When Tryangle Films debuted the trailer for their fan-made Harry Potter film — Voldemort: Origins of the Heir — earlier this week, accumulating millions of YouTube views, many wondered whether Warner Bros. would take issue.
One of the main reasons Warner Bros allowed Pezzato to continue is because Origins of the Heir will be released on YouTube for free.
This is the story we want to tell: The rise of the Dark Lord before Harry Potter and his first demise.”
“We had a private and confidential discussion with Warner Bros who contacted us during the period of the crowdfunding campaign,” director Gianmaria Pezzato told Polygon.