The films are cinematic treasures. I pray this series doesn’t tarnish the magic, but can reinvigorate it.
@richardjohnson95437 ай бұрын
If they do this, the first 4 or 5 seasons must arrive annually. The children will be growing too fast for the 18-24 month delays typical of most prestige streaming shows these days
@joshhunt41467 ай бұрын
I believe that will be the case - they want to spread it over 10 years like the films were so means some seasons will have to be annually - it will be the later seasons when they probs need more time on them
@katholmes71127 ай бұрын
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint have already said for one reason or another that they refuse to participate. Tom Felton would be happy to, but you are not gonna get the three original golden trio members to participate. Daniel has spent a lot of time disassociating himself from Harry Potter, Emma doesn't like Rowling's politics and Rupert refuses to do it without the other two.
@JU-gh8eb7 ай бұрын
It’s going to be a remake why would any of the original actors be brought back lol
@anniepsh93637 ай бұрын
Most people are talking about casting for the trio, but I think the most difficult role to cast is that of Snape. Alan Rickman was sublime in that role. I just can’t imagine a better performance for that role
@thepolymathacademy48916 ай бұрын
Lee Pace could be a good snape! He has the eyebrows & the nose
@forcesensitive63717 ай бұрын
It's one of those things where you ask why? But also at the same time, you think....yeah I get it. I hope the kid that plays Harry has got tough skin and a good family behind him. And yes, the audience is definitely there. It better be good.
@wkadalie7 ай бұрын
I think there is so much potential for spinoffs. So it would be great to do the original again.... maybe have a spinoff of aurors hunting death eaters. Or the other schools. Or even do a spinoff of Harry's parents.
@salexa1717 ай бұрын
I think folk need to realise that this isn’t just for THEM. Yes we’re fans of the books/movies and it’s something special from our youth…..but the youth today never got to live that and now they can. Casting will need to be nailed though, get the cast right and they’re golden.
@retloclive91187 ай бұрын
One of the weirdest things about the 1st book/movie is that Harry doesn't cast a single spell from his wand. It'll be interesting to see how they handle Harry using magic in Season 1.
@mothealien7 ай бұрын
My kids do not know Harry Potter so it would be nice to get them into it.
@filmologia41927 ай бұрын
Imagine how much money a sequel with the original cast would make…
@michaeljohnson88687 ай бұрын
Well it makes sense for Harry Potter to be expanded into 7 seasons considering there's 7 books. It's not like they don't have a plan. The source material is all right there. All that matters is execution.
@MatiZ8157 ай бұрын
Comparison to Dark Universe makes no sense. Everybody knows how many books there are, it's no secret that 7 seasons is the goal.
@filmologia41927 ай бұрын
Gonna be honest, would rather see a sequel with the original cast. Yeah I know there’s the cursed child (don’t know much about it tbh) but man it was such a great cast!
@DarMar1067 ай бұрын
For what it’s worth Cursed Child would make a terrible movie. And even then the focus is more on Harry son, the story doesn’t shine a great light on the main three
@sadenb7 ай бұрын
The issue is wouldn't the kids really grow up quickly ? They must shoot the first 2 seasons at a stretch otherwise the kids are going to grow up very quick. The first two HP movies released in consecutive years.
@DaveMaguire7 ай бұрын
I think the idea of one book per season is really cool. Now I love the Harry Potter movies, but they did cut a lot of worldbuilding and characters from the books. As long as the Fantastic Beasts crew and WB don't mettle with the writing and directing, I'm willing to give the show a chance.
