i know everybody is being negative but im still excited. this story is just so good. I just wish the author wasnt so closeminded.
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Regula96Mar 28, 2026
+2
I’m currently re-reading and there is just so much from books 4-7 they won’t need to cut. Can’t wait to actually get to see scenes from the quidditch world cup final and the other contestants in the tournament tasks for example.
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[deleted]Mar 28, 2026
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DP-KingMar 28, 2026
+2
I'm confused you've just explained exactly how Rowling thinks and then said it's close minded, exactly like the original comment states.
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mrnicegy26Mar 27, 2026
+1
While it is an unnecessary project, it is undeniable that it is going to be a huge commercial success for HBO.
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civil_politicianMar 27, 2026
+5
Only if they respect the source material and stick to the books. GoT was the biggest show in the world and failed to stick the landing when they ran out of source material. They shouldn’t have that problem here but there’s no shortage of writers with the hubris to change a story to “make it their own”
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Whitewind617Mar 28, 2026
+2
We already got a more or less "perfect" adaptation of the books. Sure you can hem and haw about how they cut f****** Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback or whatever but I don't think anybody has any big complaints about those adaptations (except my one sticking point about him not fixing his wand at the end of 8 what the actual f***.)
Dude show me, idk, Quirrel resurrecting Merlin who was actually a dark wizard that Voldemort was trying to stop or something. Get fuckin weird. Harry ends up with Draco in the end f*** it who cares. Harry becomes trans, turns to the camera and says "F*** JK Rowling."
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rougepenguinMar 27, 2026
They have the opposite problem here. Yeah, you gotta stick close to the books especially with *this* fandom. Which I think the author's kinda obscured for a while but uh...the old ones remember.
Problem is you gotta slog through two seasons where the movie actually did cover the bulk of what was there yet the structure means you gotta act like they only covered about a quarter or third of it. Long hype + a reality like that? You'll have an audience sure, see if you can keep it.
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nova_crystallisMar 28, 2026
More than a year between seasons is also going to be a big factor. What's stopping the more casual folks from going back to the movies on the same platform?
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Informal_West_6864Mar 27, 2026
+10
Why an unnecessary project? The movies hold nostalgic value but really aren’t incredible dialogue pieces. HBO usually makes incredible shows and Hans Zimmer to boot
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dballingMar 28, 2026
-4
Because the movies already do a good enough job. And HBO is almost certainly going to cancel this before it can get through all seven books, especially with HBO length seasons.
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Informal_West_6864Mar 28, 2026
+8
Then simply don’t watch it lol
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dballingMar 28, 2026
-3
Didn’t plan to.
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sugarsnappeahMar 28, 2026
+9
Why do you think HBO will cancel it? Because of the multi-year seasons and length to air it all?
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dballingMar 28, 2026
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Because it's going to take an absolutely insane number of seasons (at HBO-season-length) to get through all seven books.
If they're going to do "abridged" versions, the movies already do that well enough (one season per book).
If they're going to do "complete" versions, it's going to take probably 14 seasons to do it right (2 seasons per book).
No way they're going to stick around for 14 seasons. With standard HBO production delays that's like 20 years of programming, and these kids will be in their late 20s by the time they're "seventh year" students.
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Regula96Mar 28, 2026
+1
14 seasons wtf are you smoking? One season per book will be fine. The movies were alright at 2.5 hours you think they can’t make it work with 7-8 hours?
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Stock_College_8108Mar 28, 2026
+2
HBO doesn’t cancel shows that make money. If they had their way, GOT would still be airing new seasons. That’s why they greenlit a million spin offs. Even outside of GOT, all of their successful tentpoles only ended when the showrunners didn’t want to do anymore seasons. The show will continue for as long as the streaming numbers justify the cost.
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OddOnion_Mar 28, 2026
+1
They really don’t do a ‘good enough’ job. They miss out a huge amount and poorly characterise a number of the characters. I’m looking forward to seeing how this interpretation handles the source material, and think it is highly unlikely HBO will cancel this given how much money it is going to make them.
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AgentElmanMar 28, 2026
+3
I'm curious - what are all of the necessary tv shows?
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Mojave_RKMar 27, 2026
+3
Like it or not, this is probably going to be one of the biggest, if not the biggest, streaming shows ever.
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SoWrongItsPainfulMar 28, 2026
+1
Everything is unnecessary. In terms of rebooting a movie as a show, this makes a lot of sense. Lots was cut in the movies.
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Stock_College_8108Mar 28, 2026
+1
The truth of the matter is that casual, international audience is barely aware of JK Rowling’s existence, much less anything she’s said or done. A significant portion also don’t care what the characters look like.
They will watch anything HP-related.
Even the hate watching numbers alone would likely be enough to make this the most successful HBO since Game of Thrones.
Heck, it might surpass those numbers. I’ve long given up being surprised by the enduring & passionate fandom around the franchise.
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nonoiseplzMar 27, 2026
-4
As someone who didn’t read the books but enjoyed the movies, I am interested in this series. Not excited, but I’m interested.
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ActiveSecond339Mar 27, 2026
-9
wild that they're going back to the original title instead of sorcerers stone for the hbo version
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SloppykrabMar 27, 2026
+12
Americans might understand what a Philosopher's Stone is now.
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civil_politicianMar 27, 2026
+7
We did back then too, or at least anyone that would have read these books did
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SloppykrabMar 27, 2026
+1
WB have very little faith you guys did.
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IntoTheMusicMar 28, 2026
+1
The movies did both titles
https://youtu.be/V5V2r18qRe0?si=Lz7Dcyyj9hCiWTko
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Repulsive_Knee9258Mar 27, 2026
-8
The trailer looks great but Snape being race swapped made me cringe as a black guy. But then so did the comments calling him “professor snoop” and just stereotypical jokes calling him untrustworthy, his dreads, comparing snape on the tree to lynching. That only happened to African Americans, not every black person in the world like what??? The generalisation baffles me. ANYWAY, they need to stop the race swaps and create original black characters instead. The industry must be doing these provocative stuff to incite racial tension or something . They did it with Annabeth in Percy Jackson, Helen of Troy In the odyssey, cleopatra the list goes on. Stop it please
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