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re: Paul Bettany rumored top choice to play Voldemort in HBO Harry Potter series

Posted on 3/4/26 at 10:09 pm to
Posted by OMLandshark
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Posted on 3/4/26 at 10:09 pm to
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Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
65894 posts
Posted on 3/4/26 at 10:27 pm to
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The race swap for Snape is still one of the most mind boggling things.


Will not watch solely due to this choice.

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I’m even race swapping Dumbledore would have made more sense.


Sirius would have made more sense.
Posted by Jay Are
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2014
6131 posts
Posted on 3/4/26 at 10:44 pm to
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Over a year ago, you’re late to the party, she’s been kicked to the curb.


She confirmed she's not writing individual episodes. She was never going to write the episodes. No one lied about her involvement.
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
70813 posts
Posted on 3/4/26 at 10:58 pm to
lol
Posted by sgallo3
Lake Charles
Member since Sep 2008
27232 posts
Posted on 3/5/26 at 1:39 am to
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She confirmed she's not writing individual episodes. She was never going to write the episodes. No one lied about her involvement

Yep, shes in the GRRM role for A knight of the seven kingdoms. Once the scripts are finalized theres not much for her to do.
Posted by Friendly Satan
Member since Nov 2024
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Posted on 3/5/26 at 5:50 am to
He won’t need too much makeup

Posted by LSUSUPERSTAR
TX
Member since Jan 2005
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Posted on 3/5/26 at 7:14 am to
As much as I enjoyed the movie series, from PoA on they changed so many crucial storylines that affected character motivations. All those movies other than the first two needed two movies each to get everything in. But just like Game of Thrones, Hollywood going to Hollywood things.
Posted by HuskyPanda
Philly
Member since Feb 2018
2422 posts
Posted on 3/5/26 at 8:08 am to
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are they filming yet? Its going to be 5 years before this show comes out and all the kids are going to be college age.


They are, some on set photos have leaked a while back. The ones I saw are of Harry and Hagrid walking together
Posted by bad93ex
Walnut Cove
Member since Sep 2018
36176 posts
Posted on 3/5/26 at 8:22 am to
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All those movies other than the first two needed two movies each to get everything in. But just like Game of Thrones, Hollywood going to Hollywood things.


They seem to do the opposite of what is needed The Hobbit definitely did not have the content for three movies but they milked that one out as much as they could.
Posted by boxcarbarney
Above all things, be a man
Member since Jul 2007
26722 posts
Posted on 3/5/26 at 10:15 am to
Not sure if I'd consider Inside the Magic a legit source of info. Most of their articles are bait and switch clickbait with titles like "Disney to Close Beloved Tomorrowland Icon" and when you click on the article it turns out they temporarily closed a food cart.
Posted by Bama Bird
Pittsburgh, PA
Member since Mar 2013
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Posted on 3/5/26 at 1:19 pm to
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There is no chance that this show measures up to the original series. Not because it can't be a well-done show, but because fans of OG potter have the nostalgia element and this romantic view of what they remember those movies to be. This has no chance to capture that.



That's really what puzzles me. A spinoff of the Marauder Years or the early life of Tom Riddle would be fantastic and would generate huge buzz regardless of who they cast in supporting roles. Literally no one wanted this
Posted by Bama Bird
Pittsburgh, PA
Member since Mar 2013
22850 posts
Posted on 3/5/26 at 1:21 pm to
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I love the books and I’m not crazy about the movies. I don’t think doing an authentic hbo series that is an authentic love letter to the books is really that difficult an undertaking on the surface. It doesn’t have to be reimagined in any way.



Outside of HBP, the books were faithful enough. We really don't need to completely redo them for garden de-gnoming scenes and the like
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