Harry Potter mini-series ideas.

WeasleytheKing · July 2013

I'm reading Half Blood Prince at the moment, and had a crazy idea.

I would absolutely love if a Harry Potter mini-series was created. I would love for it to be adult, meaning gorey and uncensored. So I thought about where it could begin. And they could change the time line completely.

For example, it could start with the first chapter in HBP, in which the muggle prime minister and MOM meet. So obviously, Voldemort would already be alive and in full power. Maybe the ministers could also speak about how Harry Potter is almost of age to start magic. So obviously this would change Hogwarts into a school where you would start a lot later. I think this would work well for an adult series.

The series could be three seasons, dealing with the events of HBP and DH, even using material from the other books if needed. It would be a completely different take on the novels.

I just miss anticipating Harry Potter

Ahaha!

Do you have any ideas?

aaron · July 2013

Why not start it from the first chapter of Philosopher's Stone? 1 series, 7 seasons, 7-8 episodes per season. It would be fantastic, the only problem would be streamlining and organizing each book into different episodes. That would mean switching around many events to create both a cohesive flow for the season and an arc for each episode.

RyGuy · July 2013

I think each of the first two books in 4 part's would be nice.

(I'm shortening these with random events to give you an idea how it would be structured.)
PS/SS
Part 1: Letters and Intro to Hogwarts & classes
Part 2: Classes, Quidditch and Troll at the end.
Part 3: Flamel, Snape and Norbert
Part 4: Solving the puzzle and The room challenges

COS
Part 1: Burrow, New Year End at Mrs Norris and Chamber
Part 2: Classes, Deathday Party, Dueling Club
Part 3: Fawkes and Aragog
Part 4: Lockhart's final moves and the opening of the Chamber

With POA having a more dense plot it's tougher.

Part 1: Marge, Year Three Begins, Train, Classes Begin, Mystery blooms
Part 2: Classes, Etc Material, Quidditch
Part 3: Christmas, Stuff, stuff, stuff, spring
Part 4: Buckbeak's "Death", Forward in time
Part 5: Backwards in time and ending

GOF is even trickier

Part 1: Dursleys and Quidditch World Cup, Winky and Bagman, Year 4 introductions at Hogwarts
Part 2: Classes and the other schools. The Goblet of Fire. Selection. Preparations.
Part 3: More preparations, The First task, Aftermath and finding the second clue
Part 4: Yule Ball, then stuff for second task, then Second Task.
Part 5: Stuff Pre Third Task then Third Task. End with cliffhanger
Part 6: The ending of the Maze and then the graveyard. Ending

I could go on and on. As the story material grows so could the parts. OOTP would be the longest.

I love the idea and it would please a lot of fans and many purists :P

WeasleytheKing · July 2013

I would like it to be very mature though. A completely different re-take. To do this in PS would be difficult I think.

I would really, really love a tv show with 10 episodes a season, but I can't see it happening any time soon

TubbyToast · July 2013

RyGuy said:
I think each of the first two books in 4 part's would be nice.

(I'm shortening these with random events to give you an idea how it would be structured.)
PS/SS
Part 1: Letters and Intro to Hogwarts & classes
Part 2: Classes, Quidditch and Troll at the end.
Part 3: Flamel, Snape and Norbert
Part 4: Solving the puzzle and The room challenges

COS
Part 1: Burrow, New Year End at Mrs Norris and Chamber
Part 2: Classes, Deathday Party, Dueling Club
Part 3: Fawkes and Aragog
Part 4: Lockhart's final moves and the opening of the Chamber

With POA having a more dense plot it's tougher.

Part 1: Marge, Diagon Alley, Year Three Begins, Train, Classes Begin, Mystery blooms
Part 2: Classes, Etc Material, Quidditch
Part 3: Christmas, Stuff, stuff, stuff, spring
Part 4: Buckbeak's "Death", Forward in time
Part 5: Backwards in time and ending

GOF is even trickier

Part 1: Dursleys and Quidditch World Cup, Winky and Bagman, Year 4 introductions at Hogwarts
Part 2: Classes and the other schools. The Goblet of Fire. Selection. Preparations.
Part 3: More preparations, The First task, Aftermath and finding the second clue
Part 4: Yule Ball, then stuff for second task, then Second Task.
Part 5: Stuff Pre Third Task then Third Task. End with cliffhanger
Part 6: The ending of the Maze and then the graveyard. Ending

I could go on and on. As the story material grows so could the parts. OOTP would be the longest.