@nairrdlairrd7 ай бұрын
I’m actually really optimistic about this show (although I secretly hope it gets delayed to 2027 so it falls on the 30th anniversary of the first book)
@bmbxiii20457 ай бұрын
Yes there’s an audience! Im dying for it
@nikunjdixit11757 ай бұрын
I still feel this is very misguided from WB and HBO. Unlike say, the two Percy Jackson movies, which are widely reviled by the fans and by the author itself, the Harry Potter movies are pretty evergreen, with heavy involvement from JK, still feel fairly new, and they play on tv and on streaming constantly. On top of that, the imagery of the movies is all over the merchandizing and in the theme parks. It makes it very hard for a new version to work because the comparisons will be constant and it will always be in the shadow of the movie series. I can imagine it will be very difficult for the three kids who play the main roles, or even some of the adults. Imagine having to be the next Snape after Alan Rickman or next Hagrid after Robbie Coltrane. Its also a series where the effects have aged pretty well, outside of maybe the first movie. The production value will be another thing that is tough to live up to. I honestly think they had the right idea with Fantastic Beasts, just poor execution. The first Fantastic Beasts made a ton of money, and the second one did pretty well too, despite poor reviews. It was the dropoff in quality that caused that series to suffer. I think a series set in a new era of Hogwarts, away from Harry, Ron, and Hermione, would have been better for the long term health of the franchise. And honestly, there is so much stuff they could do. There is the founders era, the Marauders era, battle against Grindelwald etc...
@ArgentiumTea7 ай бұрын
Justice for Half blood prince!
@UchihaDZoro-se9pc7 ай бұрын
Is there an audience for a HP series? Fvckin yes! Watch the Potterheads make this the next big series
@edmundandlucy7 ай бұрын
Personally, i grew up in the Harry Potter generation, i grew up with the books, i grew up with the films and the actors themselves. Yes i'm excited to see more of the book on screen, but i will always choose the films. The tv series isnt going to have a better cast then the films had, and pure nostalgia for me is the films with me growing up with them
@similarrose58117 ай бұрын
Harry Potter still sells millions of books a year
@amandam4807 ай бұрын
It will do well. Hope the actors cope well with the hype once it comes out. The 7 years won't be an issue since there'll choose young actors who will grow with the role.
@jonestes7 ай бұрын
I wish they would just tell an original story in hogwarts like legacy does instead of rehashing the same story again.
@Grekus123877 ай бұрын
anyone who thinks this won't be successful is delusional. this show is going to be a Titan
@CMontgomeryBurns097 ай бұрын
I'm fine with this. I always thought novels were better translated to filmmaking via long-format television series rather than 2-3 hour movies.
@hangryn3rd7 ай бұрын
It should be 10 seasons. The last three books are long and have a lot of material in them to fit in a single 8-10 episode season. Or they should do expanded seasons of 16-20 episodes split in 2 parts.
@gamer_jay69877 ай бұрын
I mean I will be there watching it even though we don't really have access to Max in the UK but I will be watching when I can, and I was born in 2000 after the 1st movie came out but am a big fan of all the books and movies with Order of the Phoenix being my all time fav and my nephews are big fans of the movies.
@damiandekker4747 ай бұрын
So down for this. Love the books, and even though i think the movies nailed the art design and score, etc, i had a lot of issues with the direction and story choices
@j.61337 ай бұрын
same!
@LeonardoMenezes037 ай бұрын
I don't know, I feel like previous audiences watched something wanting to like it and nowadays audiences watch it looking for something to hate.
@JazerMedia7 ай бұрын
The other huge problem with a story spanning 7 seasons such as this one is the commitment from the actors to stay on board. Isn't anyone else also worried that if it takes them 2 years to produce each season, the child actors will practically be adults by their 3rd or 4th year at Hogwarts?
@MatiZ8157 ай бұрын
It's not gonna be 2 years between the seasons. They said they wanna do the whole thing within 10 years.
@MichaelCasey19887 ай бұрын
This feels to soon. I know the last movies were over a decade ago and the first came out over 20 years ago but it still feels way too soon to remake this. It’s like them trying to remake lord of the rings
@OrangeHand7 ай бұрын
What concerns me is that this might be too visually similar to the movies. A different visual aesthetic could be interesting, but I don't want to see the exact same Hogwarts just with different actors.
