J.K. Rowling Shares Her Early Take On Harry Potter TV Series
Harry Potter's sire, J.K, Rowling, has shared her early take on the TV series being conjured by HBO.
It was first announced in April 2023 that Max had ordered a TV series based on the popular Harry Potter novels, with author Rowling attached as an executive producer. (In June 2024, the Harry Potter project was among several upcoming Max shows rebranded as HBO originals, guaranteeing that they will air on the cable network as well as stream.)
"In partnership with Warner Bros. Television and J.K. Rowling, this new ... series will dive deep into each of the iconic books that fans have continued to enjoy for all of these years," HBO CEO Casey Bloys said at the time of the announcement. Rowling in turn said, "Max's commitment to preserving the integrity of my books is important to me, and I'm looking forward to being part of this new adaptation which will allow for a degree of depth and detail only afforded by a long form television series."
This Saturday evening — two years and two months later — Rowling shared on X, "I read the first two episodes of the forthcoming HBO Harry Potter series and they are SO, SO, SO GOOD!"
When someone asked, "So you are not doing the writing for this show?," Rowling X'd back, "No, but I've worked closely with the extremely talented writers."
Even so, the initial news that Rowling would so much as carry an executive producer credit on the series was met with many fans' ire, given myriad statements she has made in recent years about sex and gender that have been deemed transphobic.
In response to that first wave of backlash, Rowling quipped on X, "Dreadful news, which I feel duty bound to share. Activists in my mentions are trying to organise 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."
Production on the Harry Potter TV series is set to begin this summer, with filming taking place at England's Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden. Newcomers Dominic McLaughlin, Alastair Stout and Arabella Stanton will respectively star as young wizards Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. (See the full Harry Potter cast list here.)
The timetable for the show's premiere date, however, is less clear.
"When we started the whole thing, we kind of laid out, 'Oh, it could probably be [2027], something like that,'" HBO's Bloys told reporters in November 2024. "But don't hold me to any of that, because we're just getting started in the writing and casting process."
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