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I don't want a more modern spin. The story is set in the 90s and it shouldn't have a modern spin. What I want is a truer to the books version.

As an American, I hope they keep the cast British/european. It keeps the origin and everything real.

one word: School. Robes. (technically 2 but nevermind.) no running about in stupid muggle jeans and jumpers at school! it is school rules, after all - ordinary black school robes everyday, dress robes for ball. and yes, even for witches! no stupid muggle dresses. i think you can get away with thin translucent robe over dress, if you must. and not only school robes, generally, wizarding fashion. it has to be different from muggle fashion. ok, in public can be 'wizardly attempt at muggle clothing', like, i think funniest scene, where old wizard insisted on wearing nightgown, bc it is muggle, innit. or just simple lilac and lime green top hat, as mentioned in 1st book. and some exception, who was it, some minister of magic, who was very good at muggle fashion, that even Vernon Dursley might've approved.

Hopefully they go deeper into the stories for what the movies were not able to show from the books.

Year 4 better have a sphinx....

Pleeeaaase book accurate casting and writing! I am so excited for this!

I feel bad for the new actors already. Even if they play the characters very accurately, how are we to forget Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Tom Felton, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Gary Oldman, Imelda Staunton, Evanna Lynch, I could go on forever

"A faithful adaptation" yeah we've heard that one before

I'm skeptical until I see what they put out for season 1, but it's good Rowling is involved. Rings of Power show runners were supposedly huge Tolkien fans and were "keeping to the source material" but all they did was write their own ridiculous fan fiction, just borrowing names and places fans would recognize, and completely mucking up the timing of events and lore after firing the Tolkien scholar who had been hired to keep things true to the materials.

Things I Don’t Want 1. Race / Gender Swapping 2. Switching sexual orientations 3. Making it more for a modern audience or set in a modern setting 4. Heavy handed real world political messages. This is *HARRY POTTER* NOT “UNITED STATES 2024”. Keep the BS out of it! Please and thank you.

I just want 3 things: - Characters and places must look like their description - Characters must act like they do in the books (no more dumb Ron, no more Mary Sue Hermoine etc.) - No cheap political inserts. The vibed are more important than the story. And I have no faith that even one of these wishes will be fulfilled.

Please, Dear God, do not ‘modernize’ the books, NO POLITICS!!!

I hope the show stay true to the core of the story and the exact timeline of the books. It would be great to see Muggle world of the 90' Britain - clothes, technology, music and such (kind of what Stranger Things did with 80' USA). I'm not interested in GenZ Dudley.

Make a show about the founders.

If I see a black Hermione I will end it all.

They better not butcher the story as much as the movies did! Especially Ron's character and the final battle between voldy and Harry

Hmm.... I'll remain skeptic until the casts starts rolling... then, we'll see.... Because, you can have great directors, but the cast is just as important... so... we'll see~

Also there is one serious question. Who will able to reach the highs set by John Williams who created the wonderful music in the first 3 HP movies? The music of HP is something that I listen to every day and I am not sure who will be able to do as good of a job as JW.

No! No "new stories" and deffinetly don't make it "relevant", because i know what that means in the entertainment world.

I hope they take their time telling the story. What I hate most about newer series is that they feel too short, and I rarely become invested in the characters. I'm looking forward to watching it, but I hope they don't do what happened to Avatar the Last Airbender.

Harry Potter and the Gender assignment hat.

I hope they will give us book accurate Snape. Spinner’s End chapter would be so iconic if we get it!!

No updating needed. Follow the books and it will be a huge success!

I cannot see how they can recreate the excellence of the books and movies. Especially in todays environment. Personally, I think their efforts would be better used creating a sequel of the existing characters and their children, even using the original main actors.

I think it needs to be slow-paced maybe make one chapter an episode and the casting has to be spot-on

Okay. If they are going to remake the whole thing, firstly ... PEEVES! Secondly, fix that god awful, inaccurate movie, Order of the Phoenix!!

