Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts (2022) - August 9th, 2022

[MifuneFan]

Warner will be releasing the Harry Potter reunion special Return to Hogwarts on Blu-ray on August 9th.

https://www.amazon.com/Harry-Potter-...es-tv&sr=1-437

In this retrospective special, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson join filmmaker Chris Columbus and other legendary cast members as they journey back to Hogwarts to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first Harry Potter film.

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts | Official Trailer | HBO Max - YouTube

[Chie Satonaka]

Sweet. Was wanting to see this. Also HBO Max content of disc is always nice to see.

[rikraq]

Of course Amazon has this mixed in with the regular HP movies and it shows over 54,000 reviews.

[PUsokrJosh305]

Meh. I wasn't really impressed with the 20th Anniversary Reunion. It was pretty much a very quick rehash of all of the Creating the World of Harry Potter 8 Part Documentary that came with all of the Ultimate Editions, Wizards and Hogwarts Collections as well as the individual releases of the 4K UHD discs. Plus, I felt like it was very rushed and edited poorly. I mean the initial release had an image of Emma Roberts when she was young instead of a young Emma Watson. I just felt like WB didn't seem to care about the 1st HP film turning 20.

The only thing I thought was great about it was the "In Memoriam" part of the special. That was touching and very emotional. Other than that though, it's something most who have the special features discs have seen already.

This is good though for the people who have not seen this yet and don't have HBO MAX.

[Bubbles-11]

This gets a physical release and not Looney Tunes Cartoons...

[bookcase]

I watched it on HBO Max and enjoyed it -- made me want to do a re-watch of the UHDs immediately. But it's not something I'd feel compelled to revisit.

[Bradsdadg]

Glad to see this get a physical release so I can continue the HP part of my collection

[brad4846]

Probably won’t buy it but extremely happy we’re getting home releases of streaming exclusives

[Spearmint701]

Thought this was well done, just wish it was longer.

Blew away the Friends reunion, which was a waste of time.

[Batman90]

Nice documentary I will be adding this to my Harry Potter collection. I’ll have to get a new Blu-ray case cause I keep all the bonus discs in on case. I keep all the special features disc that came with each movie of set.

[ek79]

Why no UHD ?

[GaelAugusto]

1080p? Happy 2006.

[suspiciouscoffee]

A quaint reunion special gets a Blu-ray release but acclaimed and popular HBO programming like Barry is entirely unrepresented on disc past its first season on DVD.

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by suspiciouscoffee

A quaint reunion special gets a Blu-ray release but acclaimed and popular HBO programming like Barry is entirely unrepresented on disc past its first season on DVD.

1 disc with one feature is less costly than a show with multiple episodes that would require multiple Blu-Rays, also the reunion is of a series of movies that continues to be lucrative for them and TV on Blu seems to be a hard sell to the public. I would rather have Barry on Blu, but I'm not gonna pretend like I don't understand the economics.

If quality of storytelling led to disc sales, then I would imagine The Wire & Sopranos getting 4K releases immediately, but it didn't happen.

[InuYashaCrusade]

Originally Posted by GaelAugusto

1080p? Happy 2006.

Should be happy that this is getting a physical release at all. Something like this would either be streaming exclusive or DVD only.

[Bubbles-11]

Originally Posted by brad4846

Probably won’t buy it but extremely happy we’re getting home releases of streaming exclusives

me too even if i do not want to give money to Rowling.. and with their releases of Adventure Time Distant Lands and the forthcoming release of Peacemaker S1 hopefully Warners will continue to put HBO Max exclusive stuff out on DVD and Blu

[suspiciouscoffee]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

1 disc with one feature is less costly than a show with multiple episodes that would require multiple Blu-Rays, also the reunion is of a series of movies that continues to be lucrative for them and TV on Blu seems to be a hard sell to the public. I would rather have Barry on Blu, but I'm not gonna pretend like I don't understand the economics.

If quality of storytelling led to disc sales, then I would imagine The Wire & Sopranos getting 4K releases immediately, but it didn't happen.

I know, I understand it, I just don’t like it.

On your second point, how many series period get 4k releases? In fact HBO’s probably better represented on that front that any other TV channel with a whopping two series in Game of Thrones and Chernobyl.

[suspiciouscoffee]

Oh, you know what? This was probably going to be included in whatever now-complete Harry Potter set comes out later since Fantastic Beasts 4 and 5 were cancelled and the series is over now so it can be the “final” complete collection box set. The disc is already there so why not try to squeeze out a double dip from fans eager to get whatever fancy giant box comes next.

[Filmmaker]

Originally Posted by suspiciouscoffee

Oh, you know what? This was probably going to be included in whatever now-complete Harry Potter set comes out later since Fantastic Beasts 4 and 5 were cancelled and the series is over now so it can be the “final” complete collection box set. The disc is already there so why not try to squeeze out a double dip from fans eager to get whatever fancy giant box comes next.

I see no evidence anywhere the FANTASTIC BEASTS series has been cancelled.

[GeoffOliver]

Originally Posted by ek79

Why no UHD ?

Name one retrospective documentary on UHD. We’re lucky this is getting a physical release at all.