@Bakert1127 ай бұрын
Can’t wait for the harry potter remake of the remake in 2049
@Durag__bandit987 ай бұрын
I NEED a book accurate series
@josephippolito14027 ай бұрын
Hopefully it's better than Rings of Power
@lincoln23247 ай бұрын
This is a very tricky topic. I believe THERE IS a solid audience that can be interested in HP show, but also many people under 25 doesn't know about the story or simply don't care in finding out, although some are people do care I'd dare to say it's minority. Unfortunately in a world where Facebook or IG are so common, once the casting is announced there's gonna be immediate comparisons with the original actor or actress especially with the original trio and I don't think a studio and streaming service should put kids under a pressure like that because IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PRESSURE. And also there's the almost inevitable inclusion of LGTB characters. Nothing against that but the books were published in the 90s, and even knowing that Dumbledore turned out to be gay, as far as I know there's no non-binary, transgender, gener-fluid or whatever kinda character in the wizarding world, and writers could be under the pressure of marking an inclusion of this kind and IF they do, I don't think it would be the right thing to do. To sum up, I REALLY BELIEVE IT'S TOO SOON BECAUSE THESE MOVIES ARE STILL VERY PRESENT JUST LIKE THE ORIGINAL TRIO OF ACTORS
@The_Red_Brain7 ай бұрын
If this is an animated show, this will be great! If it is live action, I hope that Warner Brothers pays for all of the therapy for the cast.
@hemangkorane17977 ай бұрын
Out of all the 7 books, it's only after book 3 there's material enough to stretch a full season. The first 2 books are hardly 400 pages but they will be the first to come with them being just a stretch out of movies with deleted scenes included. That's why I'm not in favour of this series and nostalgia with the movies, no gonna lie.
@inghell7 ай бұрын
I'm definitely interested in this idea but I reckon they should reveal immediately the big twist endings so we can get more an insight into Dumbledore and Snape's backstory early on. I just think it would be weird for them to hold that big secret about the unintended horcrux for almost 7 seasons when most of the people watching the show will already know. Hopefully they do change that aspect up because then I reckon it could be a really interesting show, different to the movie experience.
@JustAmoon__7 ай бұрын
I think Warner Bros is just desperate to earn their money back after the box office bomb of Fantastic Beasts. It makes me think that quality isn’t gonna be a priority with this series. I think what they need to do is what Star Wars did and expand the universe, but do it properly.
@returntoearth25567 ай бұрын
I'm nervous about having a whole new cast of actors to get to know and see how they compare to all of our beloved actors from the films. But overall, I'm very much looking forward to this series!
@morrisetteironic7 ай бұрын
They did something great with Harry Potter in the 2000s. That's it. They should leave this franchise alone. Fans will never be over the pottermania from that era. They tried ressuructing the franchise with fantastic beasts, But failed. They should wait for another 30 something years before they reboot it.
@tayzk59297 ай бұрын
The fans have kids now, so the show is as much if not more for new fans as much as the old..
@erikloroff1327 ай бұрын
So will each season be a year apart so the actors can be the same age as the characters each year?
@Dr.MonicaNaik7 ай бұрын
I love books 📚 & like Movies 🎥 too . Am i still excited for series!? Heck Yeahhhhh ..... ! Because they are many of my fav ❤ character Ron Weasley Ginny Weasley Tonks Dobby Bill & Charlie ( list is really long guys ) etc ... which were either butchered or completely left out from movies . I want those characters shine and receive Love they deserve !!!
@josermaiz7 ай бұрын
I like the fantastic beast films but if we going to get Harry Potter tv show it should be of the founders of the schools and the first students
@jesseargueta16127 ай бұрын
The fact that the og Potter is still going so strong is exactly the reason why I'm against starting it over.
@alexvaillustrations86897 ай бұрын
Im 50/50 on this personally like while yes i get it a show would be grate expand on everything thing they left out of the movies. but at the same time the movies are very iconic and they could just do what star wars is doing make mini shows or just more movies to fill in the gaps like what they were doing with fantastic beasts
@wkadalie7 ай бұрын
If the show is successful they can still do that.... I think most of the original kids won't come back. Since they've all turned on JK Rowling. It might be better to spin off from a show.