Muggles hear me nigh! If in the first season, they get how Norbert was actually sent off, and the whole challenges like potions and whatnot when getting the sorcerer's stone, then we get rest easy that the show might be faithful in the long run

I really hope they at least decide to bring Ralph Fiennes back. Not only is he still extremely able, he's also willing to return as Voldemort.

Hope they won't ruin it like Fantastic Beasts

Hopefully, none of the characters will be miscast. My personal choice for an actor to play Dumbledore would be Gary Oldman. He's old enough to be aged up with makeup to look like a very old man, but young enough to still be around when the series wraps up. He's got the acting chops to nail the role, too. I'm also hoping for more detail and accurate descriptions of the books, especially the climactic battle for Hogwarts and the bit about Hogwarts' House Elves.

I think that the movies were so beautiful because they were filming on locations and didn’t use that much special effects. I hope that the TV series should do something similar. I don’t like to much special effects . 🤔

It must be done as it is in the books. No modenization, no modern politics thrown in, blah blah blah. Another concern I have with a ten year television show is are the actors from season one going to continuously reprise their role every season? I'm not interested in re-investing my time into the characters if they keep swapping actors & if we take Stranger Things into consideration, you may only get a good 3 seasons before they start to drastically age & you'll need bigger & bigger time jumps. Also, I wanna see Professor Binns & that whole ghostly Deathday party

I would love a show about the founders of Hogwarts, then also including the founding of the other schools like Ilvermorny, Durmstrang, Beauxbatons, etc... get real feel for how each of the school was founded

The key to getting a casting that will be widely accepted and beloved by us classic-era fans who grew up with the books and films is for them to be book-accurate down to the micro detail. For example, Harry and Lily should have GREEN Eyes. Lily, James, Sirius, Remus, Severus, Peter, and others should be age-accurate as can be reasonably expected from a supposedly book-accurate adaptation.

2:18 My first thought: Rowling also gave "green light" to the authors of the cursed child, which contradicts quite a few things in her original series. Since then her approval has lost any kind of meaning to me. This was just one of many instances which led me to believe that Rowling doesn't know her own original written work very well anymore. Sadly.

Please no smart phones, social media, etc in the new HP show! 🙏

I'm so glad that JK Rowling is going have a huge part within the series, I mean, we wouldn't have it any other way, right? Now, we have the comfort of knowing that she's going to be side-by-side the writers and directors. This means that everything is going to be canon for the most part and that the liberties will not be taken lightly or completely out of context. I also feel JK Rowling can and will insert additional backstory and context for all characters. She is quite literally the creator of this universe she knows more about them than anyone else could ever fathom. I have complete faith that all will work out. I do say that the most difficult part will be casting and the retention of said actors.

Hope they focus on Story and not Politics like a lot of people do these days.

I hope they’re accurate to the books. No changing things, no race swaps or gender swaps, no modern takes. Set I the 90’s, no American actors.

If you think about it, the movies were just a remake of a series of books. So we’ve already had the remake era (and it was obviously wildly successful). They aren’t writing a new book to tell the same story, or making a new movie to tell the same story. They’re launching a show. It’s its own thing. I don’t hate the idea like all the Disney remakes, because there’s so much opportunity here to add in more details they couldn’t the first time. Won’t know until we watch it but I’m excited.

i am looking forward to this, the only concern i have is the time between seasons of the show, with the track record of 2 years between seasons, and at the rate kids grow up, i fear we might end up with 40 year old, 17 year olds

Knowing the recent years rubbish remakes and sequels, it's hard to believe they'll nail it

I'm hoping to see the full chess scene from Book 1 as a chess fan:) The real life inspiration was truly a beautiful game and the movie did NOT do it justice at all. You could barely see what was going on

I will pray 🙏 for these new kids and the actors for years to come

Did I hear they plan a 10-year show for a 7-year school that only had 7 years covered in 7 books?? What are they going to do? 3 years post-hogwarts careers for Harry and crew?

