Posted 29 minutes agoSubscribe to Screen Time NewsletterCaret DownOriginal "Harry Potter" Director Chris Columbus Questioned "The Point" Of The HBO Remake After Pointing Out The Similarities Between Hagrids"I've done that, it's time to move on."by Natasha JokicBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLinkHot Topic🔥 Full coverage and conversation on Harry Potter It seems like Chris Columbus isn't entirely sold on the upcoming Harry Potter series. Theo Wargo / Getty Images You likely recognize Chris as the iconic director behind movies like Home Alone and Mrs. Doubtfire. Importantly for this topic, he directed the first two of the Harry Potter movies at the beginning of the millennium. Most recently, he's directed the Netflix movie The Thursday Murder Club. (C)Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection In a new episode of The Rest Is Entertainment podcast, Chris said that he'd recently come across teaser images from the set of the HBO series. "I looked online and there are photographs of Nick Frost as Hagrid with the new Harry Potter," Chris began. "And he's wearing the exact same costume that we designed for Hagrid." The Rest is Entertainment "Part of me was like, What's the point? I thought the costumes and everything was going to be different. It's more of the same," he continued. "It's very flattering for me, because I'm like, That's exactly the Hagrid costume that we designed. So part of it is really exciting. I'm excited to see what they're going to do with it. Part of it is sort of déjà vu all over again." Aidan Monaghan/HBO, (C)Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection BuzzFeed TrendingHot TopicThink you're the biggest Harry Potter fan? Let's put it to the test.
See our Harry Potter Discussions Chris further stressed that he wasn't "jealous" of the remake and said he felt "beyond it," adding, "I did it. I've done that, it's time to move on. I've always had issues with the idea of franchise. When we did Gremlins and Goonies - that's why I didn't do the second Gremlins film. My attitude then is I've done it and it's time to move on. Same with Potter. I feel like I've done it ... I'm really proud of those films - the first three that I was involved with, and I'm moving on." Aidan Monaghan/HBO Earlier this week, Chris confirmed that he didn't want to be a part of the HBO reboot, saying, "There's nothing left for me to do in the world of Potter." He also discussed author J.K. Rowling's anti-trans rhetoric, to which he said, "I like to sometimes separate the artist from the art, I think that's important to do...
It's unfortunate, what's happened. I certainly don't agree with what she's talking about. But it's just sad, it's very sad." Evan Agostini / Getty Images