{"id":23866,"date":"2021-11-18T11:12:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T11:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/harry-potter-stars-to-reunite-for-20th-anniversary-special\/"},"modified":"2021-11-18T11:12:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T11:12:20","slug":"harry-potter-stars-to-reunite-for-20th-anniversary-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/?p=23866","title":{"rendered":"Harry Potter stars to reunite for 20th anniversary special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Potterheads have something big to look forward to in the New Year. The cast and crew of the <em>Harry Potter<\/em> franchise will be reuniting for a look back, but one person who you shouldn&#8217;t count in is author of the series, J.K. Rowling.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts<\/em>&#8221; is being promoted as a retrospective to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first Harry Potter film&#8217;s release and is slated to hit HBO Max on New Year&#8217;s Day, the streaming service announced on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"res1056663988\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\"><a id=\"featuredStackSquareImage873472683\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/06\/10\/873472683\/harry-potters-magic-fades-when-his-creator-tweets\" data-metrics=\"{\" &quot;Story to &quot;Click Internal target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><picture><source class=\"img\" srcset=\"\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2020\/06\/09\/gettyimages-1213951737_sq-3b33c7d5c5b014cfd817cbf808540d8872a2a32f-s300-c85.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><source class=\"img\" srcset=\"\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2020\/06\/09\/gettyimages-1213951737_sq-3b33c7d5c5b014cfd817cbf808540d8872a2a32f-s300-c85.jpg\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to HBO Max, Christopher Columbus, who directed the first two Potter films, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and other actors from the eight films will gather for a journey back to Hogwarts to discuss the making of <em>Harry Potter<\/em> and the impact of the franchise. It will be the first time they have reunited for such a project since the final film premiered in 2011, the streaming service added.<\/p>\n<p>Emma Watson took to Instagram and shared: &#8220;Had to break out the Time-Turner one last time for this\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CWWpVYkrAJb\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; 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There is no comment on why Rowling will not appear or whether she was asked to participate and declined. It is known that her statements regarding the transgender community in recent years have alienated fans and &#8220;Potter&#8221; alums alike.<\/p>\n<p>Are you excited for the special?<\/p>\n<div id=\"res1056646577\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\"><picture><source class=\"img\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2021\/11\/17\/gettyimages-1067071942_wide-51e3990bc672080e04dc131878d8df89a380b81f-s400-c85.webp 400w, https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2021\/11\/17\/gettyimages-1067071942_wide-51e3990bc672080e04dc131878d8df89a380b81f-s600-c85.webp 600w, https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2021\/11\/17\/gettyimages-1067071942_wide-51e3990bc672080e04dc131878d8df89a380b81f-s800-c85.webp 800w, https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2021\/11\/17\/gettyimages-1067071942_wide-51e3990bc672080e04dc131878d8df89a380b81f-s900-c85.webp 900w, https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2021\/11\/17\/gettyimages-1067071942_wide-51e3990bc672080e04dc131878d8df89a380b81f-s1200-c85.webp 1200w, https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2021\/11\/17\/gettyimages-1067071942_wide-51e3990bc672080e04dc131878d8df89a380b81f-s1600-c85.webp 1600w, https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2021\/11\/17\/gettyimages-1067071942_wide-51e3990bc672080e04dc131878d8df89a380b81f-s1800-c85.webp 1800w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1300px) 763px, (min-width: 1025px) calc(100vw - 496px), (min-width: 768px) calc(100vw - 171px), calc(100vw - 30px)\" \/><source class=\"img\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2021\/11\/17\/gettyimages-1067071942_wide-51e3990bc672080e04dc131878d8df89a380b81f-s400-c85.jpg 400w, https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2021\/11\/17\/gettyimages-1067071942_wide-51e3990bc672080e04dc131878d8df89a380b81f-s600-c85.jpg 600w, https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2021\/11\/17\/gettyimages-1067071942_wide-51e3990bc672080e04dc131878d8df89a380b81f-s800-c85.jpg 800w, https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2021\/11\/17\/gettyimages-1067071942_wide-51e3990bc672080e04dc131878d8df89a380b81f-s900-c85.jpg 900w, https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2021\/11\/17\/gettyimages-1067071942_wide-51e3990bc672080e04dc131878d8df89a380b81f-s1200-c85.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2021\/11\/17\/gettyimages-1067071942_wide-51e3990bc672080e04dc131878d8df89a380b81f-s1600-c85.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2021\/11\/17\/gettyimages-1067071942_wide-51e3990bc672080e04dc131878d8df89a380b81f-s1800-c85.jpg 1800w\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1300px) 763px, (min-width: 1025px) calc(100vw - 496px), (min-width: 768px) calc(100vw - 171px), calc(100vw - 30px)\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The special will feature the cast but not the author<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":22984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,39,37],"tags":[787],"class_list":["post-23866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity","category-entertainment","category-news","tag-harry-potter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}