HBO commissions Harry Potter series

HBO commissions Harry Potter series

Your Hogwarts letter is here.

Max has ordered the first ever #HarryPotter scripted television series, a faithful adaptation of the iconic books. #StreamOnMax pic.twitter.com/3CgEHLYhch

— Max (@StreamOnMax) April 12, 2023

J.K. Rowling will be the executive producer of the series that will faithfully adapt the seven books of the Harry Potter saga! pic.twitter.com/JMJmMExUML

— Written by J.K. Rowling (@rowlingmore) April 12, 2023

Well this is pretty cool.

I was initially against any remakes given the original film series is just perfect with the casting and pre-CGI effects, but the news that JK Rowling is a producer means it can't be meddled with by sick progressive yanks in Hollywood who are absolutely dying to cast Hermione as an obese black woman from the Bronx, and make Professor Snape a transgender polymorphic disabled body positive they/them. Good on her for protecting her work of art from cultural arsonists.

Of course I don't think it'll ever come close to the originals really. I mean can you ever come close to Alan Rickman as Snape and Dame Maggie Smith as McGonagall?