Wizarding World 2025 - Rumors & Discussion

[BrickBob Studpants]

13 minutes ago, brickbride said:

The problem with Fantastic Beasts […]

Agreed, for the most part. I really liked Newt as a character and the time gap was large enough for it not be a direct prequel. Where they lost it was the confusing writing (what was the point of the switcheroo with the babies in CoG again, and why is a magical deer so crucial for the governing structure of the wizarding world in SoD all of a sudden?) with a ton of side characters that ended up contributing nothing of note, and the overall rather dull look and mundane costumes. And yeah, the fantastic beasts and Grindelwald stories didn‘t mesh all that well either. The beasts felt really shoehorned in in both sequels

[JeanGreyForever]

6 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Agreed, for the most part. I really liked Newt as a character and the time gap was large enough for it not be a direct prequel. Where they lost it was the confusing writing (what was the point of the switcheroo with the babies in CoG again, and why is a magical deer so crucial for the governing structure of the wizarding world in SoD all of a sudden?) with a ton of side characters that ended up contributing nothing of note, and the overall rather dull look and mundane costumes. And yeah, the fantastic beasts and Grindelwald stories didn‘t mesh all that well either. The beasts felt really shoehorned in in both sequels

JK Rowling had a really weird tendency to kill off children in her last two FB movies. First with the switcheroo with Leta Lestrange's brother drowning as an infant and also Grindelwald and his followers killing that Parisian baby and parents so they could take over their house. Then the magical deer, who's newly born but killed almost instantly and reanimated as a zombie. I know death was always part of Harry Potter, but JKR at least didn't go around killing off babies and children in those books. I don't know what was up with her during the FB movies but the way she kept doing it made me very uncomfortable and I remember reading other people felt similarly.

There were other issues as well. Leta Lestrange is teased as a major character in the first movie but then killed off in the finale of the second. Her character's motivations are too vague. Is she in love with Newt or Theseus? She did something in Hogwarts that Newt took the blame for which got him expelled, but we don't know what or why. Did their relationship break down because of that? Was Newt in love with Leta and she preferred his brother or did she move onto his brother because Newt didn't reciprocate her feelings? We don't even know which brother she's saying she's in love with at the end. So much of the second film's plot and tensions revolve around her but she's such a cipher of a character. Then the third movie barely addresses her and the brothers don't seem to have any tension at all.

Another issue was the fact that basically every movie had a different villain. It's Grindelwald but played by a different actor each time. Tina basically has no scenes with her sister after the first film. She's supposed to be the female lead of the series but she's really only in the second half of the second movie, and only a cameo at the end of the third movie. People said she was written out because she had COVID but is it a coincidence that she was the only actor from the FB movies to call out JKR's bigotry? Eddie Redmayne did but he also defended JKR at the same time. Nagina was also retconned into the movies as a human but because of COVID, never appeared again after the second movie.

[JeanGreyForever]

10 hours ago, Black Falcon said:

It was, but HBO got the rights in 2015.

To be fair, I do belive it is easier to get people to join for a Film than for a series, because the later will need more time for filming. But eitherways, the point only was, that there are still enough famous and well known actors are out there, that didn´t play in the films, whereas you made it sound like there wouldn´t be much left that were not in the films, which to be honest sounds a bit unfair to all the others. 

But as stated before, I wouldn´t expect as many famous actors for a series anyways, for several reasons like stated above, or just the point, that it would need to much budget. So again, I think some famous actors are enough, and there is just no need for all of them to be the most famous ones. 

Aside from that, how many actors are even already known? As far as I know, there are many names rumoured, but not that many really set.

No. Because they want to make money with it and the Fantastic Beasts didn´t do as well as expected.

Yeah, but for that they would have had to make the Set a Epilogue one and even then I think most of the other minifigs were easier to make because young versions of the trio already exist. But an exclusive Set for the Epilogue isn´t really something Lego would do anyways, since the moments with the kids are just way more famous.

Sorry, but, sure the Hobbit wasn´t as successful as the Lord of the Rings but it was nowhere even near to being a flop. The same goes for SW 1-3 and I even would say, for Fantastic Beasts, aside from maybe the last Film.