That's the thing, this story has become a phenonemom, iconic, classic ht that has helped change people and left behind a huge legacy. There is going to a lot of pressure and stress on anyone who does this, cast and crew. It will be a rough ride, since many actors are irreplaceable. I am surprised on the whole thing and it is a risky move. I am surprised this is going on, since the films get shown every three months or so. I don;t think there is any need to reboot it or do a series. The last one ended 17 years ago, it is a bit too soon for my opinion.

Honestly. They should have made a brand new show or revisit the past before Harry. But it is what it is. Hollywood is afraid of risks now. Hopefully it’s good.

I love the idea of a show that can address all that was left out of the movies. I have to say that I would get really upset with the things that were not included in the movies. So much of the story was missed. Now everything can be included.

The big question is which seasons and episodes did he direct for? if it's the early ones good, if its the later ones though.....

I only wanna know thing. Are they faithfully sticking to the books, or are they incorporating the Twitter retcons?

I just hope it’s true to the book!!! The movies were a bit frustrating because it wasn’t.

I don't want to see Ginny Weasley squatting down and tying Harry's shoe. Book Ginny was not subservient. If it wasn't in the book, I don't want to see it in the film.

A spin-off series would be cool, but after ‘Fantastic Beasts’ I think they’re terrified to make a new story. But we do not need a remake, it’ll be forever compared to the original movies.

1) I hope they stick to the timeline of a series relative to the book and the school year. 2) I hope they use the time to factor as much book detail as possible into the series. 3) for the purposes of versatility, I would prefer an animated series. 4) it will be cool if they factored in some of the best theories provided by the enthusiasts over the years.

My only concern is that they're gonna rewrite portions of it and recast characters "for a modern audience". It feels like every single piece of entertainment these days gets this treatment and it NEVER ends well for the story or audience reception. Just give us EXACTLY what was described in the books and leave the modern politics out this or you wont have an audience watching this

I read the books in grade school and followed along with the films and was definitely one to be swept up into the Potter hype when it was big. I even make a habit to watch all the film adaptations at least once a year. I even thought they did well with Fantastic Beasts barring the controversy with Depp. In my opinion I believe they did well with what they had for the time and the films I believe could stand alone as good pieces of cinema. They have patterns and story elements which go well with the young mystery novel genre they're based on. Were they to remake the series, I do not doubt it will bring controversy whether they actually do pull it off, nigh on failure at the low end. But I don't doubt there are good directors out there, however Potterheads are much like LOTR and Starwars fans, very serious. They even bite the creator sometimes for posthumously changing any detail of the work. I really don't think successful media needs a remake, especially when that's all the industry is these days, "safe remakes of popular franchises." Truly they should take a look at all the critical failures of the stories and IPs that have flopped in recent years. The public craves new and exciting things, I believe in the case for the Wizarding World, fantastic beasts was a good solid direction to start. Keep the IP but tell stories that haven't been told in interesting ways. Someone in the comments here talked about the four Founders of Hogwarts and I think that's an awesome idea they could take and run with, or talk about Ginny and Harry's son and his story, or even the first war with Voldemort as a suspense drama or something. Regardless, thank you for your videos and I hope you're well!

Wheel of Time fans are screaming, "Be careful of those who say they're fans and want to make these shows." We got Rafe Judkins

I do feel like oversaturation is a risk look at Star Trek, Star Wars and Marvel. These franchise have may series running at the same time and many new ones coming out. That makes matters worst these seasons are short. Example why do we need three live action star trek shows running at the same time with low episode counts that don't allow the series to explore the characters and story in the same way as the old series did when you can take that time and money and make one series build the characters and story better over time.

I wish they made a series about the different wizarding schools. They could have a magic championship with teams from each school competing against each other, something like the Hunger Games (without the premise being killing each other) or Chunin Exams. It would be so cool to see different kinds of powerful magic being used.

