tv show Harry Potter reboot in the works at HBO

[Venice B]

The more I think about this the more I hate it. Like... what are they going to do? Copy Cuaron's aesthetic? Imagine them recreating iconic scenes like the first Buckbeak's flight. And what about the score? There's no way in hell they will be able to top the iconic songs like Lily's Theme, Edwige's Theme and A Window to the Past.

 

No. PANNED ALREADY! Delete this

 

[KnightOfAllRealms]

Excited for Tom Holland and Zendaya as Harry and Hermione 

[Gamechanger]

Marauders, Hogwarts founders, Tom Riddle story? No thanks amigo lets rehash the same story for 7 seasons.

[GreatestLoveofAll]

I thought they had already had this on board tbh. excited tbh- i'd actually get HBO just to watch. 

[GreatestLoveofAll]

On 4/4/2023 at 1:56 PM, Raptus said:

So who is Pedro Pascal gonna play? Sirius Black or Remus Lupin?

remus ofc he gives the ragged (hot) vibes

[GreatestLoveofAll]

On 4/3/2023 at 9:57 PM, fridayteenage said:

 

Snape: 31 vs. 54 (2 decades)

James: 21 vs. 42 (2 decades)

Lily: 21 vs. 33 (1 decade)

Lockhart: 28 vs. 40 (1 decade)

Pettigrew: 31 vs. 43 (1 decade)

Sirius: 31 vs. 42 (1 decade)

Hagrid: 62 vs. 50 (1 decade)

Voldemort: 64 vs. 41 (2 decades)

 

some minor ones

Myrtle: 14 vs. 37 (2 decades)

Tom Riddle: 16 vs. 23

 

If you think "blah blah who cares about the adults," the books emphasized many times how because of the war vs. Voldemort, people were getting married super young and having babies because they could die at anytime, so people like the Potters joined the Order right out of high school. And it made them dying so young that much more tragic. James being middle aged in the movie cuts that right out.

 

This is not what college aged actors look like.

 

 

THIS is:

oh i totally agree. they really didnt care about the adult casting as much which sucks. Alan rickamn's snape might be iconic, but when i first read the books and saw the first movie i had no idea why he looked like some's grandpa and not 31  even if he was thin and greasy. i can sort of get sirius looking older but even that...

[Starshine]

inch resting! who will play queen hermione

 

[Scarlett Witch]

I remember wanting this soooo much as a kid, and oddly enough, I wanted it on HBO. This was back in like 2005 or something  because they had some type of magical show at the time featuring a bunch of kids (can't remember the name now), and I thought WAIT a Harry Potter show for a season per book would be so cool! Told my sister about the idea and everything. 

 

Damn. Now I'm mad I didn't sell this idea at the time lol but tbh, yeah. After we know what we know now about JK, HP intellectual properties brought to the screen, and how HBO does adaptations (think GoT and HoD)... yeah idk. It might be better if we just didn't touch this anymore and let Hogwarts Legacy just have its sequels and let that be that. 

[#Beautiful]

another L for hbo

[Jessie]

On 4/4/2023 at 2:11 AM, Venice B said:

I think it's too soon, and this is coming from someone who loves Harry Potter.

 

They should do it only after that old hag dies. Or wait at least 20 years or so. Last year marked the 10th year anniversary of the last movie, and all of the movies still look fresh to this day. Not only that, but I think most people are still attatched to the original cast, and comparisons will be made for sure and I highly doubt they can find better people (not only the trio, but all of the cast as a whole).

 

A tv show would be a dream but not right now. Not when the author's reputation is tarnished and of course that will reflect on this show. But Harry Potter is a cash cow and they're obviously desperate for money so... charts before the arts! 

All this.

 

It was clear legacy sequels were a no go with key older cast members no longer with us, The Cursed Child being a terrible story to adapt outside the West End and the OG trio having moved on from the circus, with no desire to work with a certain someone. So a reboot allows them to avoid those headaches well mining the core books all over again.

 

We can 'thank' David Zaslav's desperate push to announce continuations for key franchises to keep shareholders happy after a disastrous start and the Wizarding World film expansion bombing (again thanks to a certain someone being given too much creative control with the scripts -- no wonder they want to be clear they will not be the showrunner). Plus this will help power charge HBO Max to turn a profit so win-win.

 

I imagine if it's a big enough hit there will be pressure to include theatrical releases as well down the line. 

[ICLDXU4HS]

If it were to be a classic 2D Disney-style animated series.

Edited April 6, 2023 by ICLDXU4HS

[Robert]

This could be interesting as they could include stuff the movies missed out and also add some much needed diversity (I hope for trans rep like Harry Potter and the Cursed Child).

 

On the other hand, it feels like HBO seems to be relying on spin-offs and reboots. I could think of some other new great YA series they could adapt instead.

[Bloo]

We're never escaping this reboot/remake hellscape, huh?

[Bloo]

On 4/3/2023 at 10:15 PM, Isaiah said:

imo this isn’t really the same. It’s pretty universally agreed upon that THG series is arguably the best novel-to-film adaptations ever, and the books themselves are only about ~350 or so pages so squeezing them into 2 and a half hours was hardly an issue, barring minor details.