If that were true, why do most Star Wars fans think the Sequels are worse than the Prequels then? Really in the end it depends on how a film or series is done. And especially for Something like SW, LotR, or Harry Potter which were huge successes, it is just very hard to get there again. But that doesn´t make something bad just because it isn´t as good as the original.

It actually plays between the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings. 

I would still consider it mostly a PBS show since for most of its history it aired on PBS. I don't think Lego would have rejected Sesame Street just because HBO started showing it.

Most of the famous British actors were in the movies though. It was a who's who lineup. The few who weren't in it, like Vanessa Redgrave or Judi Dench, would be too old now. There's a reason all the actors being cast are either American or much lesser known.

In the movies, the reason so many famous faces were cast were to give the series credibility. That this wasn't just a kids series with a bunch of unknown kids, but featured the top talent of the British industry to legitimize it. It can be argued that the HBO series has its own uphill battle to win, namely that it needs to prove it has a legitimate reason to exist and that the talent is on par with the film series cast. Otherwise it'll always be living in its shadow.

There are mostly just rumors now. I think John Lithgow is the only one officially confirmed, but his name was also rumored before it was official.

We'll have to see if they do make money with it or not. The remake was controversial even when it was announced and with every new casting, it seems more and more likely it'll just upset people more.

Even for a CMF series, I'd imagine that we could maybe get adult Hermione and Ron but I don't think there would be much appeal for their kids.

Flop was maybe the wrong word. I meant more critical flop rather than commercial flop. The Hobbit films were successful at the box office but critically lambasted, especially by audiences. FB2 did underperform drastically though, especially in the US. The reason it wasn't considered an outright flop was because it did well enough internationally but the lack of domestic success was enough for WB to realize that they needed to step in. Hence why the movie was delayed and JKR wasn't the sole screenwriter because there wasn't enough confidence in her for the third movie. This is also why FB2 is the only David Yates HP movie to get an official extended edition released, because WB realized the final cut of the film did not work. 

My point about the prequel trilogies for all these three major franchises is that the very term "prequel" has been stigmatized for general audiences because in all cases, whether SW, LOTR, or HP, the prequel movies were not warmly received. There's a pushback on prequels now. And I don't think you can really objectively claim that most Star Wars fans think the ST is worse than the PT. Even defining what a Star Wars fan is would need to be considered because do Star Wars fans include casual fans? Are you a Star Wars fan if you only watch the movies but don't engage with the rest of the media? If you only like the OT, are you a Star Wars fan, or if you only like the PT and TCW, are you a Star Wars fan? The SW fandom is so splintered because there's so much media out there that you can't really group them all into one entity and claim that they all unanimously hate the ST. 

As I said before, if you're seeing a preference for the SW PT, it's because the generation that grew up with them is of the age that they can talk about those movies on the Internet and buy the merchandise. What I've seen with SW is that it's very much a cycle. Whatever's new and comes out is hated until a generation or so later when it's accepted and whatever the new SW media is gets attacked instead. I look at the treatment of the female characters. When Rey came out, her haters said she was a Mary Sue and paled in comparison to Leia and Ahsoka. But Ahsoka was completely hated when TCW came out. People called her a Mary Sue as well, along with being juvenile and whiney. She didn't really get love until many years after her debut, particularly when the kids growing up with her were now older. And even Leia gets brought up as a female character who ALL SW fans love and never had problems with. But Carrie Fisher herself admitted in an interview in the 80s that she got a lot of hate from SW fans. That they think she's an ice queen and too b*tchy. So she wasn't universally loved as a character either, even if generations later, she's used as the barometer to measure all future SW female characters with.

Isn't the upcoming movie supposed to play after Gandalf finds out about Frodo having the ring? After the opening scenes of the first movie. 

[BrickBob Studpants]

While the mere existence of this show (and especially its blatant attempt to replace the movies) annoys me, I’ll be able to ignore it just like The Rings of Power, at least as long as TLG don’t shift gears. 