Here's hoping they stay true to the books. If they do anything other than what's in the books then they need to add this to the title "Based on the books of Harry Potter" because they won't be the actual plots of Harry Potter. And it will be difficult to watch the new cast since we've been watching the old cast for so long.

Some additional things they need to keep unaltered in the show (but I’m not too hopeful they’ll keep them): • Caps Lock Harry in The Order of the Phoenix • The age gap between Remus and Tonks • The way Harry first kisses Ginny, in the heat of the moment • Snape’s unfiltered cruelty towards the students • S.P.E.W. • the exaggerated accents of Fleur, Hagrid, and Viktor Krum

Something that was only commented on here once, but which I think is a big part of how the new series would be received: how many of the current fan base has ( or can access) HBO? In my case, I would be interested in watching the show but find it hard to justify adding another fee to my already expensive cable bill just for one show. No matter how fantastic that show might end up being. Will there be other options for that situation......or for people who can't get HBO at all because of their location or etc.? I hope that's something they consider as well....

Do not need a redo. It will never live up to the original. I would be open to side stories. Such as, goblin tales or tales of the Black Lake.

How do you get auditions?

I think the only recast I surely will have a problem with is Snape/Rickman, he was just perfect in the role. His line delivery was epic.

Personally I would prefer either a series focused on the Marauders or on James, Albus, Lily (Harry and Ginny), Rose, Hugo (Ron and Hermione), Scorpius (Draco and Astoria) and also on Teddy Lupin as well since we get nothing about him in the films. I'm not convinced redoing the books into a TV series is going to work, even if it does give more room for them to add more content that the films couldn't.

This is an opportunity to make a great show with episodes being themed like ep 1 the durselys, ep 2 diagonal alley ep 3 welcome to Hogwarts and the sorting. My fears that it will be political or preachy and it will be very hard topping the casting from the movies as many of the characters were portrayed by some of the best British thespian’s.

5:55 When a writer misplaces an apostrophe, twice. Little hope for the end product. I do wonder exactly HOW calmly Dumbledore will ask Harry Potter about putting his name in the goblet.

The books and movies can feel dated? Oh God. I truly hope the creators don't think that way. Because if they do they're going to move the setting from the '80s and '90s to the current day, aren't they? I can see it already. Characters whipping out smartphones and other smart tech in the muggle society and the kids speaking current kids' slang which can be absolutely cringey. If that is what they will offer us I won't watch this even for free. You would have to pay me to watch it.

Getting excited about this!

I am so down with this, having recently read through the three first books of MinaLima's versions Im stoked about this 😁

I thought the title was about how to make a horcrux

I feel fairly certain it will stay true to the books, I feel really good about this. WB and Universal have seen what Disney has done to themselves in the past 5 years. It's evident in the Theme Parks these media giants have, it's evident in the content they produce.. Universal has been loyal to their fans FAR more than Disney has. I think we'll continue to see that trend.

I think the cast and music are the most important things to get right

Beautiful timing, I just sat down for my lunch 🫶🏻

Noti gang, love the vids

How to feel old, the first book was released more than 27 years ago!!

It give's the oppatunty in a season to include almost all of the book that a standard film can't and include background stories that will be good for the nerds. The sad reality is that there has been few films that have been better than the oridginal film but with HBO and the game of thrones style means that although it will be hard to see a new cast, ther is now the oppatunity for the story of the magical world to branch out into new storys once the first books are done with.

Are we finally going to see the things the movies left out? If not, I don't want it.

I hope they stay with book accurate characters, I am honestly sick about the whole things they do with genders and races. When I read the books and watched the movies, cast and students were from all kind of walks. No reason to force the characters to be different nationality. I probably get a lot of hate for this, but the movies industries are just going the wrong way.

