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Can HBO’s Harry Potter survive the comparison curse?

HBO's Hogwarts will definitely return for season two, but the challenge remains: Make fans feel fresh, not 'been there, hexed that.'

HBO has renewed its upcoming Harry Potter series for a second season before the first has even aired. For most shows, that would read as confidence. For Harry Potter, it reads more like a dare.

The renewal dares to challenge the existing memories and people’s perceptions. But the question remains: Will it bring the glory of other remakes like Disney ’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians or the horror of Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power?

There is no doubt regarding whether people want more Harry Potter. They do. They have wanted more for years and have taken almost everything the franchise has offered. Even the things they claim to hate, they know about in worrying detail.

This is a fandom that complains with receipts.

But the HBO series is not just another add-on. It is going back to the beginning. Privet Drive, Diagon Alley, the scar, the troll in the bathroom, Dementors, the graveyard, the war—the whole shebang, but with new faces.

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Harry Potter was a children’s book series that catapulted into stardom overnight. One boy with a scar became the founder of the world’s largest entertainment universe.

Unlike Spider-Man, it did not need endless reboots to stay alive. The original........

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