This time, however, that doesnt appear to be the case. The three lead stars of the Harry Potter franchise, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, will reunite for a 20th anniversary special on HBO Max, parent company WarnerMedia. Warner Media has been actively trying to buy back those rights for years, in what industry analyst Matthew Ball called a 'big, costly, and important move' as the company prepared to launch its new streaming service HBO Max, which would have to compete with streaming giants like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, and the intimidating fellow newcomer Disney+, which has all of the Disney, Marvel, and Star Wars films in its arsenal. Last time the Harry Potter movies were on HBO Max, they only stuck around for one month before heading back to Peacock. But since Freeform lost the rights to air the franchise in 2018, we've been bereft of our favorite boy wizard, and typical streaming deal complications kept Harry Potter off the air and off many streaming platforms. The streaming rights to the Harry Potter series have been in question since Universal struck a deal in 2016 to secure the exclusive on-air and digital rights to all Wizarding World films. When HBO Max launched in May 2020, it included the octet of Harry Potter movies but that was only a three-month carve-out on streaming rights the studio had sold to NBCU. The rumored Harry Potter TV show is now a reality, but itll be in the form of an unscripted quiz show and.

The Harry Potter films used to be a staple of ABC Family, and then Freeform, reruns, with the Disney-owned cable network playing the magical films in 'Harry Potter Weekends' for months straight. Yes, the eight original Harry Potter movies have been removed from HBO Max with no return date in sight. HBO Max has had small hits so far, and since Harry Potter is one of the biggest commercially successful intellectual property that parent company WarnerMedia owns, a series based on the Potter. Harry Potter is coming to HBO Max just not the way many fans expected.

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