surprised to hear at some point in the future that somebody decides to try to make it into a movie.

Has anybody watched the snowman? Thats the kind of animation I think it would be good as.

yeah, it's like one of those special little animations they say will only be shown once and then ends up being shown time and time again. It would be good for kids though. Animations like the Snowman and Grandad (that one made me weep! :upset:) would be great for fairytale like stories.

I like the idea of the old style "Snowman" effect, but seeing as how they are making two movies for the seventh book, and since they will be able to read beedle the bard before then, there's no reason who small snippets of it couldn't be involved there, for sure. If it was well done, it would look superb.

Wow, that would be so great.

Though I don't think so.. don't know why, it's just my feeling.

I think it's just about as likely as them making a movie out of Quidditch Through The Ages...

I don't think they will make it a movie, but I hope that in DH, when Hermione is reading it, it shows it happening as she reads it, or something like that. :)


I like that idea, but with a voice over of the story rather than having the Peverells and Death speaking, done very simply. And just snippets rather than all of it - the focus needs to be on the Trios' responses to the story, rather than the telling of it.



I think it's just about as likely as them making a movie out of Quidditch Through The Ages...


:lol: I have to agree with you. Beedle is five short fairy tales, it wouldn't work as a film - they might make a tv cartoon out of it though, something along the lines of the Snowman, as has already been suggested. I'd imagine a voice-over telling the story rather than the characters speaking.

I dont really know. Seeing as I havent read it yet, but from what I understand it'll only be short stories so I doubt it's film material. Maybe it would be a childrens TV show though - who knows! As they are like wizarding fairy tales, then maybe disney could get their hands on it and work their disney magic!

I agree with GemmaBlack. either that of make maybe a short series in cartoon??? but i dont think they're going to make it into a big movie.

Since it was REALLY long, I posted my Beedle the Bard movie idea in the Beedle the Bard discussion forums (it was also really spoiler heavy, so that seemed safer).

Well they could make it like what they did to batman and animatrix, make several stories in different styles and make it a companion to the DVD.

Batman: Gotham Knight which is a collection of six stories all animated differently

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Animatrix made of eight storries animatd differently

If ya wanna find out more head over to wikipedia and search both titles and see what I mean.

I don't think that they will. I hope that they don't, because it's just a bunch of short stories and IMO whenever they turn books like that into movies they always end up being bad. I don't think JKR ever had a movie in mind when she wrote this, and I don't think it would work. :shrug:

I don't think that they will. I hope that they don't, because it's just a bunch of short stories and IMO whenever they turn books like that into movies they always end up being bad. I don't think JKR ever had a movie in mind when she wrote this, and I don't think it would work. :shrug:

Yes. Having read the tales, I have to say that I agree with you. It seems a bit redundant that they would make a feature length film of the tales, as they are simply too short- not even Disney, imo, could make a feature film of any one of them. They're short and they're wonderful that way. The only way I could see it happening would be as a DVD extra, although the rumour mill has already started, and the latest, as stated by a rumour passed to mugglenet, is that it is in the pipeline as a film. I don't know- I just don't think it could be made to work. :shrug: The LA Times has also released an article on how this could be done. I'll post it here, though doubtless others will already have read it. :)

It's already become the fastest-selling book of the year, so it's no surprise to hear that Warner Bros. is interested in making a movie out of J.K. Rowling's latest book, "The Tales of Beedle the Bard," a collection of fables set in the (pre-"Harry Potter") world of wizards and muggles Rowling knows best.

The titular Beedle the Bard wrote five tales, each accompanied with commentary from Albus Dumbledore, Hogwarts' now-late headmaster who met his end in the penultimate "Potter" novel, "The Half-Blood Prince."

For those, like myself, who've already zipped through the vignettes more than once, it's hard to imagine crafting a single movie out of any or all of them, however much we'd like to indulge in another big-screen adaptation of Rowling's magical characters. Each story exists separately from the other, and each averages 10 pages (in a double-spaced, large-font-ed-children's-book way).

Though the author packs "Tales" densely with the sort of attention to detail that brought the wizarding world -- with its quidditch, house elves, horcruxes, and dementors, etc. -- to life, each story is little more than a morality tale told in a few pages (spoilers start now): "The Wizard and the Hopping Pot" warns against the evils of prejudice in a story about a wizard whose negligence of his neighboring muggles manifests into one horrid pest of a pot. "The Fountain of Fair Fortune" concerns a trio of sisters searching for a magical fountain to cure life's troubles, but find that the right attitude is the best cure. "The Warlock's Hairy Heart," which would surely frighten young children, tells the story of a literally heartless warlock whose vanity ends in tragedy. "The Tale of Rabbitty and Her Cackling Stump" cautions against the disregard for the laws of magic. And "The Tale of the Three Brothers," Dumbledore's favorite of the five, teaches that trying to cheat death will always result in disappointment. Throughout, Dumbledore peppers the narratives with backstory, personal asides and a rather saucy sense of humor.

So what to do with the Bard's tales? How best to bring them to life? A few suggestions:

Make a "Potter" prequel using Dumbledore's commentary. We follow a new batch of wizards and muggles in the 17th century, when anti-Muggle sentiment was growing and the witch hunts for pro-Muggle wizards began. We've already got the era's "fruity epithets" from Dumbledore: "mudwallower," "dunglicker," and "scumsucker" and a lead villain in Brutus Malfoy, a distant relative of Draco, who's mentioned as a vocal opponent of the non-magical. It could be darker, to be sure, but we'd get to see how and why the magical world went into self-concealment.

