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The wizarding satellite of Harry Potter is to beryllium brought to beingness successful a caller TV bid starring a marque caller cast.
The bid volition beryllium based connected writer JK Rowling's books and volition beryllium produced implicit the people of a decade, with each play based connected 1 of the 7 books.
The Harry Potter books are among the best-selling of each time, having sold much than 600 cardinal copies worldwide.
The books person antecedently been turned into films, which starred Daniel Radcliffe arsenic Harry Potter.
"The bid volition diagnostic a caller formed to pb a caller procreation of fandom, afloat of the fantastic detail, overmuch loved characters and melodramatic locations that Harry Potter fans person loved for implicit twenty-five years," Warner Bros Discovery said successful a property release.
It said each play volition beryllium "authentic to the archetypal books", with Rowling named arsenic an enforcement shaper connected the series.
"Max's committedness to preserving the integrity of my books is important to me, and I'm looking guardant to being portion of this caller adaptation which volition let for a grade of extent and item lone afforded by a long-form tv series," Rowling said successful a statement.
Rowling has go a arguable fig successful caller years for her presumption relating to sex identity and her views connected allowing trans women into women-only spaces.
Her views person led to contention among immoderate Harry Potter fans.
Some called for a boycott of the recently-released Hogwarts Legacy video game erstwhile it came retired successful February. It is 1 of the fastest-selling video games of 2023 successful the UK and US, according to gaming manufacture websites. It is based connected Rowling's wizarding world.
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