HBO has confirmed the news that every Harry Potter fan expected: it is going to create an entire series dedicated to JK Rowling’s megahit.
As the television platform explained at an event, each season of the series will be based on a book, thus ensuring success for a decade. The series will also feature a new cast of films.
Finally all the people who have not read the books or seen the Harry Potter movies will have a series to find out where all the fuss comes from and above all assess whether it is worth it. pic.twitter.com/llu9CS8G7d
— Lorenzo Mejino (@lmejino) April 12, 2023
“We are delighted to give the public the opportunity to discover Hogwarts in a completely new way,” HBO president Casey Bloys explained, as they consider Harry Potter to be a cultural phenomenon and there is clear interest in extending the magical saga. .
The writer JK Rowling will be executive producer of the project, and has already valued the series positively, since she considers that the company has demonstrated its commitment to preserve the integrity of its books and at the same time give them a greater depth than what they have enjoyed in staging in famous movies.
.The media and entertainment conglomerate Warner Bros Discovery has announced this Wednesday that will merge its on-demand content platforms HBO Max and Discovery+ in one, called ‘Max’.
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The company, in a broadcast event, has said that will launch the new platform on May 23 in the United States and that it will maintain the prices of its plans, at $15.99 per month without advertising, and $9.99 with advertising. In Latin America ‘Max’ will be released at the end of this year, and in other regions later.
The The company also announced titles linked to other famous saga: “The Knight of the seven kingdoms: The Hedge Knight”, prequel to “Game of Thrones”, with George RR Martin as producer.