Harry Potter Film Producer Reveals MASSIVE New Details About HBO Series
Harry Potter Theory

Harry Potter Film Producer Reveals MASSIVE New Details About HBO Series

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 1, 202614 min

First of all: happy back to Hogwarts day, and second of all: welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory. Like we normally see, the official Harry Potter social channels have been particularly active today — and with the HBO show fast approaching, you can bet your bottom dollar we’ve got some updates. And perhaps the biggest updates actually came from an interview with David Heyman on the official Harry Potter YouTube channel. If you don’t know who David Heyman is..He produced ALL 8 of the original films. I’ve t...

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Now, we've been hearing for a long time that the upcoming series is going to be a much more faithful adaptation of the books.

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From the sounds of it, they're rethinking how the story works as television, rebuilding

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Hey everyone, happy back to Hogwarts day, and second of all welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory. Like we normally see, the official Harry Potter social channels have been particularly active today and with the HBO show fast approaching, you can bet your bottom dollar we've got

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some updates. And perhaps the biggest updates actually came from an interview with David Heyman on the official Harry Potter YouTube channel. If you don't know who David Heyman is, he produced all eight of the original films. I've taken the liberty of listening to the full interview and I wanted to share some of my findings,

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as Heyman reveals quite a lot about the upcoming show. Now, we've been hearing for a long time that the upcoming series is going to be a much more faithful adaptation of the books. But Heyman has just given us much more clarity on what that actually means. From the sounds of it, they're rethinking how the story works as television, rebuilding

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