Harry Potter reunion Return to Hogwarts coming in 2022

Harry Potter reunion Return to Hogwarts release appointment, cast and more

Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint (seen here in a Harry Potter movie) will return for the Harry Potter reunion

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HBO Max will beginning 2022 with all the fan service: you can watch a Harry Potter reunion that brings dorsum nigh of the original bandage, including stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint. The special will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the motion-picture show Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Rock, the first of the serial of movie adaptations of the popular books.

A press release announcing the special revealed that it will "tell an enchanting making-of story through all-new in-depth interviews and cast conversations, inviting fans on a magical kickoff-person journey through one of the most love film franchises of all time." That last part sounds truly unique, but we're betting most fans will just want to run across their favorite actors interact with each other. We're expecting all of the emotions to hit when the cast probable reminisce over love cast members Richard Harris and Alan Rickman, who take since passed away.

This kind of special is the sort of affair that volition likely push fans to resubscribe to HBO Max and keep it in our all-time streaming services list (though the lack of day-ane release movies will hurt HBO'due south ranking in 2022).

And before you lot can ask, controversial Harry Potter creator J.Chiliad. Rowling doesn't seem to be a part of the project. The press release detailing information technology all listed a ton of cast members for the reunion, and her name was absent-minded from it all, save for a mention at the stop about the fact that the films were based on her books.

Harry Potter reunion release date

Harry Potter 20th Ceremony: Return to Hogwarts streams on HBO Max on January ane, 2022. While the press release claims that it will come out every bit "the clock strikes midnight on New year'due south Twenty-four hour period," that'due south easier said than done, what with time zones and all. While yous wait for the special, you can watch all of the Harry Potter movies in order on both HBO Max and Peacock.

We'd bet the special will get in at three a.thou. ET, if history repeats itself. That'due south when most not-HBO content arrives on HBO Max, such as the Friends reunion. That aforementioned day, the Harry Potter trivia show Hogwarts Tournament of Houses will debut on HBO Max.

HBO Max is bachelor on all of the all-time streaming devices. Don't have HBO Max? Well, this special will also stream in leap 2022 on TBS and Cartoon Network.

Looking for something else to picket on HBO Max while you expect? This week has another long-awaited reunion with the And Just Like That, the Sex and the City revival. And over on FXX, the chaos at Paddy's Pub continues with It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia flavour fifteen episodes 3 and iv.

Harry Potter reunion teaser trailer

The invitations are out, and old friends are finally communicable each other's eyes on the trains, but the first teaser trailer doesn't really give u.s. much that'southward new. It's mostly for airing on HBO and HBO Max for people who oasis't heard, or need a reminder as to why they should hold onto their subscriptions. Check it out:

Harry Potter reunion bandage

Most of the expected major names in the Potterverse are coming back for the Harry Potter reunion, starting with the core trio of Radcliffe, Grint and Watson. Notable by his absence is histrion Michael Gambon, the second actor to portray Albus Dumbledore after Harris' death. Gambon has been dealing with retentiveness loss.

Maggie Smith is also not listed.

The full (or at to the lowest degree announced) cast for the Render to Hogwarts special is as follows:

Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter)
Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley)
Emma Watson (Hermione Granger)
Chris Columbus (manager Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)
Helena Bonham Carter (Bellatrix Lestrange)
Robbie Coltrane (Rubeus Hagrid)
Ralph Fiennes (Voldermort)
Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy)
Gary Oldman (Sirius Black)
Imelda Staunton (Dolores Umbridge)
Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy)
Oliver Phelps and James Phelps (Fred and George Weasley)
Mark Williams (Arthur Weasley)
Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley)
Alfred Enoch (Dean Thomas)
Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom)
Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood)
Ian Hart (Professor Quirrell)

Harry Potter reunion teaser

The clip that HBO Max released to promote the special doesn't bear witness any footage of the reunited cast. Instead, it draws on nostalgia as a sort of supercut of emotional moments from the films.

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