I'm on my phone so I can't link to anything, but this morning it was announced that JK Rowling herself will write a spinoff series of movies focusing on Newt Scamander (the fictitious author from the Potterverse) supposedly set in 1920's New York.
Personally I think the world that Rowling created is rich with storytelling opportunities, and this could go very well or very poorly. It might be advantageous that we never met Newt as a character, as it means these movies have a relatively blank slate to go from. Either way, slapping a 'Harry Potter' somewhere in the title or marketing is pretty much printing money, so for Rowling and WB it is a win-win situation.
Personally I think the world that Rowling created is rich with storytelling opportunities, and this could go very well or very poorly. It might be advantageous that we never met Newt as a character, as it means these movies have a relatively blank slate to go from. Either way, slapping a 'Harry Potter' somewhere in the title or marketing is pretty much printing money, so for Rowling and WB it is a win-win situation.