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Harry Potter: Ultimate 2024 Fan Guide

When J.K. Rowling’s beloved boy wizard came to the big screen in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, it kicked off a movie franchise that has reaped $7.7 billion at the global box office, and held audiences spellbound through each successive magical film. The power that Harry, his loyal friends Ron and Hermione, and a whole cast of wizards, muggles, witches and creatures have, continues to this day — and now a new TV series is on the way from the streaming series Max that promises to keep Harry’s adventures alive for a whole new generation. In this special collector’s issue, we look back at the origins of Harry’s story; delve into the enchanting — and terrifying — beings he meets at Hogwarts and beyond and discover what the actors who portrayed them are doing today; relive the adventures and captivating special effects of the eight films; and look ahead to what the future holds for the Wizarding World.

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CHAPTER 1BEHOLD THE MAGICLike so manygreat stories, it started with a dark, eerie night. As moviegoers filled theaters on November 16, 2001, they were pulled into a world where cats transform into witches, half-giants fly on motorbikes and owls soar through the air. Despite the fantastical nature of the opening scene on the dimly lit fictional Privet Drive, there was a simplicity that confirmed what we’ve now known for more than two decades: Movie magic is real. The silver screen debut of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone marked the beginning of a new chapter in film history as the eight movies — based on the seven Harry Potter books that have sold more than 600 million copies globally — released over the years until 2011 have reaped $7.7 billion at the global…7 min
CHAPTER 1CELEBRITY POTTERHEADSJENNIFERLAWRENCE The Oscar-winning Hunger Games star told Daily Beast in 2012: “I read all the books three or four times. I know every spell or incantation. I end up speaking sometimes in Harry Potter terms.” She even admits that when she ran into Daniel Radcliffe at Late Show With David Letterman, she was such a fangirl that “I screamed in his face!” TOMHOLLAND The SpiderMan: No Way Home star told BBC1 Radio in 2020, “I think I might know more about Harry Potter than J.K. Rowling. I’m, like, obsessed with Harry Potter.” PETEDAVIDSON The Saturday Night Live alum has always been verbal about his obsession — getting multiple Wizarding World tattoos and often sounding off about the franchise on Weekend Update — even telling Kevin Hart on Hart to Heart…2 min
CHAPTER 2A SPARK OFINSPIRATIONOn a crowded train from Manchester,England, to London, a 25-year-old woman was growing frustrated. What should have been a trip that took just over two hours turned into a four-hour ordeal, but that wasn’t what annoyed her. “To my immense frustration, I didn’t have a pen that worked, and I was too shy to ask anybody if I could borrow one,” she later wrote. The woman turned out to be J.K. Rowling — and the reason she was so desperate for a pen on that fateful day in 1990 was that she’d just had the spark of an idea that would turn into one of the bestselling book series of all time. “The idea for Harry Potter simply fell into my head,” she wrote on her site, according to People.…8 min
CHAPTER 2THE CONTROVERSYIn recent years, J.K. Rowling has been under fire for her vocal stance on transgender identity, starting in 2020 when she took issue with an op-ed that used “people who menstruate” instead of the word “women.” Her comments and a subsequent essay she published on her website garnered a loud backlash. While she hasn’t backed down and some fans have been disappointed by her comments, it hasn’t stopped a new TV series based on her work from moving forward. Still, the Potter movies’ stars have spoken out in support of the transgender community. “Transgender women are women," Daniel Radcliffe wrote in 2020 on the site for The Trevor Project, a national organization providing crisis prevention for the LGBTQIA+ community. “Any statement to the contrary erases the identity and dignity of…1 min
CHAPTER 3DANIEL RADCLIFFE is HARRY POTTERHe is known as “The Boy Who Lived.” Harry Potter, the only child of James and Lily Potter, survived an attack by Lord Voldemort as a baby that killed his parents, who’d both attended Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. At age 11, while being raised by his aunt Petunia and uncle Vernon Dursley, he is introduced to Hogwarts, the fellow students who become his closest allies, and his fate as a wizard who is ever in the sights of the Dark Lord. Daniel Radcliffe, in stepping into Harry’s shoes — and onto his broom, in 2001’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone — became what was Today called “the most famous 12-year-old in the world.” It was a quick trip to the top that started when director Christopher Columbus,…3 min
CHAPTER 3EMMA WATSONis HERMIONE GRANGERA book-smart, muggle-born wizard, Hermione Granger often puts her girl power on full display as Harry’s schoolmate and good friend. Initially perceived as a bit of a know-it-all, Hermione’s intelligence and talent often comes in handy, from helping protect the Sorcerer’s Stone from Voldemort to becoming an important figure in the creation of Dumbledore’s Army and fighting alongside her valiant friends Harry and Ron Weasley to destroy Voldemort’s Horcruxes. As she said early in their friendship, “There are some things you can’t share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a 12-foot mountain troll is one of them.” “I was a massive fan. I just felt like that part belonged to me.”—EMMA WATSON, to Interview Magazine Emma Watson was just 9 years old when she won the role…3 min

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