While the HBO Harry Potter series, due to its format and its desire to pay homage to J.K. Rowling's books, is expected to exploit several forgotten passages from the eight films released between 2001 and 2011, some answers to the questions fans are asking and which belong to the extended lore of the young wizard's universe with glasses are expected to continue to be forgotten.
Harry Potter Series: Questions That Will Remain Forgotten
We have repeated this several times in our columns. The Harry Potter series overseen by HBO will spread the adventures of the apprentice wizard over several seasons, each of which will adapt a book by writer J.K. Rowling. The perfect opportunity for Warner to capitalize on the franchise for (at least) another decade, while opening the magic of Hogwarts to a new teenage audience, too young in the 2000s to follow the hype surrounding the trio of students Harry - Ron - Hermione. On several occasions, we have mentioned the scenes, passages and other plots forgotten by the films that could be adapted in this new project, as well as certain sequences that would really need a CGI makeover. However, despite the very generous series format in terms of stories to tell, this new saga could miss out on certain things and questions that have been plaguing Potterheads for decades, the lore being quite substantial all the same.
What is the story of the Marauders at Hogwarts?
This is the case with the Marauders. In The Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry retrieves the Marauder's Map and learns at the same time that his father, his godfather Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew formed a small group of friends. Within the confines of Hogwarts, they developed their Animagus abilities and tried to control Remus's werewolf transformations, within their stronghold of the Shrieking Shack. Mentioned in the film and briefly recounted in the book, their misdeeds have been the subject of several fan fictions. Curious little ones have imagined and developed several theories about their escapades during their time at Hogwarts. A narrative arc very popular with the community and one that Daniel Radcliffe thinks deserves to be adapted into a spin-off. And that's the problem. Since Harry and his friends' father's generation is quite wealthy and in a different timeframe, HBO risks cannibalizing its series by choosing to adapt this very time-consuming part of the story. To the point of breaking its rhythm, or even going off-topic. Unless you film a few scenes through flashbacks, it's hard to see the Marauders' story being developed.
What happens to Harry after the Battle of Hogwarts?
After defeating Voldemort, Harry marries Ginny Weasley, has three children, and makes a breakthrough in his career as an Auror. Brief details about his life afterward are condensed into a few seconds in the final film: Deathly Hallows. During a flash forward filmed 19 years later in which he accompanies his son on Platform 9 ¾. The series is also unlikely to dwell on her adult life, career, and the fame she's acquired over the years. This is partly because the goal of this reboot is to follow the seven books written by J.K. Rowling, and nothing else, and partly because it would lengthen the story and overload it unnecessarily. HBO and Warner Bros. have clearly stated their intention to revive the novels. Expanding the story could even divide the fanbase, between those who want to see something other than a pure reboot, and those who are very attached to J.K. Rowling's books and who appreciate a work that is very faithful to the source material.
What did Dumbledore do before becoming Headmaster of Hogwarts?
Anything that doesn't take place during Harry's school days won't be covered by HBO's scope. More specifically, anything that J.K. Rowling hasn't told in her seven books won't be included in the series. So goodbye to questions about the lore, future, or past of certain characters. This is the case for Albus Dumbledore. The wizard was well into his 100s when he became Headmaster of Hogwarts, and has a long and eventful life behind him. His early life is chronicled in the Fantastic Beasts film trilogy, which he devoted to his life as a professor at Hogwarts and his fight against his old friend Grindelwald (whom he would later defeat in 1945, although this is not shown in Dumbledore's Secrets). There is then a real gap of almost 50 years untapped until his study of Horcruxes and his leadership of the school of magic in the 90s. A narrative gap that some fans fantasize about, but which will therefore not be exploited by HBO in its reboot, for the reasons mentioned above.
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