@francescomercanti75007 ай бұрын
@@wkadalie I don't think they don't want to come back because of her. My guess is that they are tired of the roles(Emma Watson is actually tired of acting in any role or movie)
@wkadalie7 ай бұрын
@@francescomercanti7500I don't know.....about that. Daniel and Emma have been pretty much against her positions. They even did a Harry Potter special and didn't have JK the actual creator there. I think the activists are so unhinged.... that if Daniel and Emma were even in the same room as JK. They would get attacked for being cordial.
@fearlesshawk927 ай бұрын
Didn't get into it until college. Took a bit to get hooked but I really enjoy this property. If anyone can do this right it's HBO and the team they're getting looks like it's set to recreate what they did in the past. I'm super excited for it. Involving the former cast in some level is a cool idea, I hope they are willing to take the new actors under their wing. Lot of pressure for a young kid.
@JezzaBondiBeach7 ай бұрын
Can’t wait to watch these movies with the next generation of kids. I’ll def be watching it with my nephews and nieces ❤
@JU-gh8eb7 ай бұрын
If the series is good it will definitely be a hit! I’m surprised how much your underestimating the popularity of Harry Potter John lol
@francescomercanti75007 ай бұрын
Probably more popular than Star Wars and Lord of the Rings worldwide. I'm not joking
@alexwilliams76407 ай бұрын
Dewey animated Harry Potter TV show that would be perfect as there was one in work but yet it got canceled
@ThunderForce20007 ай бұрын
I think the movies raised the bar too high. Plus I think it’s too soon for a reboot.
@derheadbanger90397 ай бұрын
I hope we don't get another Rings of Power situation...
@CoffeeStainer7 ай бұрын
Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson better not be involved in the reboot in any capacity. After they’ve bitten the hand that created them with those silly comments against JKR. Some people don’t know when to STFU.
@Ocelot20007 ай бұрын
Oh whatever 😂 they’re allowed to have opinions just like you or I do. Plus I’m not sure some of them will want to 🤷🏽♂️ And it wasn’t JK who cast them, it was the casting director on the project.
@ratshave47487 ай бұрын
@@Ocelot2000 you're allowed to have opinions as long as certain people agree with it
@inghell7 ай бұрын
How the hell would you even get them in? Are you expecting Radcliffe and Watson to pretend to be 11 year olds or something? Also you might not agree with them but they're entitled to their opinion.
@toonsoffun57337 ай бұрын
Well combining book 1 & 2 into one season is just stupid. So announcing the goal of launching 7 seasons makes sense. Then they can cancel it if no one is interested.
@reyneskipper7 ай бұрын
still cant believe rings of power got a second season gezzzzzzzz!!!!
@joshhunt41467 ай бұрын
Ngl I had this idea in 98 - I always felt the books leant itself to tv more than it did movies but at that time no one was making tv shows like it
@zackwalker17217 ай бұрын
Feels like they learned the wrong lesson from the failure of the fantastic beasts movies. Those didn't ultimately fail because they weren't more of the same. They ultimately failed cause they weren't good enough movies, or at least that's the common consensus.
@sleepisbutadream7 ай бұрын
Who the hell is Rupert Gint? 🤭😂🤷🏻♂️😅
@wanderer82437 ай бұрын
I think this decade will be for mediaeval period and fantasy movies. Last decade is for superhero movies.
@colormefrankenteddy7 ай бұрын
Wasn't Dracula Untold the 1st?
@stephennootens9167 ай бұрын
I believe they said so after the fact or something like that.
@OhGeeGanksta7 ай бұрын
For 7 seasons, the actors are going to be hella paid assuming it lasts that long.
@Krysten_now7 ай бұрын
Harry Potter just needs to be done
@Dude-89897 ай бұрын
Can’t wait
@m.c42107 ай бұрын
Really?
@Dude-89897 ай бұрын
Yep I like Harry Potter and HBO makes good shows 🤷♂️
@m.c42107 ай бұрын
@@Dude-8989 I like Harry Potter. Not everything has to be resurrected, it’s okay to have something that ends. Endings to people. Endings to beloved films that cement a time in your life. Why look to reanimate these perfectly good movies for a hit of nostalgia. It’s sad.