There are... a LOT of major details actually left out of the Hunger Games films. Mockingjay cut out a lot of content to make it fit into 2 movies and fans of the books generally felt disappointed with the movies or they were serviceable at best (where I fall). Further, the Mockingjay movies are not that fondly remembered. Most people think of them as boring. 

 

The only truly good movie adaptation for THG was Catching Fire because it's the easiest story to tell on film.

[Isaiah]

6 minutes ago, Bloo said:

There are... a LOT of major details actually left out of the Hunger Games films. Mockingjay cut out a lot of content to make it fit into 2 movies and fans of the books generally felt disappointed with the movies or they were serviceable at best (where I fall). Further, the Mockingjay movies are not that fondly remembered. Most people think of them as boring. 

 

The only truly good movie adaptation for THG was Catching Fire because it's the easiest story to tell on film.

Of course some stuff got left out, thats just inevitable for any adaptation. My larger point was more-so that THG, even if they weren't perfect, still have movies that are fine and generally accepted by fans, and were able to include a lot more than most other adaptations. Yes, several important things are excluded from the films, but the amount of stuff that got cut is far less than a series like Harry Potter, since no matter how you spin it it will always be easier to put a 350 page book onto the big screen compared an 850 page one. In the potter-verse, there are a plethora of characters and arcs that get completely glossed over, meanwhile the hunger games generally taps on nearly every thing it needs to. The things that got left out such as Madge, haymitch/maysilee's games, Peeta's leg, etc. tended to be more petty details, or were done to keep the series PG-13 (like excluding the disturbing mutts that are the dead tributes), compared to HP having to exclude entire subplots altogether.

 

A lot of people indeed don't view the mockingjay movies that fondly, but the same can be said for the book, since the lack of a "hunger games" in the story turns off "casuals" who weren't here for the revolution/war story to begin with, and just liked the premise of the games themselves. 

[fridayteenage]

Mockingjay is boring cuz Katniss spends a lot of time doing nothing 

[EnoughSaid]

I love the Harry Potter books and films. I would watch a series 100% if it were well done but I have a feeling the casting and script will be laughable. 
 

But seriously they should get it right cause a series can get to a lot of things that couldn’t fit into the films

[pinkbowvintage]

god just let it die already

[Da Vinci]

I can already see the grey and dark brown lifeless and dreary filters, poorly lit scenes that are hard to see, snarky and condescending dialogue and "quips", depressing tone, more violence, etc. like almost everything else in modern movies and shows and games of today

[fridayteenage]

30 minutes ago, Da Vinci said:

I can already see the grey and dark brown lifeless and dreary filters, poorly lit scenes that are hard to see, snarky and condescending dialogue and "quips", depressing tone, more violence, etc. like almost everything else in modern movies and shows and games of today

poor last of us and house of dragon

[meangreen11]

On 4/6/2023 at 1:57 PM, Isaiah said:

Yes, several important things are excluded from the films, but the amount of stuff that got cut is far less than a series like Harry Potter, since no matter how you spin it it will always be easier to put a 350 page book onto the big screen compared an 850 page one. In the potter-verse, there are a plethora of characters and arcs that get completely glossed over, meanwhile the hunger games generally taps on nearly every thing it needs to.

This still concerns me with the idea of 7 seasons adapting the books. Seasons 1 and 2 will possibly need to stretch for content for 8-10 episodes while the last few books will still likely have to leave some content out to fit in the season. We’ll get a more complete story but I still worry about Deathly Hallows being rushed. 

Edited April 7, 2023 by meangreen11
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[TeeJay]

1 hour ago, meangreen11 said:

This still concerns me with the idea of 7 seasons adapting the books. Seasons 1 and 2 will possibly need to stretch for content for 8-10 episodes while the last few books will still likely have to leave some content out to fit in the season. We’ll get a more complete story but I still worry about Deathly Hallows being rushed. 

This is exactly why it should be a bit more than 7 seasons imo. The first 3 or 4 books can maybe be one season each, but the 4th one for sure needs more than 10 episodes, give it 15-20 tbh. Then the last 3 books need to either have 2 seasons each to tell the story fully or make them long extended seasons with 20-30 episodes each.

[meangreen11]

5 minutes ago, TeeJay said:

This is exactly why it should be a bit more than 7 seasons imo. The first 3 or 4 books can maybe be one season each, but the 4th one for sure needs more than 10 episodes, give it 15-20 tbh. Then the last 3 books need to either have 2 seasons each to tell the story fully or make them long extended seasons with 20-30 episodes each.

Exactly. HBO/BBC’s recent His Dark Materials adaption was phenomenal up until the final season that really needed more time to finish the story effectively. Splitting it into two seasons or at least extending the episode count for the season would have made a huge difference. 

[Katamari]

Would be a massive flop and I’m here  for that so these execs learn the hard way 

[Taylor fanboy]

Imagine Tom Riddle’s reputation era OMG.

 

@Icarus