
Read More: Which ‘Harry Potter’ villain are you truly the most like? But, when discussing HBO Max in January, its chief content officer Kevin Reilly said, “You can’t have our experience without Harry Potter.” He gave no timetable of when fans could expect Harry Potter so it seemed unlikely they would arrive at launch. The contract began in July 2018 and goes through April 2025.

Rowling’s Wizarding World movies including the Fantastic Beasts films. The other programming group is NBCUniversal who acquired an exclusive deal for all Warner Bros ’ J. “Harry Potter is tied up with another programming group,” Michael Quigley, the executive vice president of content acquisitions at TNT, TBS, TruTV, HBO, and HBO Max, said back in January. “I’m knocked out by the breadth and depth of our new offering, from the Max originals, our Warner Bros library and acquisition titles from around the world, and of course the entirety of HBO.” Read More: ‘Harry Potter’ star Rupert Grint welcomes first child with Georgia Groomeīut, we found out in January that one massively-anticipated franchise would most likely be absent- Harry Potter. “Even in the midst of this unprecedented pandemic, the all-star teams behind every aspect of HBO Max will deliver a platform and a robust slate of content that is varied, of the highest quality, and second to none,” Chairman of Warner Media Entertainment and Direct-To-Consumer Robert Greenblatt says in a press release. HBO Max was initially revealed at the tail end of 2018 with a slew of shows announced for its launch shortly after.
