{"id":346018,"date":"2026-03-24T22:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T22:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/346018\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T22:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T22:43:11","slug":"harry-potter-series-a-lot-of-pressure-but-very-special-says-hbo-max-exec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/346018\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Harry Potter’ Series ‘A Lot of Pressure’ but ‘Very Special,’ Says HBO Max Exec"},"content":{"rendered":"

HBO Max<\/a> head of original programming Sarah Aubrey teased the upcoming \u201cHarry Potter<\/a>\u201d series at Series Mania<\/a>, saying \u201cthe world that has been created is absolutely extraordinary.\u201d<\/p>\n

During a keynote address at the TV conference in Lille, France on Tuesday, Aubrey discussed the experience of recently taking influencers to the show\u2019s set, recalling how some \u201cburst into tears.\u201d<\/p>\n

This was especially gratifying as the streamer \u201cmade such a big commitment to this show\u201d by filming all the books and it was a \u201cfinancial investment we normally wouldn\u2019t make.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just very special working on something that means that much. There\u2019s a lot of pressure, but it\u2019s also very, very special,\u201d Aubrey said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe world that has been created is absolutely extraordinary,\u201d she continued, displaying the first image from the series<\/a> that was revealed just before the panel kicked off. The photo shows Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter walking up to the quidditch pitch while wearing a Gryffindor cloak with his name and number on it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe journey with these incredible books continues and I\u2019m so excited for all of you to see it and be a part of it,\u201d Aubrey said.<\/p>\n

The upcoming \u201cHarry Potter\u201d series is currently filming at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden and is targeting a 2027 release, with each season dedicated to one of Rowling\u2019s books. Led by showrunner Francesca Gardiner (\u201cHis Dark Materials\u201d) and \u201cSuccession\u201d director Mark Mylod, the series stars newcomers McLaughlin, Alastair Stout and Arabella Stanton as Harry, Ron and Hermione, respectively.<\/p>\n

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At a panel during Content London in December, Aubrey shared that she would be visiting the \u201cHarry Potter\u201d set during her time in the U.K. \u201cI just keep thinking, it\u2019s such a delightful adaptation of the books,\u201d she teased. \u201cAnd I think when people watch it, they [will] think, \u2018These are the books.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

HBO Max is gearing up to launch in the U.K. and Ireland on Thursday. At Content London, Aubrey said the \u201cHarry Potter\u201d series is a great representation of the U.K. TV industry. \u201cIt\u2019s created by a British writer, it\u2019s directed by a British filmmaker and its craftspeople are the best that this country has to offer,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m so excited for everyone to see it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HBO Max head of original programming Sarah Aubrey teased the upcoming \u201cHarry Potter\u201d series at Series Mania, saying…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":346019,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,510,3484,111,139,69,157230,437],"class_list":["post-346018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-harry-potter","tag-hbo-max","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-series-mania","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}