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James Graham Sets ‘Harry Potter’ & Marvel Challenge For UK Creatives During Post-MacTaggart – Edinburgh
James Graham has set a Harry Potter & Marvel challenge the morning after his MacTaggart, as he showed clips from Sherwood and Thatcher drama.
The Dear England creator called for the “encouragement and scale of ambition” to imagine what “new Harry Potter universes or Marvel would be in a British context,” and said writers need to be given “opportunity and space.” Dishing during the post-MacTaggart as he responded to a question from Deadline, he praised the British ecosystem for having a direct line between different disciplines such as theater, gaming and YouTube in order to find fresh talent and ideas. He criticized the American system for having a “disconnect” between these disciplines due to the entertainment industry being based on the other side of the country to Broadway, but cited how “ Fleabag and Baby Reindeer” were discovered at the Edinburgh Fringe in the UK.
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