‘Harry Potter’ TV Series Greenlit at Max | THR News - video Dailymotion

David Heyman, who produced all eight feature films, is in talks to exec produce the original series based on the books.

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00:00It's official, a Harry Potter TV series is happening.

00:04The live-action TV series will live on the streaming service formerly known as HBO Max,

00:08which has been rebranded to Simply Max.

00:11Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav announced the news on Wednesday morning

00:15during a presentation that revealed how streamers HBO Max and Discovery Plus would be integrated.

00:21Max shared this video.

00:22The streaming service describes the series like this.

00:31The stories from each of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books will become a decade-long series

00:35produced with the same epic craft, love, and care this global franchise is known for.

00:41The series will feature a new cast to lead a new generation of fandom,

00:44full of the fantastic detail, much-loved characters,

00:47and dramatic locations that Harry Potter fans have loved for over 25 years.

00:52Each season will be authentic to the original books,

00:55and bring Harry Potter and these incredible adventures to new audiences around the world,

00:59while the original, classic, and beloved films will remain at the core of the franchise

01:03and available to watch globally.

01:05According to Casey Bloys, the chairman and CEO of HBO and Max Content,

01:10the Harry Potter TV series will be on the budget of Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon,

01:15with the latter's first season clocking in at $125 million.

01:19He said,

01:20It will be that scale or higher, whatever it takes to make a quality show.

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