When this show first airs, there will definitely be some pushback simply due to the new faces. We've all come to love the original actors, and even though some have made personal choices that have alienated themselves from JKR, it will still be a difficult adjustment. I'm just thankful that Ms. Rowlings isn't a BOZO like Bezos, and she hired talent that actually HAS talent to helm her show. I'm still nervous, for, like the OP, Harry Potter has been a huge part of my life, and I would hate to see it tarnished. If it really does take ten years for this series to finish, I most likely won't be around to see the end, but one can hope.

As hyped as i am about this imma be devastated if they mess it up because it won't be attempted again for a long time =/

This is about to be fire thanks for the heads up

10:59 "... that we've been waiting for more content ever since the release of the final movie in 2011" and then proceed to show a picture of Newt from the movies... What a sick burn 😂😂😂

This is more in line to the books to the films that was offers it’s gonna be interesting next year 2025 and the year 2026 after all these announcements and a pilot is in place

The main think i want is to keep the 80s/90s vibe the original books and movies had, i don't want it to be a modern adaptation where the kids have smartphones, laptops, modern slang ect. that will completely throw me out of the harry potter experience (even though it would introduce a higher contrast between the muggle and wizarding world)

I'm curious how they'll break up the books. The first three books are so much shorter than the last four.

This feels like “Star Wars” beating the gold out of the dead horse

Personally I want to see them bring on consultants like this the guy from this channel or Morgan from movieflame. Bring on people who have dedicated years of their life to this universe so they can keep the story true to the source material

Sounds like they are looking for children of the original children that fell in love with the original version of the movies

i don't like the idea of a remake, making a tv show of the last book that wasnt covered (of harrys kids) would be a much better idea IMO

question for Potter fans: I just finished reading the books recently and I also enjoy listening to them in my headphones on audiobook. Why is it that Hermione got her pet in Prisoner of Azkaban, Crookshanks. I thought you got your chosen pet in your 1st year. Same as all the other students, what did I miss?

they have so much stuff they can do with the Harry Potter universe, i still don't get why they have to make this series. everyone wants to see the something involving the Marauders, why don't they do that? they can also do something on the Hogwarts founders, any pureblood family like the Gaunts history maybe, an Ilvermorny, Durmstrang or Beauxbatons series with some new carachters, a Hogwarts Legacy one etc. these are just some examples that i think many would love. i think if they keep ruining the HP universe, us fans are not gonna get more content in the future because no one is going to invest in it. i know people don't like Fantastic Beasts (i love it lol) and if they do bad thing after bad thing maybe it's going to end up in no one expanding the wizarding world...

It would be really awesome to see Jared Harris play Dumbledore.

Much depends on how many episodes per season. The trend seems to be fewer and fewer episodes for a season. Cramming a full book into a season with just six episodes, versus the number of episodes being equal to the number of chapters of each book, would ensure that they can remain more faithful to the books. I don't think six episodes in a season is sufficient for ANY of the Harry Potter books. Neither is eight episodes. Or ten. And with the trend being fewer and fewer episodes per season, I don't have much hopes that a TV series will be any better than a movie just being chopped up into six or eight parts.

I think its cool that Harry Potter is going to be a TV show, but one thing I would like for the show is that we can be able to watch it on at least one other platform besides HBO max, because there are some fans who can not afford HBO max and so those fans can not see it.

There is a tremendous opportunity to pay back the original fans (now grown up - or already adults at the time) by showing the actual events and decisions (Dumbledore setting up Harry for his likely deadly fate - to either die or kill Riddle) from the very first movie. I'd also like to see more of the story from Snape's perspective. The transformation of Tom Riddle into Voldemort could be woven further into each movie as well. Basically - I want the actual adult story of the Harry Potter series - retaining the magic, but a much more realistic, adult perspective on what all those events really were and what was at stake.

I am waiting to see if they will cast a lore accurate Hermione or a Cursed child Hermione, This will be my litmus test about if they are taking the books seriously

Can’t wait 🎉