Neal Freiman

Either way, HBO has sunk a lot of time and resources into this.

There is a rumor going around that they were spending

a hundred million dollars in episode on this, which would be the most expensive TV show of all time.

It looks like that is overstated, but it is similar to, you know, the Game of Thrones treatment in the last few seasons.

So 15 to $20 million an episode.

So it's a big swing for them.

Do people still care this much about Harry Potter?

I'm not sure, but you're right.

We are going to find out.

my mind immediately went to if I was kind of let go of the podcast and I had a lot of free time on my hands, what fantasy book series would I want to adapt?

What fantasy series would I want to bring to the big screen?

And the two obvious answers in my mind were

Eragon, which was just like the book series that I absolutely grew up on, defined my youth.

Or Red Rising, which is a little bit more of a modern series that has kind of been adopted by every reading bro on Instagram at this point.

But those two would definitely slap.

Eragon has been adapted, but someone needs to give another chance on it.

Right.

I've been stalling for you, too, because I know you have an answer.

That is a great one, and now I'm going down memory lane.

I'm thinking about Ranger's Apprentice at this point.