It’d be an utter shame if the current Hogwarts system got undercut by sets based on the show  I feel it has to continue at least to 2027 since 3 years clearly won’t be enough to cover everything! I know they promised “the most detailed version of Hogwarts”, not “the most complete”, but I’d argue a detailed one should still be as complete as possible

[JeanGreyForever]

1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

While the mere existence of this show (and especially its blatant attempt to replace the movies) annoys me, I’ll be able to ignore it just like The Rings of Power, at least as long as TLG don’t shift gears. 

It’d be an utter shame if the current Hogwarts system got undercut by sets based on the show  I feel it has to continue at least to 2027 since 3 years clearly won’t be enough to cover everything! I know they promised “the most detailed version of Hogwarts”, not “the most complete”, but I’d argue a detailed one should still be as complete as possible

I hope they at least include the Clock Tower and Astronomy Tower. They're so central to the movies that skipping them would feel really off.

And if the show really is keeping the same castle as in the movies, I wonder if Lego would continue this current iteration of the castle but with minifigures and interiors based on the show. Basically forcing fans to collect show sets in order to complete the castle, so we can't skip out.

[BacktoBricks]

The irony is, if there was no racebending with the new cast, Lego could essentially use the same minifigures for the characters whether the set was based off the movies or shows. The current minifigures look roughly faithful to how the books portray them, so if the new show stuck with how the books portrayed them appearance wise, it wouldn't really be an issue in terms of Lego. The only thing that would be different would be the costumes the characters were wearing, but the heads and hairpieces for the characters could be the same wether it's  a movie or a show set. I don't think any of us would mind some variety in costumes or the extra locations and characters the show series could provide, such as the kitchens and Winky (long way off I know) as we would never get them with movie sets.

The sets could appeal to both demographics then. 

The fact that it won't be possible is not Lego's fault. They might be facing a dilemma even they don't want to consider.

[Black Falcon]

18 hours ago, JeanGreyForever said:

I would still consider it mostly a PBS show since for most of its history it aired on PBS. I don't think Lego would have rejected Sesame Street just because HBO started showing it.

Well my point was that it wouldn´t matter if something is a HBO show anyways in the first place. 

18 hours ago, JeanGreyForever said:

Most of the famous British actors were in the movies though. It was a who's who lineup. The few who weren't in it, like Vanessa Redgrave or Judi Dench, would be too old now. There's a reason all the actors being cast are either American or much lesser known.

I still wouldn´t agree with that and would still say there are far more famous british actors than one would think ;).

18 hours ago, JeanGreyForever said:

In the movies, the reason so many famous faces were cast were to give the series credibility. That this wasn't just a kids series with a bunch of unknown kids, but featured the top talent of the British industry to legitimize it. It can be argued that the HBO series has its own uphill battle to win, namely that it needs to prove it has a legitimate reason to exist and that the talent is on par with the film series cast. Otherwise it'll always be living in its shadow.

I would say a series has an totally different approach anyways and wouldn´t really have to be better than the films. But of course it still has to be good.

 

18 hours ago, JeanGreyForever said:

We'll have to see if they do make money with it or not. The remake was controversial even when it was announced and with every new casting, it seems more and more likely it'll just upset people more.

With the huge franchise behind it and the focus on the main story that kids love, it is almost impossible not to make money with it. They would have to make it worse than the willow series or RoP so people drop it after the first episodes. As said before, they will likely pull the plug if the numbers drop from season to season - but surely before they stop making money with it.

18 hours ago, JeanGreyForever said:

Even for a CMF series, I'd imagine that we could maybe get adult Hermione and Ron but I don't think there would be much appeal for their kids.

Seeing how limited the slots are, I don´t think it would be likely for them to be included. In the end the trio and probably Malfoy and Neville are granted to be included in their kid form, and I don´t think they would include adult forms there, that most kids probably haven´t seen yet.

18 hours ago, JeanGreyForever said:

Flop was maybe the wrong word. I meant more critical flop rather than commercial flop. The Hobbit films were successful at the box office but critically lambasted, especially by audiences. FB2 did underperform drastically though, especially in the US. The reason it wasn't considered an outright flop was because it did well enough internationally but the lack of domestic success was enough for WB to realize that they needed to step in. Hence why the movie was delayed and JKR wasn't the sole screenwriter because there wasn't enough confidence in her for the third movie. This is also why FB2 is the only David Yates HP movie to get an official extended edition released, because WB realized the final cut of the film did not work. 

