What is known about the start, cast and plot

After years of thinking about a possible Harry Potter series was speculated, the US broadcaster HBO Max officially announced it in April 2023: not as an adaptation of the almost unfilmable play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, but as a new edition of the 7 Harry Potter novels. We will keep you up to date on all developments until the start of the big fantasy series. Here you will find information about the following:

Streaming start: When is the Harry Potter series coming?

In 2019, Harry Potter creator JK Rowling announced that there was “no plans to develop the Harry Potter story as a television series” and also in 2021 the rumors were denied. The tide only turned on April 12, 2023: after the third Fantastic Beasts film in 2022 fell far short of expectations and basically killed the Newt Scamander spin-offs, Warner and the Wizarding World looked for alternatives to continue the popular hold on to the brand. Thus was born the Harry Potter remake in series form.

An official start date for the Harry Potter series has not yet been set. But one is expected earliest series start in 2025 at HBO Max (after May 2023 just called “Max”). Whether this means a German evaluation on Sky/WOW or another broadcaster in the extension, as is usual with other HBO series such as Game of Thrones, is not yet known.

The most important facts about the Harry Potter series at a glance:

First trailer & pictures of the Harry Potter series at HBO Max

Since the Harry Potter series is still in a very early stage, there are no pictures that provide first insights. However, HBO Max already released one to announce the series first teaser with floating candleswho announced the new edition via video to the well-known film music and Hogwarts silhouette.

Cast and Crew: The Cast of the Harry Potter Series

All that is known about those involved in the Harry Potter series is that alongside Neil Blair (Fantastic Beasts) and Ruth Kenley-Letts (Strike), she is also a novelist JK Rowling is executive producer on the series recast will be. Efforts were also made to bring back producer David Heyman, who had already played a key role in determining the 8-part film series about the magic student. Showrunners, who will hold the reins of the series, and directors, who will direct the individual episodes, have not yet been determined.

Will be in the remake of the Harry Potter series all roles newly filled. No actors have been cast yet. According to the first rumours, however, a diverse cast aimed at. That means: Just like the character embodied in the play by Noma Dumezweni, Hermine could be cast in the series with a black actress, for example.

Storyline and template of the Harry Potter reboot

who the Storyline of Harry Potter If you don’t know it, you get it here in short form: An orphan boy with a lightning bolt scar grows up oppressed with his aunt’s family. At the age of 11 he found out that he was a magician and went to the magical Hogwarts boarding school. While he finally makes real friends with Ron and Hermione here, he must also face the truth that he brought down the powerful evil wizard Lord Voldemort as a baby… and that battle is far from over.

Like the film series (2001-2011), the series is intended to follow the book templates by JK Rowling, each of which covers a year of Harry Potter’s life. these are in chronological order These 7 volumes, which you can also purchase as a collector’s slipcase * or as a fat complete edition *:

There are also illustrated jewelery editions * for the first volumes, which additionally illustrate the Harry Potter stories. The chances of the series new edition lie above all in details omitted in the books (like Peeves or Hermione’s house-elf society).

Controversies and criticism of the Harry Potter series

With its longer narrative time and the sequence and season structure, a series actually offers itself as the ideal format for a Harry Potter film adaptation. Nevertheless were neither Harry Potter 8 nor the series reboot particularly creative ideasto breathe new life into the franchise. For Warner, however, the remake was arguably the quickest and most reliable way to resurrect the wizarding world.

In addition, the announcement of the Harry Potter series came at a critical time in which the Divorce for many fans and Harry Potter creator JK Rowling had reached a new peak after her anti-trans statements. Stars like Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe distanced themselves from her.

To the Criticism of the Harry Potter series also counted the small distance to the film series (just over 20 years after the beginning and 10 years after the end of the first adaptation). The enduring popularity of the 8 cinematic adventures, with their iconic locations and stars, threatened to thwart the remake – either because it was too close or too far away. Would she be able to improve on the successful first film adaptation of the novel series?

Many fans saw the announcement with the well-known lettering as “act of desperation” and as a newly boosted milking of the Harry Potter brand, which not least also lives from merchandise sales.

Podcast: Is the Harry Potter series really a good idea?

In the podcast on the Harry Potter series, we answer important questions about the remake. Below: Why is Rowling’s involvement so criticized. And what are the pros and cons of further adapting the books?

We had already taken up the idea of ​​a Harry Potter series in an earlier podcast and exciting alternative series ideas (e.g. on the Marauders) who neither picked up the play nor aspired to a remake:

It cannot be ruled out that if the series is successful, other Harry Potter series will follow, telling new stories from the wizarding world on the Max streaming service. Conversely, the TV remake could also trigger new cinema films again.

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