What if soon you were no longer content to repeat the 8 episodes of the Harry Potter saga at Christmas?
According to the American specialist site Hollywood Reporter, the saga could soon bounce back on HBO max, the online video platform of the entertainment giant Warner.
It is still only a project in preparation, but executives of HBO Max have had a series of meetings with writers in order to take the franchise from the big screen to the small screen, assures the site specializing in Hollywood scoops.
THR sources indicate that general ideas were discussed during the first preparatory meetings.
What the media group denied.
“There is no Harry Potter series in development in the studio or on the broadcast platform,” HBO Max and Warner Bros.
in a statement.
A top priority for HBO Max
The expansion of the Harry Potter universe remains a top priority for HBO Max and Warner Bros. Studios.
which, with its creator JK Rowling, controls the property rights.
Harry Potter is one of Warner's highest grossing works.
Rowling's seven-book series has been adapted into eight feature films that have grossed more than $ 7 billion worldwide.
The news that talks are underway for a Harry Potter TV series is therefore not surprising given its financial potential.
HBO Max, which launched last year in the United States, is home to the finest jewelry in Warner's catalog.
Harry Potter would be enthroned there alongside “Wonder Woman”, films labeled DC Comics or even cult series “Friends”, “Game of Thrones” or “Sex and the City”.
