10 Foolproof Steps For A Perfect Harry Potter Remake
2. Use The Magic To Enable The Coming-Of-Age Story
Harry Potter is, at its heart, a coming-of-age story, charting the boy wizard from his pre-teen discovery of the world through to mastery of the magical arts and move into adulthood, and what makes it such a powerful tale is the layers to the narrative; while going through school and fighting a dark lord brings its own unique tribulations, Rowling was able to thread them together so that the conflict on both sides fuels the others.
This is an essential facet of great fantasy stories; they deal with ideas or plots that could only be realised within these contexts, not just taking a genre and transplanting it to a weird and wonderful setting, and Harry Potter is perhaps the most adept modern example.
Sadly, The films simplified this greatly, to the point where Harry's teenage grumbles were almost entirely independent; there's no tying of the hormonal side of Years 5 and 6 to the pressures of Voldemort's return or the loss of mentor figures or the exploration of memory and Voldemort's origins. It's all just... there.
A remake would be in the prime position to correct that, especially as a TV narrative allows for a greater adherence to the novels' structure and more time to develop the links between threads.