Selection of the new protagonists, who will play Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, began in September
The long-awaited series of Harry Potterwhich will readapt the books written by JK Rowlingshould be released a little later than expected. During an event held for executives, JB Perrettehead of streaming at Warner Bros. Discovery, revealed that the novelty, previously scheduled for 2026, should debut only in 2027.
“You will begin a 10-year journey into the Harry Potter series, which we are very excited about. And I would say it could be the biggest event yet when we get to that series.”stated [via Variety].
What we already know about the series Harry Potter?
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 JK 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.
Francesca Gardinerfrom Succession (2018-2023) and His Dark Materials (2019-202), will act as screenwriter and showrunner of novelty, while Mark Mylodwho also worked on Successionwill direct multiple episodes of Harry Potterin addition to producing the series.
Is JK Rowling involved?
With the intention of maintaining fidelity in the adaptation, the series 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.
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.
In September, HBO announced a selection process to choose new performers for Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Grangeramong children aged 9 and 11. However, so far, there has been no update on who the protagonists of the new feature will be.
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