Great expectations was based on the novel of the same name by Potter. Potter's novel of the same name is a famous fantasy novel about an orphan Potter who discovers that he is a wizard on his 11th birthday and escapes from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to begin his dangerous and challenging magical adventure. Great expectations was a very popular novel that had been made into a movie. The movie version of Great Hopes was released in 1987, directed by James Cameron and starred Tom Hanks and Bob Gunton. The film received widespread praise and became one of the highest-earning films of the time. There was no official announcement that there would be a second film for Great expectations. However, the author of this series, Potter, had already said that he might continue to write stories in this series in the future.