news culture Amazon Prime Video: 8 films and series for Harry Potter fans!
Lack of magic, strange creatures and other supernatural facts? For fans of the Harry Potter saga, the JV editorial team has put together a small selection of films and series that should not be missed on Amazon Prime.
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- carnival series
- Cloak & Dagger
- I, Frankenstein
- The wheel of time
- The Heirs of the Night
- Solomon Kane
- The Green Knight
- The Mages
carnival series
carnival series is an American fantasy television series. Directed by René Echevarria and Travis Beacha, it features several celebrities including model Cara Delevingne and actor Orlando Bloom. After the Alliance’s defeat at the hands of the Pact, many supernatural beings are forced to flee their homeland to settle in the Republic of Burgue. Inspired by the Victorian model, this society finds it difficult to accept and integrate these creatures who are blamed for all the ills affecting the land. Philo, a young inspector, is trying to solve a series of murders committed against these creatures around a street called “Carnival Row”. However, Philo’s life changes when he meets a fairy, Vignette, with whom he had a relationship in the past during the war that tore apart the world of the Critchs (name for refugee creatures).
Cloak & Dagger
Cloak & Dagger is a 2018 American fantasy television series directed by Joe Pokaski. This project is part of the Marvel Universe and follows the story of the characters from The Cloak and the Sword comics, aka Tyrone Johnson and Tandy Bowen. These two young people from different backgrounds start a romantic relationship shortly after acquiring their superpowers. They soon realize that their unusual abilities work best when they are together, but their feelings for each other only complicate an already inhospitable world.
I, Frankenstein
I, Frankenstein is a fantasy film written and directed by Stuart Beattie and based on the famous character created by British writer Mary Shelley. Victor Frankenstein’s creature named Adam has survived to our times, despite the tragic events that marked its existence. A toy of causality, he arrives in a new city and quickly becomes embroiled in a centuries-old war between two clans of immortals. Then he decides to get involved to save a world he loves more than anything.
The wheel of time
fantastic work, The wheel of time is a series inspired by the novel of the same name by Robert Jordan and adapted by Rafe Judkins in 2021. In this series, discover the exciting adventure of five young villagers whose lives change overnight. A mysterious woman reveals to them that one of them possesses a power that can plunge the world into total chaos or, on the contrary, save it. Their common goal is to preserve the web of the “dark” and prevent any of them from awakening the evil buried within him/her.
The Heirs of the Night
This Norwegian series is from the series of novels byUlrike Schweikert and was adapted by Diederik van Rooijen and then made for television. Available since June 2020, this fantastic series takes us back to 1889, a time when five of the last vampire clans in Europe are struggling to survive and avoid extinction on the ship Elisabetha… their last resort. On this boat, the heirs of the last five clans gather to follow the teachings of the new vampire school and become stronger than ever.
Solomon Kane
Solomon Kane is a fantastic film of British-Czech origin, inspired by the fictional hero “Solomon Kane”, conceived by the American writer Robert Ervin Howard, who notably created the character “Conan”. This film is directed by Michael J. Basset and was released on the big screen in 2009. Solomon Kane, a formidable captain, sees his soldiers being decimated one by one during an expedition to North Africa and ends up alone against the envoy of the devil Who comes to seize his corrupted soul. Returning to England, Solomon must do penance to reclaim his soul by renouncing all violence, but everything is called into question when evil men ravage the region.
The Green Knight
The Green Knight is a fantasy film directed by David Lowery. It is an adaptation of the novel Sire Gawain and the Knight, believed to have been written by the ‘Pearl Poet’, an anonymous 14th-century English author. This film deals with one of the fantastic and epic adventures of the Arthurian legend. The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gauvain. King Arthur’s ruthless and wayward nephew embarks on a daring journey to confront the Green Knight, a gargantuan and mysterious stranger with the sole purpose of proving his worth to his family and kingdom by taking on the ultimate challenge .
The Mages
The Mages is an American magic fantasy series inspired by Lev Grossman’s novel The Magicians. Directed by Sera Gamble and John McNamara. This series has 5 seasons in which you will find as the main character Quentin Coldwater, a young man who feels bad and has been attracted to magic since he was a child. He is invited to join his girlfriend Julia for the entrance exams to Brakebills, a secret university that trains future wizards. After passing the entrance exam, however, Quentin is confronted with evil forces that descend on him and his new friends Penny, Alice, Margo and Elliot.
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