I still think that is (at least partly) the burden with such successful films, they create very high expectations that are just hard to match in the end, which results in people beeing disappointed about the film they get. But that still has nothing to do with them beeing a Prequel, would just be the same if they were Sequels - just look at Indiana Jones for instance ;)

18 hours ago, JeanGreyForever said:

My point about the prequel trilogies for all these three major franchises is that the very term "prequel" has been stigmatized for general audiences because in all cases, whether SW, LOTR, or HP, the prequel movies were not warmly received. There's a pushback on prequels now. And I don't think you can really objectively claim that most Star Wars fans think the ST is worse than the PT. Even defining what a Star Wars fan is would need to be considered because do Star Wars fans include casual fans? Are you a Star Wars fan if you only watch the movies but don't engage with the rest of the media? If you only like the OT, are you a Star Wars fan, or if you only like the PT and TCW, are you a Star Wars fan? The SW fandom is so splintered because there's so much media out there that you can't really group them all into one entity and claim that they all unanimously hate the ST. 

I didn´t claim all hated to ST - actually I am pretty sure that there are enough peoplde that enjoyed them, but yeah, whereever you see discussions about PT and ST, you see more people liking the PT better than the ST, and haven´t seen a single place where more people liked the ST.

18 hours ago, JeanGreyForever said:

Isn't the upcoming movie supposed to play after Gandalf finds out about Frodo having the ring? After the opening scenes of the first movie. 

You mean Bilbo. But yeah, also possible that it happened in between that. 

5 hours ago, BacktoBricks said:

The irony is, if there was no racebending with the new cast, Lego could essentially use the same minifigures for the characters whether the set was based off the movies or shows. The current minifigures look roughly faithful to how the books portray them, so if the new show stuck with how the books portrayed them appearance wise, it wouldn't really be an issue in terms of Lego. The only thing that would be different would be the costumes the characters were wearing, but the heads and hairpieces for the characters could be the same wether it's  a movie or a show set. I don't think any of us would mind some variety in costumes or the extra locations and characters the show series could provide, such as the kitchens and Winky (long way off I know) as we would never get them with movie sets.

Weren´t people complaining, that the actors hair wouldn´t match the describtion in the books?

[BacktoBricks]

1 hour ago, Black Falcon said:

Weren´t people complaining, that the actors hair wouldn´t match the describtion in the books?

Honestly I have no idea, but something tells me that hair not matching might be the least of their appearance worries. 

[MaxHeadroom]

They’ll want to keep the theme parks current and want to hold on to the already iconic movie designs for major things. They’ll probably want to keep the iconic score and I’m sure some of the branding. Changing the actors has to happen anyway of course so you might as well make significant visual changes so there’s at least something making this series look different. Finding actors who are willing to be compared to some of the best British actors of the 2000s, willing to spend probably a decade tied to this project, and willing to be publicly tied to JKR can’t be easy so it helps to open up their casting pool more. I love seeing alternative versions of characters and since we already have the movies with their relatively true to book castings (Snape and most of the parent’s generation probably being a bit too old aside) I’m all for mixing things up this time around, especially since I’m sure the movies will remain the most iconic versions. I’m a bit iffy on the Snape casting though only because depending on their other casting choices certain scenes could come off very poorly as people have already discussed elsewhere. 
 

The streaming series probably won’t immediately take over the normal line. Lego will wait to see how the show does and test the waters with things like show based D2Cs or buildable creatures based on newer designs. I think little things will probably seep into the movie sets though, for example a future Great Hall may include a build of the kitchens from the show assuming the show makes it to a fourth season. Or maybe I’m wrong and Lego will do a whole HBO series based reboot of the castle simply to mix that up for our fourth (or fifth depending on how long the series takes) 2018+ reboot of the castle line. 
 

