Fans of the adventures of the wizard Harry Potter are in luck because the universe created by writer JK Rowling is coming back into fashion. The reason for this is HBO’s new project for a new series in which the books of the famous wizard Harry Potter will be re-adapted again. Even though production on the series struggled to get off the ground due to problems such as the choice of lead actors or the complexity of the sets, fans’ enthusiasm grew little by little. Max took the opportunity to launch a new competition which also surprised the magician’s fans: Harry Potter: the pastry wizards. This competition created on November 15 on the streaming platform combines the magic of Hogwarts with the delights of The Great British Pastry.
Competition participants Harry Potter: the pastry wizards They must create cakes with ingredients such as flour, sugar and butter inspired by the young wizard’s books and films. the sets where the films were shot like Ron’s car stuck in the Whomping Willow, Platform 9 and ¾ or Albus Dumbledore’s phoenix. Although for now there is only one episode available on Max in our country, since they are released every week, it has become one of the most popular spaces of the streaming platform and at this rate it will soon be one of the audience successes of this season.
What is the competition about? Harry Potter: the pastry wizards?
The first success of this competition is that the presenters are neither more nor less than James and Oliver Phelpswho brought twins Fred and George Weasley to life in the Harry Potter films. In addition, nine teams of pastry chefs will participate in the competition and, over six episodes, they will have to impress the judges, chefs Carla Hall and Jozef Youssef, with their desserts.
In addition, other actors known for their participation in the films of the famous magician will take part in this competition: Warwick Davis (Professor Flitwick and the Gringotts elf Griphook), Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood) and Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley). Another great success because they will surely attract fans of the film who will want to see this very special competition in which baking combines with the fascinating world of Harry Potter.
Competitors They will have to be pastry chefs for a day and compete to create the best desserts inspired by the world of Harry Potter. As part of the competition, anecdotes about the films will be told by the various special guests from the saga. A perfect competition for those nostalgic for the books and films of the famous magician, fans of culinary competitions like master chef either The grand prize of cooking.
The new series about the famous magician
HBO Max faces one of the most complex challenges in its history: the creation of a new series on Harry Potter. Its objective is very ambitious since it aims to adapt the seven books by JK Rowling in a series format and to preserve the spirit of the Harry Potter films and novels. A complicated task on which we gradually have more data and details.
In addition, for four years the perception of the figure of the writer JK Rowling has changed for publicly displaying his transphobic ideas. As HBO boss Casey Bloys told Variety, the writer was “very, very involved in the process of selecting the director and writer,” but that his worldview “did not affect the casting or hiring of personnel.” script and production.
In a statement, HBO also explained that it “has worked with JK Rowling and in the Harry Potter business for over 20 years and “His contribution has been invaluable.”.
“We are proud to once again tell the story of Harry Potter, the beautiful books that speak of the power of friendship and acceptance. JK Rowling has the right to express her personal opinions. We will focus on the development of the new series, which will benefit from your involvement,” they added from HBO.
For now, what we know is that JK Rowling will also serve as executive producerFrancesca Gardiner (Succession, Killing Eve) THE showrunnerthe head writer and executive producer, and Mark Mylod (Game of Thrones, The Last of Us) will be executive producer and director of several episodes of the upcoming HBO original series on Max. The big unknown remains the casting of the series, of which the name of an actor has not yet been revealed, but we already know that it will change radically.
