Harry Potter: Premiere, history and everything we know about the new adaptation

One of the most successful literary sagas in the world, Harry Potter was adapted, between 2001 and 2011, into eight films, which brought billions into the coffers of Warner Bros. Discovery, holder of the rights to adapt the work by J.K. Rowling.

Even with the success of the film franchise, the company announced, in April 2023, a new adaptation of the boy wizard’s story, now in the format of a series, with the promise that the new version will be as faithful as possible to the books than the films never were. Next, the Rolling Stone Brazil listed everything we already know about the new Harry Potter:

What is the story of the series?

Second Casey Bloyshead of content at HBO, the idea for the series Harry Potter is to take advantage of the opportunity to expand the format to faithfully adapt the seven books released by J.K. Rowling between 1997 and 2007.

To this end, Warner Bros. Discovery is committing to a ten-year plan, which aims to introduce new generations to the boy’s story HarryPotter who, at the age of 11, discovers he is a wizard and enters an enchanted world by becoming one of the students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

However, in his first year at school, the boy – who mysteriously defeated one of the greatest dark wizards when he was still just a baby – discovers that his new universe can be very dangerous, with evil forces acting in secret to conquer no one. only the wizarding world, but the human world too.

So far, there is no name chosen to lead the adaptation, but the deadline recently revealed that the screenwriters Francesca Gardiner (Succession, His Dark Materials), Tom Moran (The Devil’s Hour) It is Kathleen Jordan (bounty hunters) are in contention for the position.

Is JK Rowling involved?

With the intention of maintaining fidelity in the adaptation, the series of Harry Potter will feature JK Rowling as executive producer, 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.”.

When announcing the series, Casey Bloys ignored the accusations against Rowling: “This is a very online conversation, with a lot of nuances and complications, and it’s not something we’re going to address”he declared. “Our priority is what’s on the screen. Obviously, the story of ‘Harry Potter’ is an incredibly affirming and positive one, about love and self-acceptance. That’s our priority: what’s on the screen”.

Who will be in the cast?

For now, no names have been announced in the cast of the series. Harry Potterbut we know that the news should not count on the return of actors from the film franchise, even in different roles than they played before.

Including, Daniel Radcliffewho gave life to the protagonist in the eight films, has already made it clear that he has no interest in participating in the new adaptation: “My understanding is that they’re trying to start from scratch and I’m sure whoever’s doing it (…) probably doesn’t want to have to figure out how to get old Harry to do a cameo in this series.and,” he joked.

When does it debut?

Recently, David Zaslav, president of Warner Bros. Discovery revealed that it already has a premiere date for the series: “We look forward to sharing a decade of new stories with fans around the world on Max. Our intention is to launch in 2026“he declared.

“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.”he still said.

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