In the meantime since it’s being brought up as long as the core characters in scenes are covered, I’m all for LEGO including more diverse background fodder. Preferably characters with a name or something like Leanne last year. It’s just more visually interesting and it gets more options into kids’ parts collections. 

[Bugbot20082]

Iv not played the game Hogwarts Legacy but I’ve taken a great interest in it’s architecture and layout from watching YouTube tours, I’m warming up to it being my personal definitive version of the castle, I love what they have done with the common rooms and how they got the hospital wing and headmaster’s office to fit etc, it all just works!

I wonder how different or similar the show version will be, at least starting fresh we shouldn’t have any modifying as the series goes on. 

[JeanGreyForever]

On 3/17/2025 at 12:56 PM, Black Falcon said:

Well my point was that it wouldn´t matter if something is a HBO show anyways in the first place. 

I still wouldn´t agree with that and would still say there are far more famous british actors than one would think ;).

I would say a series has an totally different approach anyways and wouldn´t really have to be better than the films. But of course it still has to be good.

With the huge franchise behind it and the focus on the main story that kids love, it is almost impossible not to make money with it. They would have to make it worse than the willow series or RoP so people drop it after the first episodes. As said before, they will likely pull the plug if the numbers drop from season to season - but surely before they stop making money with it.

Seeing how limited the slots are, I don´t think it would be likely for them to be included. In the end the trio and probably Malfoy and Neville are granted to be included in their kid form, and I don´t think they would include adult forms there, that most kids probably haven´t seen yet.

I still think that is (at least partly) the burden with such successful films, they create very high expectations that are just hard to match in the end, which results in people beeing disappointed about the film they get. But that still has nothing to do with them beeing a Prequel, would just be the same if they were Sequels - just look at Indiana Jones for instance ;)

I didn´t claim all hated to ST - actually I am pretty sure that there are enough peoplde that enjoyed them, but yeah, whereever you see discussions about PT and ST, you see more people liking the PT better than the ST, and haven´t seen a single place where more people liked the ST.

You mean Bilbo. But yeah, also possible that it happened in between that. 

I agree, I don't think a show being on HBO would be a problem. Just like how being a Disney+ show doesn't automatically mean Lego will be okay making sets, if those shows are too mature like Echo and now Daredevil. The new HP show being on HBO doesn't mean it'll be as mature as Game of Thrones.

I mean there are, but how many of them are going to be interested in this show. Based on the casting so far, the fact that we're not getting any of them implies they're not interested after all. The British thespian crowd is very interconnected. Many of the ones who weren't in the movies are probably friends with several actors who actually were.

Honestly, based on JKR even today using Twitter to call out the main trio actors from the movies, it's very clear to me that this show is being greenlighted for very few legitimate reasons and the main one coming from the author herself is just to try and wipe away the movies. Since in her latest Tweet, she flat out admits the movies are ruined for her now because of Daniel, Emma, and Rupert not supporting her bigotry. So there's a thousand reasons to dislike this show already, but the very fact that JKR only gave it a stamp of approval for such a petty reason like this already tells me it won't be good. 

RoP has unlimited money behind it with Jeff Bezos. That show was super hyped up but the lack of respect for the source material and the miscastings made that show DOA. Between JKR clearly just wanting to churn out a new show to erase the movies, some of the show writers bragging about never reading the books, and the casting news so far, I don't think it's implausible to believe this could be another RoP. And based on how most "big-budget" shows look nowadays, I really doubt they'll compare to the visuals of the movies either, in terms of effects or production design.

And that's assuming we ever do get another HP CMF series. I'm surprised we didn't, since the first two seemed successful enough, but I guess Lego feels there's not a need for another.

That's true about Indiana Jones. Although Temple of Doom is technically a prequel and was considered the weakest of the three original films. So much so, that The Last Crusade was designed to essentially be a remake of Raiders rather than be as different as Temple was.

