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David Jonathan Heyman (born 26 July 1961) is a British film producer and the founder of Heyday Films. Heyman is best known as the producer of all eight instalments of the Harry Potter film series, which are based on a series of popular fantasy novels of the same name by author J. K. Rowling. He then produced all three instalments of its spin-off prequel series, Fantastic Beasts. His work makes him the second-most commercially successful producer of all time. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Heyman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Marauders Era is a 2024 American epic fantasy film written and directed by Guillermo Del Toro. It stars Aaron Taylor Johnson, Ben Barnes, Andrew Garfield, Dane Dehaan, Karen Gillan, Louis Garrel, Timothee Chalamet, Vanessa Kirby, Keira Knightley, Katie McGrath, Liam Neeson, Cate Blanchett, Peter Dinkalage, Vera Farmiga, Gerard Butler, Tom Hardy, Tom Hiddleston and Ralph Fiennes. The film follows the story of a group of boys as creat mayhem in school, get girlfriends, bully a group of Snakes and create a map to start their legacy. The film premiered on May 15, 2024, at the Cannes Film Festival, then released worldwide on May 19, 2024. The film received positive reviews and has been deemed an improvement over the Fantastic Beasts films by many, with praise for its action sequences, mature themes, score, visual effects, darker tone, and the performances of Johnson, Barnes, Garfield, Hardy, Chalamet and Louis Garrel; criticism largely focused on the film's dialogue and aspects of Gillan, Dehaan and McGrath's performances. The film was also criticized for its 3 and a half hour runtime. It broke several box office records during its opening week and went on to earn over $868 million worldwide, making it the second-highest-grossing film in the Harry Potter franchise at the time. It was the highest-grossing film in the U.S. and the second-highest-grossing film worldwide in 2024. The film also holds the record for the highest opening-day gross on a Thursday, making $50 million.
