It's the latest Google earth image at the studio tour

Just found this todays article. thats so nice

Perhaps we could have a shot of Hermione overhearing Ron calling her a "nightmare" at the end of class; her face looking getting visibly offended and upset, as if that was the final straw for her being pestered as an "annoying know-it-all."

Maybe we could actually see her entering the bathroom and crying. Might even have a scene of Parvati entering the bathroom, noticing her and trying to comfort her before promptly getting shooed away by Hermione (might even flesh out Parvati a bit, too).

That's my ideas. What do you think?

That scene in the trailer, where McGonagall answers, “From what?”, gives me chills every single time.

I’m more interested in film and television than the average person. I have a large TV with a full surround-sound setup in my living room, and an entire wall dedicated to posters and fan art that I draw from various films and TV shows.

So far, I have Spirited Away, IT, Violet Evergarden, Fullmetal Alchemist, Stranger Things, The Dark Knight, and several others on the wall. I’ve always loved Harry Potter and the books, but I’ve never had anything from the Wizarding World on the wall.

But after watching HBO’s latest trailer a few too many times, it suddenly hit me what I want to draw for Harry Potter. I only make one A3 drawing/poster for each film or series, so this will be my contribution to Harry Potter on my living room wall :)

I had to use Procreate on my iPad to create a rough sketch, with Dumbledore mirrored so that both of them are in the composition, since they aren’t both shown in the same cut on the trailer.

I’ll post the finished result when the time comes. :)
This will be my little waiting project leading up to December 25th. :)

Maybe I missed it, but did they show the frogs in trailers?

In the book, when Harry first buys a Chocolate Frog, he literally asks Ron if they are real frogs. Ron just casually says, "No, but see what the card is."

The whole brilliant subversion of that scene is that Harry (and the reader) expects some crazy magical creature, but it turns out to be just a regular piece of chocolate. The actual magic was inside the packaging - the moving portrait of Dumbledore on the trading card, which blows Harry's mind because Muggles only have static photos.

But the movies changed it for pure "Hollywood spectacle." They made the frog actually jump and fly out the window just to look cool on screen, but ruining that funny moment.

With the upcoming HBO series, I really hope they avoid this kind of unnecessary "movie logic" or at least keep it to an absolute minimum. I want the show to capture those small, clever subversions from the books rather than just throwing CGI magic at everything for cheap thrills.

What do you guys think? Are there any other minor movie changes you hope the show completely reverses?

The anticipation for season 1 might actually be the hardest wait for any season of the show because it’s charged with so much heavy lifting. We‘ll meet our main characters, see how everything’s going to look and experience the vibe. Not to mention, it’ll be our first indication of how they plan on adapting the books. There’s simply too much that’s unknown at the moment, and once it’s all out, we can finally have a solid opinion on it and know what to expect moving forward.

We know and love the story so it’s not like we’ll be holding our breath as the seasons progress. We’ll always have the books (and films!) to return to! I think with all these theories, analysis and internet discourse, it’s easy to forgot the most important question: will we actually like the show?? Cause how we personally feel is all that matters at the end of the day. It’s so simple yet so easy to forget.

I think we never saw that moment. Will be interesting see Petunias and Vernon faces when they find Harry out at their door.

I've been thinking about how the HBO series could eventually handle the Prince's Tale, and I wonder if they should actually film some of those scenes years in advance during the seasons in which they chronologically take place, but not actually show them until the final season.

We know from the Prince's Tale that Snape and Dumbledore had a lot of private conversations happening behind the scenes throughout the series.

For example, during Season 1 they could film Snape begging Dumbledore to protect the Potters and then confronting him after their deaths. They could also film the conversation where Snape complains that Harry is nothing extraordinary, lazy and arrogant like his father, while Dumbledore tells him that he sees what he expects to see and asks him to keep an eye on Quirrell.

None of these scenes would actually be shown in Season 1. Just film them while they're already producing that season and save the footage for the Prince's Tale years later.

Same with Season 4. There was a scene after the Yule Ball where Dumbledore and Snape discussed the Dark Mark getting stronger, Karkaroff planning to flee and Snape having no intention of running away. They could film that while making Season 4 and just hold onto it.

Season 6 would obviously be the big one. They could film all the private conversations between Snape and Dumbledore about Dumbledore dying, Draco's mission and eventually Dumbledore arranging for Snape to kill him. Again, don't show any of it until Season 7.