And I think the lack of discussion on liking the ST is just because that generation hasn't grown up to fill those spaces on the Internet yet. The same was true for the PT when they came out. You wouldn't have found people discussing those movies in the 2000s and talking about how much they loved them. All that discourse was strictly about how hated they were. They weren't rehabilitated until around the 2010s, with the rise of Internet culture like memes. Spider-Man 3 is another good example of a film that got rehabilitated because of memes and taking humor from what was once the most derided moments. I was introduced to SW through the PT, so growing up, I had no idea they were even hated, because that wasn't the case for my generation which was the target demographic for George Lucas, children. 

Sorry, yeah I meant Bilbo not Frodo. Since WB can't get away with making sequels for LOTR, a midquel like The Hunt for Gollum is as close as they can get to reuniting the original cast.

11 hours ago, Bugbot20082 said:

Iv not played the game Hogwarts Legacy but I’ve taken a great interest in it’s architecture and layout from watching YouTube tours, I’m warming up to it being my personal definitive version of the castle, I love what they have done with the common rooms and how they got the hospital wing and headmaster’s office to fit etc, it all just works!

I wonder how different or similar the show version will be, at least starting fresh we shouldn’t have any modifying as the series goes on. 

I do like the castle interior in the game and some of the differences. I wouldn't mind seeing Lego sets based on this version of the castle. It would be nice if Lego made actual sets for Hogwarts Legacy, rather than us getting a show remake version of the castle that may be tied to the castle from the game's sequel. Some of the characters from the game, like Sebastian, Natsai, Poppy, and the professors would be fun to get as minifigures as well.

Especially someone like Peeves or Professor Binns. Since they've never appeared in the movies and the sets don't include characters from the books alone (minus that original Peeves minifig), we wouldn't be able to get a minifigure for characters like that unless the game (or show) got sets.

[Black Falcon]

10 hours ago, JeanGreyForever said:

RoP has unlimited money behind it with Jeff Bezos. That show was super hyped up but the lack of respect for the source material and the miscastings made that show DOA. Between JKR clearly just wanting to churn out a new show to erase the movies, some of the show writers bragging about never reading the books, and the casting news so far, I don't think it's implausible to believe this could be another RoP. And based on how most "big-budget" shows look nowadays, I really doubt they'll compare to the visuals of the movies either, in terms of effects or production design.

I just don´t get some decisions for RoP and how anyone could think of them beeing a great idea. Willow had the same issues, and sadly those two were basically the greatest fantasy hopes we got at that time. 

10 hours ago, JeanGreyForever said:

And that's assuming we ever do get another HP CMF series. I'm surprised we didn't, since the first two seemed successful enough, but I guess Lego feels there's not a need for another.

Since they are aimed at kids anyways, I wouldn´t be surprised if we get another. 

10 hours ago, JeanGreyForever said:

And I think the lack of discussion on liking the ST is just because that generation hasn't grown up to fill those spaces on the Internet yet. The same was true for the PT when they came out. You wouldn't have found people discussing those movies in the 2000s and talking about how much they loved them. All that discourse was strictly about how hated they were. They weren't rehabilitated until around the 2010s, with the rise of Internet culture like memes. Spider-Man 3 is another good example of a film that got rehabilitated because of memes and taking humor from what was once the most derided moments. I was introduced to SW through the PT, so growing up, I had no idea they were even hated, because that wasn't the case for my generation which was the target demographic for George Lucas, children. 

I wouldn´t even agree with the part about the target audience honestly. 

[Ferder]

15 hours ago, JeanGreyForever said:

Honestly, based on JKR even today using Twitter to call out the main trio actors from the movies, it's very clear to me that this show is being greenlighted for very few legitimate reasons and the main one coming from the author herself is just to try and wipe away the movies. Since in her latest Tweet, she flat out admits the movies are ruined for her now because of Daniel, Emma, and Rupert not supporting her bigotry. So there's a thousand reasons to dislike this show already, but the very fact that JKR only gave it a stamp of approval for such a petty reason like this already tells me it won't be good. 

 

She wasn't necessarily referring to Dan, Rupert and Emma. The tweet said which "actor/actress" [singular] ruins a movie for you."

The phrase "three guesses" usually means "my voice is so obvious that you'll get the person I'm thinking of in maximum three guesses" not "I have three people in mind."

