1 year ago
106
Yer a wizard, Harry – again. A TV bid based connected the beloved Harry Potter novels has officially been ordered astatine HBO Max, the streamer revealed connected April 12. After overmuch speculation and rumor, it was officially confirmed during a property lawsuit held by Warner Bros. Discovery, wherever it was confirmed that HBO Max and Discovery+ volition merge into a azygous streaming work called Max. With the caller name, comes a caller epoch for a communicative that galore person grown up with satellite wide.
Author J.K. Rowling conceived the communicative of a young lad (that being Harry Potter, of course) combating evil forces arsenic a pupil astatine Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry successful her 7 phantasy novels, opening with 1997’s Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone. The occurrence of the books led to Warner Bros’ blockbuster movie bid that spanned from 2001 to 2011 and starred Daniel Radcliffe arsenic Harry, alongside Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Jason Isaacs, Tom Felton, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, and more.
In the years that followed the last Harry Potter film, the Harry Potter universe expanded to see the Fantastic Beasts spin-off prequel films, a Tony Award-winning signifier play performed astir the globe, an Emmy-nominated quiz amusement hosted by histrion Helen Mirren, and the day special, Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return To Hogwarts, which reunited the aureate trio, arsenic good arsenic stars similar Gary Olman, Helena Bonham Carter, and Robbie Coltrane, successful his past quality earlier his death.
As J.K. Rowling continues to person backlash for anti-trans comments and the past Fantastic Beasts movie did truthful poorly astatine the container office, it seemed similar that the satellite of Potter mightiness beryllium taking an indefinite break. However, that couldn’t beryllium further from the truth. Here’s everything we cognize astir each the upcoming Harry Potter projects.
Harry Potter Live-Action Series On Max
Here’s the thing: Harry Potter fans person craved a instrumentality to the archetypal communicative they loved for years, ever since the past publication deed shelves and the last movie played successful theaters. The occupation is, what astir truly wanted was to research the satellite wrong the discourse of the Harry Potter communicative they already knew. We’re talking a Voldemort prequel bid that showed scenes discussed successful Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince, oregon adjacent better, a Marauders amusement astir the aboriginal years of Sirius, Lupin, James Potter and Snape. However, the task that Warner Bros. is putting unneurotic is conscionable going backmost to the archetypal text. Sigh.
The task is described arsenic a “faithful adaptation” of each of J.K. Rowling’s seven Harry Potter books, with plans for the amusement to span a decade. Whether that means they’re readying 10 seasons, which seems ambitious, oregon a 10-year lifespan, which wouldn’t marque consciousness since the books lone travel Harry for ages 11-17, remains unclear. Still, the powers that beryllium look beauteous jazzed astir it.
“Each play volition beryllium authentic to the archetypal books and bring Harry Potter and these unthinkable adventures to caller audiences astir the world, portion the original, classical and beloved films volition stay astatine the halfway of the franchise and disposable to ticker globally,” HBO Max’s announcement reads.
“We are delighted to springiness audiences the accidental to observe Hogwarts successful a full caller way,” added HBO caput Casey Bloys. “Harry Potter is a taste improvement and it is wide determination is specified an enduring emotion and thirst for the Wizarding World. In concern with Warner Bros. Television and J.K. Rowling, this caller Max Original bid volition dive heavy into each of the iconic books that fans person continued to bask for each of these years.”
Yes, you work that right:Rowling volition service arsenic an enforcement shaper connected the series, which volition apt beryllium problematic down the way. Meanwhile, David Heyman, erstwhile of the existent masterminds down producing each 8 of the Harry Potter films, is successful talks to exec-produce, arsenic well. We’ll spot however that goes.
In January 2021, quality broke that a Harry Potter live-action bid is successful aboriginal improvement astatine HBO Max. No writers oregon endowment had been confirmed astatine the clip to beryllium attached to the upcoming project, according to Hollywood Reporter. Reports besides noted that the franchise has “complicated rights issues,” owed to NBCUniversal’s seven-year rights woody with Warner Bros.
Two years later, the rumors proceed to swirl that a reboot of the archetypal books successful a TV format — truthful overmuch so, that archetypal movie stars similar Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint started to beryllium asked if they’d instrumentality to the franchise if it was rebooted.
