What will the Harry Potter series be about?
HBO‘s upcoming series is described as a “faithful adaptation” of Rowling’s novels, so it stands to reason that the project will follow young wizard Harry Potter as he attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and repeatedly faces off against the villainous Lord Voldemort.
In June 2024, the network announced that Francesca Gardiner (His Dark Materials) would serve as writer, executive producer and showrunner of the HP series, while Mark Mylod (Succession, Game of Thrones) would direct multiple episodes and exec-produce.
Hard pass.
Have to wait and see what they come up with. Lots of rumors floating around
What have you heard?
Why? The movies are great. I have no desire to watch a different adaptation and no desire to give Rowling any more money.
Well, the movies left out A LOT.
A lot of unnecessary filler you mean.
Filler some of it sure, but as the books got longer and the characters got older. ALOT was left out, and some of it was pretty important to the larger journey they were on.
That’s how pop culture works now. They just keep draining the same IP for derivatives. Look at Marvel and Star Wars putting out series after series based on prequels and side characters. Harry Potter is just getting in on the action.
The movie are definitely not GREAT. You know I convinced my sister to read Harry Potter? By telling her it was so FUNNY. Because the books are hilarious. That rumor is almost completely gone in the movies and they replaced it with slapstick.
I am thrilled about this. JK Rowling is responsible for improving literacy in two generations or more.
It was always going to be this. Based on later books, I’m sure that the first 2-3 books had lots of cuts, ie stuff she cut out. They could be fleshed out with more stuff about how bad Harry’s home life was. Or about how much Hermione was struggling with loneliness prior to befriending Ron/Harry. Think 10-11 eps per season. 12+ or more in later books. Enough to get to 80-90 eps.
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Frankly, the later books were very disappointing when turned into films. Way too much time was spent of SFX moments, while valuable plot/storylines were ignored. I’d love a faithful adaptation of the books.
and that choir singing ‘Double double toil and trouble’ was a complete waste of time (and film).
She’s also responsible for creating transphobic pieces of garbage….
You are a man of plasteline, mate, and all she did was say some sane things that most humans think and feel, simply.
At one point most humans thought earth was the center of the universe but we learn and adapt and change.
Please do the same.
A faithful adaption would be amazing to see. Any involvement from JKR is definitively the best option for any Potter project. Hoping they will fix the many mistakes and omissions that plague the movies.
The books are a load of garbage. Pure drivel.
The only reason I am mildly interested is seeing a proper live action portrayal of Ginny Weasley. The movies did to her what the X-men movies did to Cyclops made a great character into a poor one.
I think all of the Weasley’s were treated pretty bad in the movies.
Give me a proper adaptation of MOLLY Weasley, who was very short changed.
Shelve this and release Coyote vs Acme instead
So David Zaslav and Warner Bros. Discovery are promoting Transphobia and Nazi War Crime Denialism by still being in business with her? Good to know….
No thanks. I don’t support transphobic sh**heads.
She’s a melodic voice of reason in a cacophony of enforced wok31sm.
She’s a hateful bully.
She had valid points that were not meant to be hateful but rather from a realistic centrist pov which most agree with, a minority of extremists took it as transphobic and their war against her has been the actual hateful and shameful behavior and the general public sees that, it has hurt the cause they fight for not helped.
Sounds interesting but I don’t have streaming.
JK Rowling’s views “in sex and gender” have NOT been widely condemnex, they have in fact been widely supported save a few loud, ignorant activist voices. She has been proven right time and time again and is one of the strongest voices for the rights of women and the protection of children.
She’s the Donald Trump of womens rights.
Right wing poster girl who spouts propaganda and lies.
The movies definitely left out a lot from the books. Will be interested if they will follow Hermione’s quest to free house elves from slavery. Stuff like that. Could be a very different feel compared to the movies, so that may make it a very interesting watch.
Rowling being involved is ONLY reason I’m interested..
There are two kinds of people: Those who judge shows on their merits, and idiots.
Hopefully in this adaptation Hermione Granger ends up with Harry in the end as JK as stated she should have done in the books countless times
lol she really would have a mutiny then
I won’t watch anything that has JK Rowling’s name attached to it. And once again, shame on TVLine for promoting it. Officlally done with this site.
Oh no, someone has a different opinion than you do. Better run to a safe space as quickly as you can, before your feelings get hurt.
Basing a decision on whether or not to watch just on JK Rowling’s name being attached is shortsighted. Rowling has to be listed as an exec producer because she owns the characters. Doesn’t mean she will have active involvement in the show’s production, and I doubt if she will be that involved. Yes, she might make a few bucks because she owns the ip but she’s already a billionaire so it won’t really matter that much. Judge this new work on its own merits and not on the fact that you hate the original author. Let’s give the new creative team a chance to present their own fresh take on the chaarcters and their world.
god, just let it die already
WB will screw this up. The studio is a hot mess thatnks to David Zaslavs bean counting idiocy.
Leave that lady alone. Everyone should be entitled to their own opinions. If you don’t like it then don’t watch it. But you know you will cuz its gonna be awesome. Love how the actors wanna have an opinion about her now. After she made them multi millionaires. If your that against it then give that money back or shut the **** up. Like it or not it’s still one of the best stories ever told.
The actors are adults now. They’re not allowed to have opinions? They owe her anything at this point? To hell with that.
The actors are absolutely allowed to have opinions just like JK. I’m glad that the actors have spoken up and stand for human rights.
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While you don’t have to agree with her idea’s or feelings about certain gender identities (I certainly do not), you cannot take away her talent as a writer. This new series sounds great, and with her calling most of the shots we know we will get her original idea’s about the characters and story lines. To have the original writer as Executive Producer should bring this series to new heights.
As much as I hate the idea. Daniel, Rupert and Emma were Harry, Ron and Hermoine and I am not sure you are going to get three youngsters who capture our attentions. But who knows, they might. But in terms of the material. Once the books got to #3 and more, more and more was left out because it did not fit the narrative or they did not have time to get into it. There is so much there that they can explore. Like Hermoine’s quest to help Dobby and the others, and bring characters that were forgotten more to the front. With more episodes than 2 plus hours for each book, they can get into more. But I have my doubts if the cast can capture the same ooph. But then who knows. But it’s good that they have moved it to HBO, so if you don’t have streaming, you can still watch it. If you have HBO, and people are more prone to have it than streaming.
JK Rowling is brilliant and her Harry Potter books are a huge cultural treasure. I can’t wait to see this next adaptation, especially if she will have a core role in its production.
Why can’t they come up with new type of tv shows. Why do they have do remake reboot older movies tv shows? Do people not have new ideas ?
I definitely won’t be watching. Can’t they leave things alone that aired years ago
This won’t be as good as the original Harry potter
If they do 10 seasons then each seasons can’t have just 8 to 10 episode. Each season should have at least 20 episodes
Fearing casting of any of the main characters, my little girl love Hermione and identity with her, she hated the new Little Mermaid because she kept saying that’s not Ariel, that’s not Ariel while watching and never completed that movie. I really hope they understand that many little girls identity with the current Hermione and that she doesn’t need to change, maybe add new characters instead for the reboot?