MASSIVE Update on the Harry Potter TV Show (Release Date + My Thoughts)

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we’re discussing another exciting update regarding the much anticipated Harry Potter TV Show set to premiere on HBO. Towards the end of the video I’ll also be getting in to some of my thoughts on the show and whether this reboot is going to be a GOOD thing or a BAD thing.

The show was first announced back in April 2023, when Warner Bros released the following announcement.

"We are delighted to give audiences the opportunity to discover Hogwarts in a whole new way," says HBO CEO Casey Bloys in a statement. "Harry Potter is a cultural phenomenon and it is clear there is such an enduring love and thirst for the Wizarding World."

But after this announcement in April of last year, there was radio silence for quite some time. That is…Until the beginning of this year, which has seen a few exciting new updates on the show.

Let’s start with the most recent.

During a recent Q4 earnings call for Warner Bros. Discovery, CEO David Zaslav made a number of comments on the show:

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[arinerm]

One example of great television when production is not rushed: Game of Thrones S01-S04.
One example of botched television when production is rushed: Game of Thrones S05-S08.

[macwelch]

Hopefully the Battle Of Hogwarts will be more accurate to the book by the end of the final season

[piedwagtailrameau]

I don’t want to hear an American accent on this show

[NsTheName]

I do not want a modern take. That would destroy the story. I want them to be as accurate to the book as possible. I’m ok with them cutting out scenes in the common room where they’re not necessarily talking about anything super important, but I’m not ok with them pulling our world into Harry Potter. It’s meant to be escapism. Not everything translates well to screen so I’m ok with some cuts.

[charlieelliott]

Fingers crossed they portray Voldemort in his book accurate description

[hReactions]

hopefully they do it the right way, I can see this being a disaster, its hard not to compare to the original especially when a lot of the character portrayals are so iconic

[KillerZxAce]

Let’s hope this show will not focus on a “Modern Audience”, because that will mean the show is dead on arrival!

[Lupinemancer]

It's gonna be an almost impossible task to fill the shoes of the original actors, and I know there will be people who will be upset and not accept them. But I have faith they can do it. I'm willing to give them a chance to prove themselves.

[joek]

I'm all in. I found the films to be full of expositional dialogue and in a rush to "get to the next thing". Furthermore, the time constraints of a film meant that too many things were changed or outright omitted. A series that can slow down the pacing is just what is needed to accurately portray the source material.

The casting will be fine...imagine someone like Benedict Cumberbatch as Snape! 😳

[stevenbitecofer]

As a 70 year old fan of Harry Potter, I just hope I live long enough to see the complete Harry Potter series completed. As a Postmaster, I experienced first hand the phenomenon that was each Harry Potter book release. Pallets of the books arrived days before each release and the phone started ringing off the hook at almost the same time with desperate fans and parents calling trying to convince me or someone to allow them to pick up the book in advance. The excuse were sometimes epic and a story in themselves. After release, I spent many enjoyable evening reading the book with my kids who are also, to this day, huge fans of everything Harry Potter.

[grokeffer]

I'm looking forward, but I can't guarantee that I'll be pleased.

[Nio]

Lets hope they finally get into voldemorts origins when book 6 comes around.

[Clone]

The fact that people involved with the movies are also working on this makes me way more confident about it

[magnificus]

I hope they can fit Tom Bombadil in this series, it sucks they cut him out of the movies

[mikeperry]

Let's hope that WB sticks more to the books than push a "for a modern audience" agenda. Or it's going to be another low viewing show like: The Wheel of Time, The Witcher, The Rings of Power, and Resident Evil for example. History has shown when TV shows & movies are too busy concentrating on Political C & W to the O to the K to the E agenda. Most people stop watching. Most people watch TV shows & movies for entertainment and don't want to feel like a "message" being cramped down their throats.

[joshuahallett]

One of the biggest things that will help with having a new cast be accepted is if they are held to a higher standard of being book-accurate; Harry having green eyes, Hermione having large teeth and bushy hair, The Marauders, Lily and Severus portrayed as young adults as James and Lily die at 21. The rest all die at some point in their mid-late 30s. Don’t get me wrong, Gary and Alan and the rest are great, but they do not look the right age.

Another make the setting look nineties, especially in the Muggle World as when watching the film for anyone who is tuned into it, it's easy to spot things that didn't come out till the late 90s or early 2000s despite this series primarily taking place from 91-98. A good example would be Vernon’s car. Finally beyond just portraying many of the characters the movies left out I really hope they don't water down some of the egregious characters like Vernon, Petunia, DJU, and others in the name of being P.C.

[whunt]

What they should do is a book over a season, and friggan Give us peeves dang it!

[Ravenblack]

Whether it's something we want to admit or not, I think we have to acknowledge the fact that JK Rowling is the best hope this TV show has in preserving what already exists within the original films, as well as expanding and delving deeper into the World we all know and love. With all differing of opinions and views aside, Rowling remains the sole reason that the Wizarding World even exists and that we now, once again, have the privilege of anticipating what's to come. Along with Warner Bros. and all those who over the years have worked to bring Harry Potter to life; Rowling deserves our respect and gratitude for all the unseen sacrifices that she, and countless others have had to make so that we might share in that which is the Wizarding World.

[spiderneil]

Wish list:
Voldermort red eyes
All of the puzzles in Philosopher's Stone
The entire flashback of Tom Riddle's history
These are the things I missed the most.

[CallemJayNZ]

I think they should use nine or ten year olds to portray the golden trio and their other first year classmates. I know the show finishes when they're aged 17 which means they'll be 20, 21 but there's plenty of movies where people up to 25 years of age have successfully portrayed 17 year olds in movies