New Delhi: HBO Max announced a TV series adaptation of Harry Potter and shared a motion poster for the show. The show will feature an entirely new cast and each book will have its own season to make it a ‘faithful’ adaptation. Author JK Rowling has backed the show and and lauded Max’s commitment to preserving the integrity of her books.
The motion poster released by HBO Max shows the name of the show written in the same script as in the books and the movies, and shows Hogwarts Castle behind the title.
Your Hogwarts letter is here.
Max has ordered the first ever #HarryPotter scripted television series, a faithful adaptation of the iconic books. #StreamOnMax pic.twitter.com/3CgEHLYhch
— HBO Max (@hbomax) April 12, 2023
While it was thought to be good news for Potterheads, fans did not like the fact that their favourite characters will be reprised and the stories are in a form being remade. People are also opposing the show following Rowling’s transphobic stand in the past.
Apart from the serious discourse around the series, the announcement was followed by a meme fest on social media.
“the harry potter reboot is offic—” pic.twitter.com/1uOs36dyO1
— ً (@HailEternal) April 12, 2023
we don’t need harry potter reboot
they’re the golden trio ✨ pic.twitter.com/lIdc9EKriT
— fran multi ??️?️ (@hpspideywayne) April 12, 2023
jk rowling realizing a new “faithful” harry potter adaptation would have to include a black girl being in the wrong for saying slavery is bad pic.twitter.com/LA5smihx3J
— Neb | ?️? (@NebsGoodTakes) April 12, 2023
They’re remaking Harry Potter again either because they’re not creative enough to come up with new ideas that’ll sell and/or because Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson all spoke out against JK Rowling’s transphobia and she doesn’t want them associated as the leads. https://t.co/720iApnKjq
— Barra (@ThatBmanGuy) April 12, 2023
once again i’m begging you all: don’t stream this. don’t give any more time, attention, or money to anything harry potter related. jkr has been reported to be profiting off of this. it’s all a money grab for fear of losing relevance. she’s a shit human being. don’t support shit. https://t.co/3zqCMEWSZK
— lily (@lavfeysun) April 12, 2023
Over the years, fans have developed immense love for Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, Emma Watson as Hermoine Granger and Rupert Grint as Ron Weasely. They probably do not want to see any other actor in the lead roles.
my harry potter says trans rights! ?️⚧️ pic.twitter.com/TLBA2NjMRq https://t.co/wGGY9JwN3s
— Beep | ? (@thebeepthemeep) April 12, 2023
imma keep it a bean… we not watching that Harry Potter series lmfao we got Hogwarts Legacy man we good. pic.twitter.com/Ci3I8vtN56
— フリさま (FOOLY URAMESHI) ?? (@ChrissaSJE) April 12, 2023
The HARRY POTTER franchise was a unique phenomenon, where a vast majority of fans were the same age as the characters in the novels and films, growing up with both simultaneously. The series captured the zeitgeist in a very specific way, in which no reboot can hope to recapture.
— Dan Marcus (@Danimalish) April 12, 2023
The first film in the Harry Potter saga was ‘Harry Potter and the Philospher’s Stone’ and it was released in 2001 while the last film ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2’ came back in 2011, while the first book was published in 1997.
