Series, which should be produced and released within a period of ten years, promises a faithful adaptation of JK Rowling’s books
David Zaslav, president of Warner Bros. Discovery, revealed that he is excited about the new adaptation of Harry Potternow in the format of a series for the streaming platform Max, which arrives in Brazil from February 27th, and revealed that there is already a premiere date for the new feature.
“We’re not shy about being very excited about this series. The last film came out over a dozen years ago. I was in London a few weeks ago and spent some time talking to J.K. [Rowling] and your team. Both sides are excited to get this franchise back on track. Our conversations were great, and I couldn’t be more excited for what’s to come.”declared [via Variety].
“We look forward to sharing a decade of new stories with fans around the world on Max. Our intention is to launch in 2026“added Zaslavanticipating the expected premiere of the series.
Recently, the deadline revealed that Francesca Gardinerwinner of an Emmy for her work on Successionyou can command the new adaptation of Harry Potter. The screenwriter would be one of three professionals in negotiations for the job of showrunner for the production, which was announced in April 2023 and promises to faithfully adapt, over a period of ten years, the seven books released between 1997 and 2007.
Previously, the saga Harry Potter was adapted into eight films, released between 2001 and 2011. Years later, the franchise even received a sequel in the theater, Harry Potter and the Cursed Childand a prequel in theaters, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themplanned to be a pentalogy, but with only three films released to date.
Still without a release date scheduled, the new adaptation of Harry Potter will feature Rowling as executive producer, with the aim that the new film is as faithful as possible to the original material, despite the controversies in which the writer has been involved in recent years, such as her strong campaign against transgender people.
In October last year, inclusive, Rowling she even said that she would be happy to be arrested for transphobia: “I would happily accept serving two years if the alternative were [aceitar] the forced discourse and denial of the reality and importance of sex”wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “Go to court, I encourage it. It will be more fun than any red carpet I’ve been to.”still mocked Rowling.
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