Harry Potter TV Series

……“It’s something we’ve been saying should happen for a long time,” said 30-year-old Sofia Correa, who was visiting London from Spain with her husband and baby.

She added: “A TV series could include everything from the books that was left out of the movies. For example, in the books Ron is really smart, he’s an amazing wizard, and in the movies he seems like an idiot. Ginny also developed a great personality in the books after growing up with six brothers, but in the films she’s kind of lame. If you had one episode per chapter of a book, you could have all the details that were missing.”

Similarly, Noelle Alcom, 31, who was visiting from San Diego, said a TV series would be an opportunity to stay more true to the books. “Peeves was so funny in the books but he was completely left out of the films. In Goblet of Fire, there was so much that would have been cool to show in the movies which they never did. They also didn’t include any of Dudley’s redeeming qualities. They could get a lot of those details in.”

“I’m very excited because it gives a chance for my generation to enjoy Harry Potter in a new way,” said 19-year-old Simon Hippenstial from Berlin, who was in a long queue snaking around the Harry Potter gift shop. “It could also introduce the books to new fans – it will open up a new world to so many people and change their minds.”

He added: “I think it’s really important that they ask the fans what they’d like to see. I’m hoping it will tell a different story to the films. I’d like more about Voldemort and his backstory, building on the information we got in The Half-Blood Prince.”…….

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