New Harry Potter series on HBO Max
Still in the early stages it seems but currently it's pencilled in to be a DECADE long project with 10+ seasons.
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Getting in on the ground floor.
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Wait - it's just a reboot? That's odd; if Rowling is involved, there's a TON of universe they could mine still.
That said, the movies kinda sucked. They were just weird and often unnecessarily so. And I will continue to insist that the actors were largely shite, especially Daniel Radcliffe. HBO could actually do this pretty well, though I'm still a little puzzled as to why they're re-booting a property that's only like 15 years old instead of going with a sequel or spinoff. Hell, even prequels could be interesting given the amount of time that takes place between the Fantastic Beasts series and the energy they put into describing the previous rise/fall of Voldemort in the books. Just a strange decision; seems entirely risk averse. |
Think Fantastic Beasts flopping as spectacularly as it has is why they're just going for the reboot. I'll gladly take a reboot provided they actually stay faithful to the original books, even if they do have to include all the silly retcons Rowling insists on since her stories were written when no one gave a shot.about inclusivity.
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Might be nice to see a Ron that hasn't had all of his positive personality traits stripped and given to Hermione.
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I am curious though, do they have to get the blessing of J.K. to make it as it is her IP or has that passed? If it still is hers then I can see them just going reboot as that stuff is already out. If she doesn't then the sky is the limit, sorta how Star Wars has it's own canon and material well beyond what Lucas ever dreamed of. |
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It really is ****ing bizarre just how much time she has spent retconning the story to have more representation yet she has no problem broadcasting how much of a transphobe she is on the reg.
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If they did this well, there's really no reason why this couldn't be better than most of those movies. I'd tune in.
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All I know is, HBO has my full confidence. They rarely miss.
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New Harry Potter series on HBO Max
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I'm sure they will sex it up in season seven or eight. That's the only thing that irritates me about most HBO shows. Great story and production but they have to get the banging in there every time. |
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He made the movie. And really, the first one wasn't half bad. The 2nd one really took some starch out of the series and killed the enthusiasm for a surprisingly strong 3rd installment. |
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It's essentially the worst of all worlds - the lack of visuals that comes from books with the lack of context/internal monologue that comes from movies. |
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And I really like Jude Law; figured he'd be an awesome Dumbledore. And really I do think he was pretty decent. It was just a bad movie. |
Seems weird do redo it so soon. But I think after GoT it makes sense to do books like this as a series instead. I’ll definitely give it a shot and am interested to see how it is. They will definitely be able to touch on a lot more material this way. It’s going to be weird with all new cast, but obviously the characters are too old to go back to year one at Hogwarts… not to mention probably burnt out and too expensive now.
I thought it was going to be seven seasons? One season per book? |
Wish they would just go back to do Tom Riddle climb into voldemort
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A prequel between the FB and HP series just seems like a perfect answer. And Dumbledore could be such a great character. You can see his rise to prominence and can find out how he gets the elderwand and the resurrection stone. Hell, you can find out if he was really all that great a wizard or if that elderwand just does some serious work for him. There's a LOT to dig into here and it seems odd to throw all this money and time at a series that's already mostly fleshed out either in movie or book form. |
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