Expand "The Warlock's Hairy Heart" -- and don't fuss with the ending. The darkest of the stories is also the most ripe for fleshing out into a two-hour movie, should Rowling be interested in picking the unconventional fairy tale back up. We'd need to see the Warlock before he decided to stow away his heart, lest we watch the selfish wretch for two hours straight, it'd be kind of gory, and without a happy ending. But there are directors who know a thing or two about dark fantasies. ("Pan's Labyrinth" anyone? Looking at you, Guillermo del Toro.)

Ask Rowling to write a few more fables and spin off an animated TV series. Think "Wallace & Gromit." Think "Creature Comforts." So much said in just 12-15 minute episodes. The same could be said for the Bard's cautionary tales. Also, while the "Harry Potter" movies were able to pull off dazzling feats of magic using special effects, wouldn't Rowling's shorts be just as adaptable -- if not more so -- using CGI animation or claymation or hand-drawn cartoons? Kids, not to mention their parents, would be grateful for the addition to children's TV lineup.

Make the greatest "Harry Potter" DVD extras ever. "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" doesn't come out until July, and there are two more films after that (remember "Deathly Hallows" was split into two), so there is plenty of time to whip up five shorts as DVD features. Live-action, animated, it doesn't matter as long as they're there. And hey, Pixar gives us fun shorts all the time without us even asking.

There are definitely some good points raised in this. :tu:

of course they will turn it into a movie they dont have enough money yet even if they dont make into a big movie maybe direct to video realease

I'm sure they will find a way of turning The Tales of Beedle the Bard into a movie. Well, that's only if they think there is money to be made from doing so. Although, as they are only short tales, I think that there needs to be some way of linking them together; a sort of backstory, for it to work as a full length film.

I think the real question is, how will they turn The Tales of Beedle the Bard into a movie? They want to get every single ounce of cash out of this franchise as they can and I'm sure they'll eventually turn Beedle the Bard into a movie, but how will they do it?

My take on how it should be made into a movie -

WB should want to do this in a way that connects as much as possible to the other HP films - they're trying to exploit the fan base, after all, and that's a fairly direct way of doing it.

Also, they need something to logically connect the stories.

My thought is that they need a framing story using HP characters. This would also make it logical for the HP characters to be cast in the stories (Dudley as the wicked king in Babbity Rabbity, for example).

My take on how it should be made into a movie -

WB should want to do this in a way that connects as much as possible to the other HP films - they're trying to exploit the fan base, after all, and that's a fairly direct way of doing it.

Also, they need something to logically connect the stories.

My thought is that they need a framing story using HP characters. This would also make it logical for the HP characters to be cast in the stories (Dudley as the wicked king in Babbity Rabbity, for example).

They could even have Harry, reading the stories to his children, as a way to link the stories together.

I don't know if a movie is the proper way to do Beedle the Bard. If I were WB, I'd do a direct-to-dvd series of cartoons (think along the lines of the old Dr. Seuss adaptations)

God I hope not... yeah, I want more Harry Potter but that book isn't Harry Potter, its various fairy tales... it would be a joke to watch.

I really hope that they do not make a movie(or more) out of the tales of Beedle the Bard. The stories are all so short and it would make no sense to make them to movies. If they would have something to do with the HP-serie(its just a fairy-tale in the serie) then maybe you could make it a movie but still...Who would go and see it?? My guess is that only those who have seen and read the HP-serie.

I don't know if a movie is the proper way to do Beedle the Bard. If I were WB, I'd do a direct-to-dvd series of cartoons (think along the lines of the old Dr. Seuss adaptations)

I was thinking along the same lines here.

I doubt this will ever see the theaters, but I do like the idea that it could be made into cartoons for a straight to dvd release. that would make a lot of sense.

i would love to see that. even in cartoon form, it would be awesome. i want to see that hopping pot. :P

The hopping pot would be very cool but i do not think they would do it though i think somebody should make one and put it on youtube!

they could make a cartoon feature out of the stories. first, they would have a narrator, who would explain what the books were and who wrote them, then have the stories in cartoon form, not necessarily a funny cartoon, and after each story, the narrarator will read Dumbledore's notes. this could work very well. Doesn't need to be a full length movie; cartoons used to be "short features".

It's possible we'll get our answer in DH1 . . .

Maybe it will end up as a special feature on the Deathly Hallows DVD/BR in the same style "The Tale of the Three Brothers" was told in the movie. And since fairy tales have been turned into movies in the past, who's to say they won't do it in the far future (But I would prefer just the special features).:)

I really wish they would! I LOVED the animation they did for The Three Brothers in DH p1.

I like the idea of turning all the stories into animations like 'The Tale of the Three Brothers' in DH1. However, I'm not sure that they will make them though. The idea of turning them into a movie or a TV cartoon is stupid. :P

I thought that the animation for "The Tale of the Three Brothers" was one of the highlights of the movie (and I loved the movie). :tu:

I can't really see the other stories turned into a movie or a TV cartoon, but I could see them as extras on a Blu-Ray/DVD. The only question is whether it would be cost-effective to do the animation. Warners would have to weigh cost of animating vs. estimated profit. It's just a lot easier to make a "behind the scenes" feature. But it would certainly be cool to put The Tales on a disc.

That's one feature that would make the disc purchase a no-brainer for me. Of course, it was never in doubt that I would buy the disc in the first place, but still... :yuhup: