Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

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Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
File:Harry Potter 20th Anniversary Return to Hogwarts poster.jpg
Promotional poster
Based on Harry Potter films
by Warner Bros. Pictures
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Narrated by Stephen Fry
Music by Charlie Mole
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  • United Kingdom
  • United States
Original language(s) English
Production
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  • Casey Patterson
  • Carol Donova
  • Ashley Edens
  • Marisa Clifford
  • Louis Mole
  • Sam Bridger
  • Isabel Davis
  • David Heyman
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  • Lottie Allen
  • Alice Cady
  • Rosa Junkovic
  • Maryam Lamond
Production location(s) Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter
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  • Simon Fanthorpe
  • Sebastian Feehan
  • Geoffrey Sentamu
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  • Simon Bryant
  • Jim Clark
  • James Collett
  • Bill DeRonde
  • Asaf Eisenberg
  • Will Gilby
  • Lior Linevitz
  • Pablo Noe
  • Tim Perniciaro
  • Jacob Proctor
Running time 102 minutes
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Distributor Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Release
Original network HBO Max
Picture format 4K (Ultra HD) Dolby Vision
Audio format Dolby Digital 5.1
Original release 1 January 2022 (2022-01-01)
External links
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Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts is a 2022 television special of the Harry Potter film series that was released on HBO Max on New Year's Day. It marks the 20th anniversary of the release of the series' first instalment, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001). It is produced by Warner Bros. Unscripted Television in association with Warner Horizon and executive produced by Casey Patterson.

Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson appear in the special, with surviving principal cast members Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes, Jason Isaacs, Gary Oldman, Tom Felton, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Mark Williams, Bonnie Wright, Alfred Enoch, Ian Hart, Toby Jones, Matthew Lewis, Evanna Lynch, producer David Heyman, and filmmakers Chris Columbus, Alfonso Cuarón, Mike Newell, and David Yates. The special also marked Coltrane's final on-screen appearance before his death in October that year.

Cast

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The reunion features clips of and pays tribute to cast members who have since died, including Helen McCrory, Alan Rickman, John Hurt, Richard Griffiths and Richard Harris.[3]

Production

Development

In November 2021, Warner Bros. announced Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts, a retrospective special featuring the cast and filmmakers of the Harry Potter film series to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of the series' first instalment, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001). The special is produced by Warner Bros. Unscripted Television in association with Warner Horizon and executive produced by Casey Patterson.[4]

Exclusion of J. K. Rowling

J. K. Rowling—the author of the original Harry Potter book series, who had a significant role in the production of the film adaptations—is largely absent from the special. She appears for under thirty seconds in archival footage from her interviews in 2019 and is mentioned by some of the special's interviewees, but no advertisements for the special featured images of her. Critics speculated that this was due to her views on transgender issues and, as The Daily Telegraph's Ed Power put it, consequent "public rebuke by the series' stars".[5] However, Entertainment Weekly reported that Rowling had been invited to appear but she felt that the archival footage was sufficient, with "sources close to the situation" denying that the author's decision was related to the controversy surrounding her remarks on transgender issues.[6]

Filming

The special was filmed at Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter in Leavesden, England.[4]

Corrections

In the initial release, a childhood image of Emma Roberts taken from Google Images was mistakenly presented as an image of a young Watson, and Oliver and James Phelps are mislabelled as each other. By 3 January, these errors had been corrected in a new version.[7][8]

Release

Return to Hogwarts was released on HBO Max on 1 January 2022.[4] The special aired on 10 April 2022 on TBS, and on Cartoon Network ahead of the release of Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.[4] It was later released on both Blu-ray and DVD on 9 August 2022.[9]

List of international distributors
Region Broadcaster(s) Ref(s)
Asia (selected countries) HBO Go [10]
 Australia Binge [11]
 Belgium Streamz (Flanders in Dutch)
Tipik and Auvio (Wallonia in French)		 [12][13]
 Canada Crave (in English and French) [14]
Central and Eastern Europe (selected countries) HBO Go [15]
 France Salto [16]
 Germany Sky [17]
 India Prime Video [18]
 Vietnam FPT Telecom [19]
 Ireland Sky and Now [20]
 Italy Sky [15]
Latin America and Caribbean HBO Max [21]
 New Zealand TVNZ 2 and TVNZ OnDemand [22]
Middle East (selected countries) OSN [23]
Nordic countries HBO Max [15]
 Russia Amediateka [15]
 Spain HBO Max [15]
  Switzerland Sky (in German)
RTS 1 (in French)		 [24][25]
 Portugal HBO Portugal [15]
 United Kingdom Sky and Now [26][15]
 United States HBO Max [4]

Reception

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Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2022
 Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards Best Streaming Variety Sketch Series, Talk Series, or Special Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts Nominated [29]
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) Casey Patterson, Carol Donova, Ashley Edens, Marisa Clifford, Louis Mole,
Sam Bridger, Isabel Davis, David Heyman, Rob Paine, Chase Simonds,
Mike Darnell, Brooke Karzen, and Dan Sacks		 Nominated [30]
[31]
Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming Simon Bryant, Jim Clark, James Collett, Bill DeRonde, Asaf Eisenberg,
Will Gilby, Lior Linevitz–Matthews, Pablo Noe, Tim Perniciaro, and Jacob Proctor		 Nominated

References

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External links

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