“I deliberation it’s precise overmuch similar they’re going for a caller bid and determination would beryllium idiosyncratic other playing Harry,” Daniel told Access Hollywood aft the quality of the TV bid broke. “So I deliberation it would beryllium precise weird for maine to amusement up. I’m precise excited to spot what different radical bash with that. And I deliberation the thing, you know, the examination I’ve made is similar to a communicative similar ‘Sherlock Holmes.’ I deliberation the Potter bid of books was ever going to beryllium bigger than similar 1 mentation oregon 1 franchise. So it’ll beryllium chill to like, spot the, the torch get passed on,” helium added.
“I’d emotion to spot Harry Potter beryllium adapted into a TV show,” Rupert said to GQ Magazine UK . “I deliberation it would truly work. I’m definite the films volition get remade, anyway.” As for if he’d really prima successful the series, himself, that helium was little enthusiastic about. “I deliberation there’d beryllium a feeling of passing the baton,” helium added, “letting idiosyncratic other play Ron. It’s weird due to the fact that I’m protective implicit him, I could subordinate to him truthful much, and past I was picked to bring him to life. That’s hard to fto go. But it would beryllium bully to, arsenic well.”
While Rupert whitethorn beryllium connected the obstruction to play Ron again, Ralph Fiennes, who brought the evil Lord Voldemort to beingness successful the movies, admitted he’s 100% play the quality again if fixed the chance. “Sure, of course,” Ralph told Variety successful November 2022 erstwhile asked if helium wants to play Voldy again. “No question astir it.”
Will There Be A Fourth Fantastic Beasts Film?
The Fantastic Beasts film series, written and produced by Rowling, takes spot earlier the events of the main Harry Potter flicks. The archetypal film, Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, was released successful November 2016 and starred Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Ezra Miller, Johnny Depp, and more. It was followed by 2018’s Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.
The 3rd film, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, was released successful theaters connected April 15, 2022, amid the franchise being drowned successful controversy. Mads Mikkelsen stepped successful to replace Johnny arsenic Grindelwald aft his court battle with ex Amber Heard met its pique. This, paired with the aforementioned outrage implicit Rowling’s views connected the trans assemblage and prima Ezra Miller moving into their ain trouble made it astir intolerable for the formed to beforehand the film. Stars similar Jude Law were alternatively constricted to conscionable attending reddish carpet instrumentality events.
Fantastic Beasts (Photo: Everett Collection)
It was primitively the program for the Fantastic Beast movies to transportation connected for 5 films, culminating with the epic conflict betwixt Dumbledore and Grindelwald. However, fixed the mediocre show of The Secrets Of Dumbledore astatine the container office, arsenic of January 2023, nary connection connected different movie has travel through, not adjacent to the stars. “I mean, astatine the moment, there’s thing that I’m alert of,” Eddie Redmayne told NME successful an interrogation astir the adjacent movie. “So, arsenic I’m aware, it’s not thing that’s connected the cards.”
Harry Potter & The Cursed Child — A Movie?
The Harry Potter universe besides includes the 2016 British play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which follows Harry’s son, Albus Severus Potter, who is astir to be Hogwarts. The play premiered successful London successful July 2016 and past came to Broadway successful New York successful April 2018. It won six Tony Awards, including Best Play, successful 2018. There are present productions crossed the globe, including successful Australia.
So what astir a movie based connected the play? It seems to beryllium the astir logical continuation of the franchise connected surface and if the workplace wanted it, they’d person a manager ready, consenting and capable astatine the acceptable successful Chris Columbus, the manager of the archetypal 2 Harry Potter films. “I inactive fantasize astir directing Harry Potter and the Cursed Child with the archetypal cast,” Chris admitted successful our EXCLUSIVE interview. “ I deliberation it would be, from a nostalgic constituent of presumption and besides from a fans constituent of view, a thrill to spot our actors astatine their ages present playing these roles. There is conscionable thing touching astir that. It is benignant of similar what J.J.[Abrams] did with Star Wars and wherefore that was truthful wonderful.
Click to Subscribe to Get Our Free HollywoodLife Daily Newsletter to get the hottest celeb news.
English (US) ·