I love the idea and it would please a lot of fans and many purists :P

Ahhhhh the purist in me is coming out, this would be awesome and I want to be a part of the team!
I added one thing though, I love that part so much! It doesn't have to be long, just enough to show Harry's happiness of being released from the Dursleys and how he's chilling with Florian Fortesque and all and then Hermione and Ron show up.

silverarrowgriffin · July 2013

I want the entire Department of Mysteries scene

especially the Brain Room.

TubbyToast · July 2013

I want all of the memories in HBP!

silverarrowgriffin · July 2013

TubbyToast said:
I want all of the memories in HBP!

Definitely. I was really excited about them! Kinda disappointed how they weren't all shown in the movie. Those were my fave bits in the book.

fhaps · July 2013

Even though I'd love to have a Potter TV series, I really doubt it will ever happen. First, because I don't think a reboot of any sorts can happen any time soon; I would say nothing earlier than 20 years from now. And second and more importantly, if WB decided to readapt the books I highly doubt they would do it in any other way that's not in film, just because a successful movie gives them a lot more revenue than a successful TV show.

That being said, I really wish it could happen. I would like, as it was mentioned in some comments above, a mature show, an adaptation for an older audience this time around. I feel like the huge success of 'Game of Thrones' has proven that one can adapt big books to TV in an artistic, appealing way.

I woud love it if this time around they take a little bit more freedom during the adaptation. They should think of the story as a whole and not try to adapt it book-by-book; I can see them sometimes moving events that happen in one year to a different one or stuff like that, so that the show would feel balanced at all times.

Pumpkinjuice · July 2013

Many fans would loathe the end result if it were made into a mini-series. It would require an aggressive adaptation approach with massive changes due to structural challenges. These books are not suited for the format in my opinion.

Pumpkinjuice · July 2013

aaron said:
That would mean switching around many events to create both a cohesive flow for the season and an arc for each episode.

Exactly. The end result could turn out alright, but it would be something completely different from the fandom's expectations. Considering the main reason fans want remakes is because they want "more faithful adaptations", it would backfire.

WeasleytheKing · July 2013

Hmmm I agree in terms of faithfulness. But I'm sure there are fans, like myself, who don't mind the story being re-arranged and such.

Sometimes I wonder why people are such purists, I mean you have the book itself which you can re-read as much as possible...

Pumpkinjuice · July 2013

I wouldn't mind a mini-series myself. I'd like to see what alterations the filmmakers would do, but I doubt it would be successful.

WeasleytheKing · July 2013

I have to respectfully disagree. It's something that would have massive hype. Good or bad, it would have hype, which means viewers. And if it was that good of a quality show that people enjoy it, even if the purists didn't tune in, I think it could be successful. I actually think making it completely different would make it more successful. People wouldn't want remakes of the movies, but a fresh approach. It wouldn't even have to be called Harry Potter. For lack of better ideas, something like 'The boy who lived'. Something along those lines.

Pumpkinjuice · July 2013

fhaps said:
I feel like the huge success of 'Game of Thrones' has proven that one can adapt big books to TV in an artistic, appealing way.

Harry Potter is unlike The Game of Thrones a single protagonist story, whereas TGOF follows several characters and plotlines. I don't really think the subplots in Harry Potter are nearly as interesting. But of course we could ask Rowling to write new stories from the Potter world.

Pumpkinjuice · July 2013

I think I'd get sick of Quidditch pretty fast

WeasleytheKing · July 2013

You make a good point with the multiple character storyline argument. That's why I was thinking maybe completely change and start at a later book. That way we would obviously have the trio's story lines, which could be fleshed out more. We have Snape's storyline. Draco and his parents could be fleshed out. Tonks. Dumbledore's story is a big one. We would also have Voldemort scenes. Starting at a later book gives way for more storylines going on at once, I think. Even little things like a werewolf arc with Lupin, Bill and Greyback.

Pumpkinjuice · July 2013

WeasleytheKing said:
You make a good point with the multiple character storyline argument. That's why I was thinking maybe completely change and start at a later book. That way we would obviously have the trio's story lines, which could be fleshed out more. We have Snape's storyline. Draco and his parents could be fleshed out. Tonks. Dumbledore's story is a big one. We would also have Voldemort scenes. Starting at a later book gives way for more storylines going on at once, I think. Even little things like a werewolf arc with Lupin, Bill and Greyback.

That could work. Absolutely.

Harry Potter mini-series ideas.

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