@Dude-89897 ай бұрын
I dunno I just know I’ll end up watching it so might as well not be to mad about is all.
@m.c42107 ай бұрын
@@Dude-8989 idk how much longer ppl can support this culture where we can’t let anything go. It’s bad for the industry it suppresses new ideas and voices.
@waxcpc7 ай бұрын
No one is excited for the series? Rofl y'all crazy.
@edwardabreu58517 ай бұрын
Why making again is gonna be the same thing what we saw in the movies
@josephnjuguna19867 ай бұрын
Agree @@happytomakeyousick4172
@tnays177 ай бұрын
No one will ever come close to Daniel Radcliffe’s portrayal whoever they cast is going to be compared for the next 10 years of their life so good luck.
@blake83577 ай бұрын
Yeah exactly
@MariaBulat-wz2sl7 ай бұрын
@tnays17 everything is transient. Nothing lasts forever At some point (hundreds of years from now) no one will know by Daniel that Harry Potter
@hestergnu66277 ай бұрын
I hope that all the characters will be British, as opposed to Americans affecting a British accent
@metallicnole45147 ай бұрын
I never really got into the movies, even though I binged them all on hbo max a few years ago. But a series to really flesh out the world and characters could work. I really liked what they did with percy jackson on disney plus.
@josephippolito14027 ай бұрын
But really, It doesn’t need to happen
@Ridearmy97 ай бұрын
Its not a great move. I would much rather have a founders, marauder, or quidditch series. The Harry Potter movies were perfection and still hold up today.
@Droxal7 ай бұрын
This is going to be a huge hit.
@erikaragon50547 ай бұрын
What controversy does Harry Potter have?
@Sehlat7 ай бұрын
@@Mickey-1994But many on the right like it too much, although I don't think she actually is anti-trans like some people claim.
@Sehlat7 ай бұрын
@@MarkEvans-xw5ixI think it's even more complicated, or maybe more simple, than that. Primarily, she doesn't want men to be able to get access to women's toilets by pretending they are trans-women, if I understand that correctly. Apparently she has some trauma in that regard because she was abused.
@Sehlat7 ай бұрын
@@Mickey-1994And how do you determine the truth? The left lies sometimes, the right hardly does anything besides lie.
@UchihaDZoro-se9pc7 ай бұрын
The only way HBO can mess this up is to race and gender swap the characters.
@24Kurenai7 ай бұрын
I knew someone bring it up 🙄, you have nothing to worry about Zadlav doesn't care about minorities
@24Kurenai7 ай бұрын
I knew someone would bring this up, you don't have to worry Zaslav doesn't care about minorities.
@laurijaakkola37627 ай бұрын
Hated the movies, couldn’t watch past the third one but this is something that could help me in to the world if done right.
@plantgayforlife7 ай бұрын
screw you the films are amazing
@velvetstarlings7 ай бұрын
The first 3 are like completely different movies from the last 5
@zackwalker17217 ай бұрын
I was more hung up on the flaws of the movies as they were coming out. I had issues having to do with them not being faithful adaptations in this or that way. You know what though? I've had 10-20 years to get over that sort of thing, and now that I have I can just accept the movies as worthwhile for what they are. Give them another look perhaps.
@AliFrankTheTank7 ай бұрын
Franchise hype is no longer
@plisskenetic7 ай бұрын
I'll call it here and say only one of the 3 leads will be white and the school + villains will have LGBQT characters
@Ocelot20007 ай бұрын
And? Anything that will be put it has to be approved by Rowling. Who cares?!?! As long as the story is done well and the script and effects are great? When did everyone become a Nazi?!?!
@starwing28147 ай бұрын
Not a fan of a TV series idea of Harry Potter.
@tayzk59297 ай бұрын
Why
@admiralaokiji78897 ай бұрын
@@tayzk5929 make something original. we already have a great harry potter movie franchise. what is the chances of this being BETTER than that? almost 0% so what is the point? Even if it is somehow better we already been through the entire rollercoaster so it's not gonna hit the same way emotionally. They could be allocating all these resources to making something new which can inspire us all once again.
