everything we know, cast and release

The books, the films, the parallel film saga de Fantastic animalsvideogames, theme parks, stage play, documentary, wizarding school and, now, even the TV series. And you know what? That’s fine with the fans. The universe of Harry Potter it is far from the risk of usury, it continues to conquer a new generation after another and each of them asks for only one thing: “More”. Once you enter Hogwarts, no one wants to leave. So welcome the announcement of Warner Bros. Discovery which, on the occasion of the launch of the new Max platform, confirmed the rumors that had been circulating for a few weeks: yes, dear Muggles, we are really working on a TV series inspired by the books of Harry Potter. It’s official with lots of dates and first details. Let’s see them.

Harry Potter TV series: what we know

To begin with, it is a reboot: they will not tell us what happened before or after the events narrated by the famous children’s saga but, precisely, the whole adventure will be “re-read” all over again. Which means: from page 1 of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

. There is certainly no shortage of material. If the first two books were in fact suitable for films, just take a look at the volume of the following volumes to understand that, from the third onwards, a TV series is the most suitable language to narrate everything that contains the universe of the famous wizard. It is no coincidence that Warner Bros. Discovery’s working plan plans to carry out one season per single book. The first should debut in 2025/2026, the last one 10 years later. A pleasure for the fans.

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But, there is a but. Yeah, because if you love that saga you’re already thinking about the risk of betrayal. First of the story. Fidelity should – the conditional is still a must – be vigilant JK Rowling: the writer is not involved as a screenwriter (ouch…) but appears as a producer and ensures that the major does not intend to distort anything. “Max’s commitment to preserving the integrity of my books is important to me. I look forward to taking part in this new adaptation that will allow you to delve into the contents of the books in a way only a television series can,” he said JK Rowling. In any case, it is not said that any betrayals are actually such. For example, Rowling declared that she was wrong in not giving birth to love between Potter and Hermione and the TV series could be a good opportunity to “make up for it”. In the same way, it is easy to imagine that Albus Dumbledore’s sexual orientation could find more space: Rowling has always said that the wizard was gay without letting him emerge too much between the lines of the book.

Harry Potter tv series: the cast

The theme of the cast is more complex. By force of circumstances, that is, for reasons of age, they certainly cannot be there Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint. For older fans it will be quite a shock because, for them, Potter is Radcliffe as well as Hermione is Watson. So no, it will not be easy to identify with other interpreters, albeit various. Furthermore there is the matter of political correctness: what Hermione could we ever expect, in fact, after Disney’s choice to re-propose the little mermaid Ariel in color? Not that a character twist would be a problem in itself but, for novel purists, it would be (another) change to digest.

Probably if Rowling had been in the authorial match we would all sleep more peacefully but, as the well-informed whisper, the recent accusations of transphobia must have complicated her engagement. To find out how the tv series of Harry Potter all we have to do is wait for the next announcement: between now and 2025, rest assured, many will arrive…