Harry Potter TV Series Targeted for 2026 Premiere on Max, J.K. Rowling Recently Met With Studio Execs to Discuss Show
Harry Potter is set to return -- to the small screen -- in 2026 on Warner Bros. Discovery's Max.
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Harry Potter TV Series Targeted for 2026 Premiere on Max, J.K. Rowling Recently Met With Studio Execs to Discuss Show
Harry Potter is set to return — to the small screen — in 2026.
The first installment of the Harry Potter TV series is targeted to hit the Max streaming service in 2026, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav said on the company’s Q4 earnings call Friday. The series is expected to span seven seasons, adapting each book in J.K. Rowling’s best-selling fantasy book series.
“We’ve not been shy about our excitement around Harry Potter,” Zaslav told analysts, noting that the last film in the series from Warner Bros. Pictures was made more than a dozen years ago.
Zaslav said he was in London a few weeks ago with HBO and Max content boss Casey Bloys and Channing Dungey, chairperson of Warner Bros. Television, to meet with author J.K. Rowling about the show.
“We spent some real time with J.K. and her team,” Zaslav said on the call. “Both sides are just thrilled to be reigniting this franchise. Our conversations were great, and we couldn’t be more excited about what’s ahead. We can’t wait to share a decade of new stories with fans around the world on Max.”
No casting for the Harry Potter TV series has been announced to date, but WBTV has said it will feature an all-new cast from the films. Daniel Radcliffe, who portrayed the Boy Who Lived in the eight Warner Bros. movies, has said he’s “definitely not seeking it out in any way” as far as appearing in the new show.
Rowling — who in the past few years has made controversial statements about gender viewed as anti-trans — last year responded to Harry Potter fans who say they plan to boycott Max’s TV adaptation over her involvement. “Activists in my mentions are trying to organize yet another boycott of my work, this time of the ‘Harry Potter’ TV show. As forewarned is forearmed, I’ve taken the precaution of laying in a large stock of champagne,” Rowling wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
Putting the other serious issues aside, like do we really need this? As a millennial it feels like my whole damn life has been nothing but HP, especially as a Brit. I’m just kinda sick of it all.
maybe in 10 years it could have been a good way to introduce the franchise to a new gen of people but yeah right now it feels unnecessary, the thing is that financially Warner Bros just had a couple of horrendous years and Wizarding World is by their biggest IP so they are going to milk it while they can
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