Hogwarts Legacy 2 Coordinating ‘Big-Picture Storytelling’ With Harry Potter TV Show Storylines
The gargantuan success of Hogwarts Legacy has sparked a major Harry Potter push at Warner Bros., and the game’s sequel will now share some story elements with the upcoming TV show.
Hogwarts Legacy, developed by Avalanche Software and released in February 2023, is now up to an astonishing 30 million units sold, Warner Bros. confirmed to Variety.
Warner Bros. has called Hogwarts Legacy 2 one of its “biggest priorities” as it looks to bring the unannounced follow-up to fans in the next couple of years.
David Haddad, president of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, told Variety that Avalanche has been coordinating some of the big-picture storytelling elements in the Hogwarts Legacy sequel with the storylines that will play out in the Harry Potter HBO TV show.
In September, HBO issued a casting call as part of its hunt for the next Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley. The casting call also dropped a hint about when filming will begin, saying the network would only "consider children who are aged 9-11 in April 2025" and listing the filming dates as 2025-2026 in the UK. That would track with Warner Bros. Discovery's previous announcement that the show would debut sometime in 2026. Daniel Radcliffe, who played Harry Potter, has said he likely won't appear in the show.
The upcoming Harry Potter TV series was officially announced last April and is said to be a "faithful adaptation" of the novels by J.K. Rowling, who will serve as an executive producer. HBO has recruited Succession producers Francesca Gardiner and Mark Mylod as creative heads for the show, with Gardiner serving as showrunner and executive producer while Mylod will executive produce and direct multiple episodes.
Warner Bros. had struggled to find success with the post-Harry Potter Fantastic Beasts film series. Variety noted that “Rowling herself has become an obstacle to the future of the franchise because of the author’s anti-trans public statements,” and Jude Law has said Fantastic Beasts is likely
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