Warner Bros. announced a Harry Potter series in April 2023, exciting fans all over the world. The seven-book series by J.K. Rowling was adapted into eight movies, with the last film being released in 2011. The latest update about the series suggests that pitches based on Rowling’s work are currently in progress at the studio. One exciting rumor from the project is that Max is open to developing other ideas based on Harry Potter.
The show was initially expected to feature seven seasons based on each of the seven books. However, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav revealed that it would be a decade-long series. Currently, the studio is searching for a showrunner for the series.
Fans Offer Suggestions For WB’s Potential Harry Potter Spinoffs
J.K. Rowling sold over 600 million copies of her Wizarding World books, and the movies adapted from her books collectively grossed $7.7 billion globally. To say that Harry Potter is a successful franchise would be an understatement. However, it took more than a decade, and the success of a reunion special for HBO and Warner Bros. to recognize the potential of more storytelling in that universe.
After the exciting announcement on April 2023, the latest update comes from Deadline that the pitch meetings are happening for the series, with four writers in the final negotiations. The report further added that “Max is open to the possibility of developing more than one idea based on Harry Potter.” WB has earlier made it clear that they wouldn’t be touching the Fantastic Beasts IP, meaning that the spinoff series can be anything about any of the Harry Potter book-based characters.
Fans on X were over the moon to hear that they will not only get a more faithful book-based Harry Potter adaptation but also explore other Wizarding World stories. They began offering suggestions for potential spinoffs that HBO should consider. The most popular choice was a series about the Marauders, but someone also proposed a Voldemort spinoff. Other suggestions included a show about the Hogwarts Founders, one based on Frank and Alice Longbottom, and an adaptation of the Hogwarts Legacy game. Fan reactions read:
So Voldomert will get his own show?
— joey (@Fan_FlickOn) January 19, 2024
Give us a Marauders show! And a Founders of Hogwarts show!
— Munro McLaren (@MunroMcLaren) January 20, 2024
A Frank and Alice Longbottom show would be fun to watch. Ending's gonna be a bummer though
— PapaHRF (@Papahrf) January 19, 2024
See THIS Is what fans want give us a marauders series or a series after hp and making cursed child not canon you can still have a remake but make other newer things
— Eptical (@milesmoralesftw) January 19, 2024
Hogwarts Legacy show/ movie pls 🙏🏻
— Ayleen🌜 (@artsyleen) January 19, 2024
Ffs just focus on making ONE great show and go from there! Who TF is running these companies???
— Arpeggi (@TheWeirdestFish) January 19, 2024
The series is expected to hit the broadcast and streaming service by 2025 or 2026, given the priority of the project for the recently rebranded Max.
Who Will Be Involved In The Harry Potter Series?
While J.K. Rowling’s involvement in the creative process remains unclear due to her recent unpopularity, she is expected to act as one of the executive producers. Brontë Film and TV, a production company under Rowling’s agent Neil Blair, will be involved as one of the producers along with Warner Bros. Television. David Heyman, the producer of the movies, may also come on board as an executive producer.
Currently, the frontrunners among those who pitched the idea for the series include—Martha Hillier, the exec producer of Netflix’s The Last Kingdom, Kathleen Jordan, the creator of Netflix’s Teenage Bounty Hunters, Tom Moran, the creator of Amazon’s The Devil’s Hour, and Michael Lesslie, the writer of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
None of the original cast members are expected to return in any capacity in the new series. Casey Bloys, CEO of HBO & Max Content has promised fans that the series would be a faithful adaptation of the books.
