We’ve been talking about it since 2021, but now the possibility of seeing the world’s most famous wizard on the small screen is becoming more and more concrete. Warner Brothers’ Hbo is “close to signing a deal to make a new TV series based on Harry Potter”. This was revealed by Bloomberg journalist Rob Golum, citing a source well-informed on the matter.
According to Bloomberg’s indiscretion, there will be seven seasons, one for each volume of the literary masterpiece JK Rowling which chronicles the wizard’s adventures from age 11 to adulthood. Also, it won’t be a prequel or sequel, as many fans had assumed given the success of the Fantastic Beasts trilogy, but a real reboot. The same author holding all rights would also be involved with the production team while not working, reading the article but not directing production.
In fact, there was already a lot of talk about a possible TV series in 2021: an article in Variety had revealed contacts between the two Warner Bros and possible authors of the series. The news was then somewhat smaller (but not among the most active and attentive fans, and not even within the company) until Bloomberg’s indiscretion. However, the agreement would not have been signed yet, but the boss of HBO would work to convince the author that in these years, more than 20 since the release of the first film, they would give their “blessings” to both one and the other has given amusement park as a stage adaptation.
The strategy for Warner Bros. and Hbo could prove successful, at least from a viewer perspective. Since the publication of the first book in 1997Indeed, Harry Potter and its derivatives enjoyed exponential success, up to the long-awaited one Hogwarts legacy, role-playing video game set in a magical world, developed by Avalanche Software and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The video game, distributed for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, was released in February and exploded among fans. But it’s also true that many on social media have done so criticized the hypothesis of a series, between those who still haven’t forgiven JK Rowling for what are considered “anti-trans comments” and the many fans who simply consider the books and subsequent film adaptations to be already complete and “perfect” worlds. Also because many emphasize that the actors will certainly change compared to the films and therefore it will not be easy to make the audience fall in love with a Harry, a Ron and a Hermione that are not Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint And Emma watson.
What is certain is that the basis of each season on a single book, from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, is a detailed script. And that’s exactly what many fans of the novels hope for, disappointed by the film’s lack of detail. Sure, even the most skeptical of fans will eventually end up in front of the TV, but will the success match that of movies and novels?