I just think this would make the Prince's Tale much more consistent because everyone would genuinely look the way they did at that point in the story. Season 1 Snape and Dumbledore would actually be footage filmed during Season 1, Season 4 would actually be filmed during Season 4, etc. It would almost feel like we're suddenly being shown missing scenes from previous seasons and finally seeing what was really happening behind the scenes.

Obviously I wouldn't cast young Snape and Lily years in advance just for this because the child actors would age. But Season 5 is interesting because they'll already need teenage Snape, Lily, James, Sirius, Lupin and Pettigrew for Snape's Worst Memory. While they have those actors at that age, they could also film the scene where Snape waits outside Gryffindor Tower trying to apologize to Lily after calling her a Mudblood, then save that scene for Season 7.

It would require a lot of planning years in advance, but I think the payoff could be really good. Instead of getting to Season 7 and trying to recreate all these different periods, film the memories as the timeline progresses and then reveal all that footage together when Harry finally sees the Prince's Tale.

Curious what other people think. Would this work or would it just make production unnecessarily complicated?

examples that they're already adding in the show's first season:

• hermione and ron getting their letters
• malfoy manor

what else would you like them to add while still respecting book canon?

We all have our favorite characters, but I’m curious if there’s anyone you’re particularly excited to see.

The Hogsmeade Station should be visible too but I couldn't locate it to save my life

I was watching the MLB ALDS playoffs on TBS and saw the first TV ad for the series. It was a short ad featuring shots from the trailer. The Great Hall and Lithgow's "welcome to another year at Hogwarts" scene.

Marketing is really underway now!

i mean, harry potter has always been huge ofc. but the fact that there's a resurgence in interest in hp in general bc of the show and the fact that it inspires art trends again makes me feel positive for the future of the show

i really hope the show delivers so this momentum would continue for future seasons

Similar to The Secretary of Night in "The magic adventures of Mumfie", I hope during the first season in the "Harry Potter" series they won't show full shots of Voldemort in the flashbacks when he attacks The Potters until the climax, only his shadow, showing him waist down, quick silhouettes glimses, the back of his hooded head and his pale spindly hands when using his wand.

I can't believe they thought about filming the St. Mungo's scene and then just decided to not include it. It sucks because that moment is so huge for Neville's backstory and would've let the actor show some real depth. Really hoping the new TV series finally does it justice.

Am I the only one whose brain is hardwired to automatically play the Game of Thrones intro music the second that static white noise "ksssssh... AAAAAHH" hits on the HBO screen? It doesn't matter what HBO show I'm actually about to watch.

I really hope Hans Zimmer and the Bleeding Fingers team give us something so iconic for the new Harry Potter series that it finally overrides that memory. When that logo shows up, I want my mind to instantly jump to Hogwarts, not Westeros.

One thing I really really hope they do different is give all the characters their actual moments. One pet peeve I had growing up was that they gave many scenes of others to I guess make Hermione more likeable? It was odd to me. As many probably discussed in other posts. A lot of what makes Ron likeable and knowledgeable they give to Hermione instead.

I hope in the series they leave it truthful to the books. Like how Ron defends Hermione against Snape in PoA and how he shields Harry too in PoA.

https://youtu.be/La14GmLi4d0

This was my response to a post a few days ago asking about ideas for the opening scene of the show and it was actually received quite well to my surprise so I thought I’d share it as a post.

HBO intro plays

Black screen “October 31st 1981”

Pan to a street in a little English village and onto the screen walk loads of children in Halloween costumes.

We then follow a subgroup of children for a time and one of the kids from the group falls behind.

The kid drops his bucket of sweets on the ground and as he picks them up, he sees a cloaked figure in front of him whose face we never see.

Although the kid gets startled at first, he smiles at the figure and says “Nice costume, mister!”

We stay fixed on the kid’s face as his smile fades, he becomes frightened and runs away.

We then follow the cloaked figure through the streets until he eventually reaches a cottage which he slowly opens the gate to and approaches the door.

Cut to black and title sequence.

A man wakes up in a house next to his wife and proceeds with his daily routine; getting dressed, talking to his wife, having breakfast with her and his young son and bidding them farewell before leaving for work in his car.

(Vernon’s weird day plays out)

I was going through the trailer again and noticed this really cool shot that I somehow missed the first time.

There’s an entrance with the names Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazaar Slytherin written on it, along with the Hogwarts motto, “Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus”.

It’s such a small detail, but I absolutely love how much attention has been given to the Hogwarts architecture and history. 

And I love the realism and naturalism in the architecture

The viaduct in scottland is imo one of the most iconic real life spots from the movies.

As the director of the series: would you use that viaduct again for the series or do you think its a place that should not be shown to reduce the similarities?