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Credit: Warner Bros.The Harry Potter reboot will borrow much more from the film series than we thought.
According to Daily Mail Online, sources say that Warner Bros. is set to film “TEN series at its studios in Leavesden” — home to the Warner Bros. Studios Tour London — The Making of Harry Potter — adding, “The plan is to produce ten consecutive years of Harry Potter TV shows.”
It was confirmed last year by Warner Bros. that the reboot heading for Max would be made up of seven seasons over ten years, with each season based on one of the books by JK Rowling. But it sounds like there are now plans for another three seasons — unless some of those seasons will be split in half, a method many popular shows have adopted over the years.
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The television series is separate from the other spinoffs Warner Bros. and Max recently alluded to. Recently, in a report by Deadline, Max said it “is open to the possibility of developing more than one idea based on Harry Potter.”
The studios in Leavesden, where fans have enjoyed a magical studio backlot experience in droves since it was opened to the public in 2012, was home to the film series for ten years between 2001 and 2011. Now, the upcoming television series, whose budget is around $200 million per season according to Daily Mail Online, is set to bring the franchise back to the studios.
The reboot will also seemingly borrow the film’s iconic score by John Williams, which Max’s teaser from last year uses, along with the same Hogwarts castle:
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A writer for the series is yet to be confirmed. However, Warner Bros. is reportedly closing in on Succession and Killing Eve writer and producer Francesca Gardiner, who was also an executive producer on the BBC adaptation of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials books.
While no actors from the eight films are expected to return, some stars, such as Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom), Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy), and Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy), have expressed an interest in returning to play different characters.
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Warner Bros. Television Studios Group chairwoman and CEO Channing Dungey recently told Variety that finding suitable actors to play the likes of Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger will be “tricky.” As such, no casting has been confirmed as yet.
In addition to Warner Bros.’ plans to develop the reboot and several spinoffs, there’s a lot more going on in the franchise. Hogwarts Legacy is rumored to be getting a sequel, and a video game titled Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions (TBA) is also in development. A new themed land named The Wizarding World of Harry Potter: the Ministry of Magic is being developed at Universal Studios’ Epic Universe in Orlando, which will be the fifth Wizarding World theme park location, following Universal Orlando Resort, Universal Hollywood, Universal Japan, and Universal Beijing. And later this year, the Leavesden studios in London will host the “Return to Azkaban” event to celebrate the 2004 film’s 20th anniversary.
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