Edited March 19 by Ferder

[AD_Bricks]

12 hours ago, Ferder said:

She wasn't necessarily referring to Dan, Rupert and Emma. The tweet said which "actor/actress" [singular] ruins a movie for you."

The phrase "three guesses" usually means "my voice is so obvious that you'll get the person I'm thinking of in maximum three guesses" not "I have three people in mind."

I hadn't seen this particular post until now, but from what I gather, I think that that was the joke, in that that's how the phrase is normally used, but she meant it in the sense of the HP trio. Might be wrong though.

[Tariq j]

On 3/18/2025 at 5:08 PM, Bugbot20082 said:

Iv not played the game Hogwarts Legacy but I’ve taken a great interest in it’s architecture and layout from watching YouTube tours, I’m warming up to it being my personal definitive version of the castle, I love what they have done with the common rooms and how they got the hospital wing and headmaster’s office to fit etc, it all just works!

I wonder how different or similar the show version will be, at least starting fresh we shouldn’t have any modifying as the series goes on. 

Strongly recommend the game. And yeah the castle is great, it’s also my definitive version as well. I think it would be cool to see microscale version of it at some point (similar to the 2023 one).

[calebcold3]

76457 is going to be Hogsmeade According to @LSWSA13678 on Instagram. 
 

Edited March 24 by calebcold3

[brickbride]

Just watched the story. It's a picture of two signposts, one for Hogwarts (pointing left) and one for Hogsmeade (pointing right) - from the Orlando theme park I'd assume - with the Hogsmeade one circled and a caption saying "Our next destination". It doesn't mention the set number. Though I agree that @calebcold3's interpretation sounds likely - in fact I've already discussed the possibility here at some length.

There's also a bunch of Star Wars leaks and a rumour for the Simpsons in this story, but I don't know enough about either theme to judge them. Sorry not sorry to all the Quidditch fans if the HP one turns out to be correct.

Edited March 24 by brickbride

[JS038]

Is 76457 the rumoured D2C this year? 

[brickbride]

Yep.

[JS038]

That’s exciting. If it’s true, I’m sure it will likely be PoA themed? Or maybe a mix of the movies. However we don’t have a lot of unique omissions from Hogsmeade at this point in time. 
 

it’s hard to say if they would make it winter themed again. Seems unlikely, but there are very few scenes in the series where they go there and it’s not winter? 
 

we already have Ron and Hermione + Harry in HBP outfits at their 3 broomsticks scene where Slughorn talks to them. We also have the trio + Malfoy and Dean in winter attire. 
 

I feel like they will just make it generic and random and not very scene specific. Just “here’s the village with some known characters like Aberforth, Madame Rosmerta, McGonagall, golden trio, Draco, Dean, Etc. 

Edited March 24 by JS038

[Virginia_Bricks]

This is what I wanted out of a D2C this year (and might put off Bag End to buy Hogsmeade this year) and I feel this is the perfect comprise for those wanting a second Diagon Alley D2C. I expect a similar style, but unique buildings and doesn't require one to own the Diagon Alley D2C.

Also summer Ninjago and Fortnite set images leaked this morning, so I'm hopeful we will get something for the summer wave in April.

Edited March 24 by Virginia_Bricks

[krimimimi]

2 hours ago, JS038 said:

it’s hard to say if they would make it winter themed again. Seems unlikely, but there are very few scenes in the series where they go there and it’s not winter? 

Canonically, Hogsmeade is supposed to be above the snow line, and therefore should always have snow. 

[THELEGOBATMAN]

A Hogsmeade D2C actually sounds quite fantastic. Really hope that news is true, even if I won't buy the set.

[hunnybunny]

Are we sure this is going to be a normal set and not some nano scale village layout? 

[Virginia_Bricks]

8 minutes ago, hunnybunny said:

Are we sure this is going to be a normal set and not some nano scale village layout? 

It seems unlikely to be a nano-set given Harry Potter already got one this year and historically has only done 1 maximum a year.

That being said, nothing rules it out yet either. But I don't think Hogsmeade as a D2C nano set makes sense like Hogwarts did. The scale isn't the same.