A Harry Potter collection is formally taking place on HBO is such a tough idea to wrap my head round. I’m so used to the Harry Potter films and the stellar forged that that I can’t think about a brand new forged and Wizarding World coming into play in my 2026 streaming schedule. Whereas I could also be personally weirded out by Harry Potter’s upcoming tv remake, Lord Voldemort’s Ralph Fiennes is right here to take us to highschool.
The Harry Potter movies had been a giant a part of my childhood, because it was my mission to see every film the week it got here out. As a result of Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and extra veteran British actors portrayed the J.Okay. Rowling characters so effectively, it’s onerous to consider there’ll be a brand new forged holding these wands episode-by-episode. Whereas I could also be weirded out on the thought of Harry Potter turning into an HBO collection, Ralph Fiennes was right here to highschool me and ET (by way of @infocmbr) throughout 2025’s Golden Globes on why a made-for-TV collection of the boy wizard’s adventures is a good suggestion:
I’m not stunned. It was some time in the past these movies had been made. And there’s a complete new technology that might most likely wish to see a brand new method.
Ralph Fiennes makes a number of sense. It’s been over a decade because the last Harry Potter movie, The Deathly Hallows: Half 2, got here out. Possibly it’s time that the following technology experiences what my technology went by way of awaiting every installment. Contemplating I needed to wait a yr or two for every movie to land in theaters, new followers may have it simple solely having to attend every week for a brand new episode till the following season.
It’s clear that Ralph Fiennes nonetheless has a deep affection for his villainous Harry Potter character. When the Implausible Beasts movie collection was rolling in 2019, the British actor stated he didn’t need anybody to reprise Voldemort for the prequel franchise aside from himself. The Tony Award winner did go down in historical past as being the primary to painting He Who Shall Not Be Named, so it is smart to search out it bizarre to see anybody else painting the function.
However as time has handed since then with a Harry Potter TV present underway, Ralph Fiennes stated he’s prepared at hand over his wand to Cillian Murphy, calling him a “implausible actor.” Because the Irish actor has an appearing historical past of taking part in complicated roles in Peaky Blinders and Oppenheimer, I’m positive the Oscar winner can pull off the famed antagonist function. I hope he is aware of meaning he’ll need to lose the nostril and put on tights like Fiennes did.
What we all know thus far concerning the upcoming HBO collection is that casting shall be taking place in April to search out 11th of September-year-olds to play the magical trio. Succession’s Francesca Gardiner would be the collection’ showrunner and Recreation of Thrones director Mark Mylod will direct a number of episodes. Talking of Recreation of Thrones, the brand new Harry Potter collection is predicted to have the identical price range because the Emmy-winning present. Whereas we don’t know but if every season will cowl every guide, the 2026 collection plans to be launched throughout the course of a decade.
It nonetheless looks like a bizarre idea that Harry Potter shall be remade right into a TV collection, however Ralph Fiennes has some extent {that a} new method to the beloved fantasy collection could also be what this new technology of followers wants. Plus, David Heyman, who produced the movie collection, stated the brand new present will current a extra correct portrayal of the books. This shall be wonderful for guide followers like myself who will discover guide scenes that didn’t make their manner into the flicks come to life within the TV collection.
Till the brand new HBO collection is available in 2026, you possibly can watch the movie collection that began all of it along with your Max subscription and Peacock subscription.