@tayzk59297 ай бұрын
@@admiralaokiji7889 Well a series of movies and a tv series is pretty different. There's a lot the movies couldn't portray that a tv series can, and J.K Rowling is involved. I see it as fleshing out the original work. And nothing is truly original anyway, everything is a combination of preexisting things in new ways. But if you feel you're done with the HP universe and happy with it as is that's entirely valid too.
@Jones-ke6bt7 ай бұрын
Its going to bomb. No shot it finishes or gets close to 7 seasons. The harry potter movies are minor miracles.
@MatiZ8157 ай бұрын
Why? Interest in this world is still sky high. If the show is good it will be a huge success just like Hogwart's Legacy.
@worlddd77777 ай бұрын
If they do it right, it will be absolutely huge
@mikkael92687 ай бұрын
This series is such a bad idea
@juanthompson80167 ай бұрын
Don't watch 😂
@jeebs6217 ай бұрын
I have 0 interest or excitement for this series, just build off the original films
@JosephLovesMovies7 ай бұрын
@@happytomakeyousick4172Soccer’s Stone is a truly a Gem of a movie, and Prisoner of Azkaban is one of the greatest fantasy films by one of the greatest directors in recent years. I have no idea what movies you saw but a lot those Harry Potter films were really good.
@tronam7 ай бұрын
Have you read the books?
@joshhunt41467 ай бұрын
They tried that - it didn’t work
@DarMar1067 ай бұрын
Assuming the show is a success I won’t if that means all the original actors would be phased out of the Universal
@gregenglehart67957 ай бұрын
Harry will be a black lesbian woman,Hermione will be trans etc,No Thanks!
@TwinRiver1007 ай бұрын
🤷♂
@Alton77717 ай бұрын
My problem is the budget the final budget need to about 200 million if the final budget more then 300 million including ad then it is a bad idea,.
@raddestnerd7 ай бұрын
I’m trans. JK Rowling is an old crone. But i effing LOVE Harry Potter. I too have an annual pass to Universal heh heh 🏳️⚧️
@Krysten_now7 ай бұрын
I am too. I just can't support it. You do you though.
@kevinrios62937 ай бұрын
I hope this tv series flops there's no need to reboot Harry Potter when it's not even that old
@Dr.MonicaNaik7 ай бұрын
U don't like it , it's okay. Don't watch it, It's ur opinion . But it's kinda rude hoping it to be flop even before shooting started.
@isaganipalanca88037 ай бұрын
Ho-Hum.
@YourArkaprovo7 ай бұрын
Please make it Animated, it has less risks of being perfect Casting for Live Action.
@joshhunt41467 ай бұрын
But won’t get as big of an audience
@mattyg9067 ай бұрын
not interested, the books being a little different makes the books worth reading
@zagariasbooysen74017 ай бұрын
John, don't be stupid! You know there are 7 Harry Potter books. So stop being Stupid!!
@zagariasbooysen74017 ай бұрын
@@kendallandrews8691 why, his wife knows there are 7 HP books. So why would he not know this? If this is his work then he has to do some homework..how else is he gonna get learn about these things? I like John aswell but sometimes he can really say stupid things aswell. That does not make any sence at all.
@kendallandrews86917 ай бұрын
@@zagariasbooysen7401 yeah you are right
@zagariasbooysen74017 ай бұрын
@@kendallandrews8691 did you ever watch the hulk of 2008? Ever seen John in it? I found him in the movie!
@pablogamberomasson-qg2px7 ай бұрын
Firstt
@OnMyFingerTips7 ай бұрын
Out of Harry, Ron and Hermione, who will be race-swapped? I wonder...
@Durag__bandit987 ай бұрын
Here yall go…
@jacobwest77 ай бұрын
No one but she'll be the maint character lol
@MrRobertGillan7 ай бұрын
Oh shut up already
@TheYates1007 ай бұрын
@jloiben12 white privileged so yes it is 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
@ChristianJDY7 ай бұрын
I hope not. They said it will be very close to the book.