Harry Potter HBO TV series

Glanza said:
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'Harry Potter' TV series has been delayed until 2027

The new 'Harry Potter' television series from HBO has been pushed back until 2027, it was announced earlier this week.
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Yep, it makes perfect sense. HBO are launching max in the UK at the end of next year, and they don't want sky to have anything to do with it.I'd fasten your seatbelts if you have a sky package, because I think sky atlantic might be getting a facelift.
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Nothing AI won’t be able to sort out in a few years time. Also they can just do a Dario and replace him with someone who looks nothing alike.
 
It sure as hell can't be worse than Fantastic Beasts movies, can it?

Having never read the books, and being too old to have grown up with Potter, therefore not having the nostalgic magic to draw on, I still found the movies to be pretty good, and quintessentially British. A great ensemble cast can elevate great material, we've seen it with GOT, we saw it with LOTR. I think the Potter films are great rainy afternoon and tucked up warm on winter nights movies, great cosy films. They're certainly not classics though, but solid.
 
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John Lithgow will be playing Dumbledore.

I can only picture him in 3rd Rock and Cliffhanger at the moment, so I can't imagine what his version of the character is going to be like.
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VincentHanna said:
Surely his age is a bit of a concern if they want to do multiple seasons?

Look what happened with Richard Harris
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richard harris was 7 years younger than lithgow currently is! and they haven't even started the series yet, the series that will be at least 7 series if not more, likely taking more than 1 year between each season, lets say 1.5/2 years, so about 10 years, from first season to HBP, and as i said, they haven't started yet. so he will be at least 90 years old when his final scenes are being recorded.

i don't think he's a bad choice, however he is definetly too old, and, he's not british, which dumbledore definetly is.
 
unwashed potato! said:
richard harris was 7 years younger than lithgow currently is! and they haven't even started the series yet, the series that will be at least 7 series if not more, likely taking more than 1 year between each season, lets say 1.5/2 years, so about 10 years, from first season to HBP, and as i said, they haven't started yet. so he will be at least 90 years old when his final scenes are being recorded.

i don't think he's a bad choice, however he is definetly too old, and, he's not british, which dumbledore definetly is.
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He's a little more optimistic about the timeline. His quote from the article I linked:


Well, it came as a total surprise to me. I just got the phone call up at the Sundance Film Festival for yet another film, and it was not an easy decision because it's going to define me for the last chapter of my life, I'm afraid. But I'm very excited. Some wonderful people are turning their attention back to Harry Potter. That's why it's been such a hard decision. I'll be about 87 years old at the wrap party, but I've said yes.
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Distracted said:
He's a little more optimistic about the timeline. His quote from the article I linked:
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interesting that they've told him the wrap party will be in 8 years from now.

i wonder if that's because in the last book he's not alive (though still may have scenes), so they could have him wrapped up before the show is over.

but what's more interesting is that assuming it's just 1 season per book, that's possibly all 7 books all filmed within the next 8 years. seems a bit unrealistic. look at the Rings of power series. there was a 2 year gap from season 1 to season 2. i'd be shocked is harry potter isn't the same. look at stranger things. what's it been, 3 years gap from the last season and still waiting?

and going back to what we originally said about richard harris. he died at the age of 72. lithgow is currently 79
 
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Definitely quite old to be playing the character from a filming perspective, age is an odd one though - my gran up until she was 86 you'd have thought she was 20 years younger - fully independent and active then in a matter of weeks it was like 20 years and more caught up with her.
 
I don't think Lithgow is abad choice exactly but I would prefer Britisah actors and he is plainly too old for such a long commitment. I hope he isn't the thin end of the wedge for a ton of septics being cast.
 
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hyperseven said:
Janet McTeer in negotiations to play McGonagall and Paapa Essiedu near deal to play Snape in HBO series.

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‘Harry Potter’: Janet McTeer In Negotiations To Play McGonagall; Paapa Essiedu Near Deal To Play Snape In HBO Series

The Harry Potter HBO series is in negotiations with Janet McTeer to play Minerva McGonagall and Paap Essiedu is near a deal to play Severus Snape.
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I don't usually care about these things but Snape should be played by a white (preferably British) actor.


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rp2000 said:
I don't usually care about these things but Snape should be played by a white (preferably British) actor.


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i find myself unfortunately agreeing here, but i'm not sure why. perhaps it's because we've been told what snape looks like, so the image built up is strong, and a black male is a significant difference here.
 
unwashed potato! said:
i find myself unfortunately agreeing here, but i'm not sure why. perhaps it's because we've been told what snape looks like, so the image built up is strong, and a black male is a significant difference here.
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No perhaps about it - If the source material already sets in canon how a character appears, then that is how they should be portrayed.
 
unwashed potato! said:
i find myself unfortunately agreeing here, but i'm not sure why. perhaps it's because we've been told what snape looks like, so the image built up is strong, and a black male is a significant difference here.
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He's a well described character that helps a younger audience immediately recognise him as an antagonist. As you say, it is a strong image.
It also plays to the 'don't judge a book by it's cover' theme towards the end of the series.

I think the films visually portrayed Snape as well as they could. They took what was on the page and made it real.

My issue with any changes to an author's work where character descriptions exist, is where do you draw the line? I can see why prosthetics weren't used for Snape on his nose and teeth to make it 100% book accurate. If they had done that he would have been less menacing and less real as a character in my opinion. In the book it was fine, but on screen he would have been a caricature.

So where do you draw the line?

You could remove the ginger from the Weasleys if you wanted to when adaptating the books. Them being ginger is no more important to the story than how Snape looks; it's only a visual cue. You could use a different one or some other characteristic that couldn't be used in books, like an accent or mannerism particular to the whole family.
But why would you?
How does the change you are making serve the story and help bring the characters to life on the screen?

It is one thing to adapt an appearance to bring it from the page to the screen in a realistic way, but it's another to unnecessarily erase the defining characteristics of a character.
 
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No idea how I missed this thread. For the talk about 7 books in 10 years, maybe they will explore the Snape younger days with his love for Lily before Harry goes to the Durselys.

Anyway, Olivia Colman needs to be in this. Until I saw the comment about Janet McTeer possibly taking McGonagall, Olivia would be ideal. Or even Olvia could play Umbridge.
 
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