Wizarding World 2026 - Rumors & Discussion

[BacktoBricks]

3 minutes ago, Virginia_Bricks said:

We didn’t get no news on the AC though. It was confirmed to not be coming this year.

 

Not saying you’re wrong though, but I don’t read them the same way. I’d also expect Lego to be cautious with series sets given how Fantastic Beasts went.

What I should have said was no news / not existing, although I never take leaks as full confirmation either way.

And I get what you are saying about FB sets, but will Lego be able to go cautiously with show sets though? I'm guessing Warner Bros will want to promote the show as much as they can to a new generation of fans especially and given that Lego is, at it's core, a toy, it is a perfect medium to do this. I'm guessing Lego might 'have' to do some show sets.

And to be fair, should they be interchangeable with movie sets and provide more characters or more varied costumes for current characters, then I am not completely opposed to that. We have covered the films well now after all and as someone who read the books first, any material that recreates the books faithfully is welcome. As beloved as the movies are, they simply did not have the time to cover some of the subplots and settings of the books. Not that I think it will ever get a Lego set, but Lockhart's St. Mungo's encounter is one of my favourite side scenes.

My only issue with the show's release timing is that I am finally getting over my love of Stephen Fry's delivery and associating the new cast with the characters (Mark Addy as Hagrid, Kit Harrington as Lockhart and Iwan Rheon as Lupin are particular favourites), only for the HBO show to present them differently again.

[Robert8]

7 hours ago, mark1991t said:

For people who are interested in the series, the first trailer for the series is out. Serie is set for this Christmas.

 

I'm loving it!

Harry looks like a tiny adult for some reason. 

Ron and Dumbledore look great as well.

I still can't get used to Snape though. 

[brickbride]

5 hours ago, Accio Lego said:

I’m starting to think the lack of advent calendar this year is a result of Warner Bros./HBO Max not wanting conflicting merchandise releases right when the show releases but also not wanting to give Lego enough info to do decent show sets before it comes out. 

That's unlikely IMO. You pretty much need no info at all in order to cobble together an AC of all things. Just look at the last one!

It might just be LEGO feeling that ACs have gotten out of hand (last year there were about six even with Marvel taking a break, and I don't think they sell that well) and HP being in a better position to take a break than some other themes.

[mark1991t]

A new 'sketch-leak' has appeared on Instagram and other platforms. It's from set 76475 Forbidden Forest: Expecto Patronum. It's bassicaly the previous set in the recent colorscheme for the forest sets. The tree's are more rounded like in the Grawp Forbidden Forest set from 2020.

[BrickBob Studpants]

Nothing spectacular, as expected  Maybe we‘ll get a new faceprint for Sirius at least? The last one was great, but we had it in 4 sets so it‘s time for a new one ^^ Speaking of Sirius: It‘s quite funny how 3 out of the 5 (soon to be 6) versions of Sirius we ever had came out in 2022  

[RODDY]

This is one of those sets I’m actually not too bothered of them basically doing 1:1 except the color swap, it’s such a banger. For $15 back then you got 4 minifigs and a Stag Patronus which to this day maybe my favorite Lego piece ever. Now granted it’s $30 but still not a bad price given everything that has happened between now and then. Man if there’s one thing that I do miss from the earlier days of the reboot as much as I think 2026 could go down as one of the best years for the theme thus far, its these Forbidden Forest sets.

[brickbride]

Those trees don't look any better than the old ones, for all that they use more parts. I'm glad I own the old set.

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[Tomsriddle]

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[brickbride]

14 hours ago, RODDY said:

This is one of those sets I’m actually not too bothered of them basically doing 1:1 except the color swap, it’s such a banger. For $15 back then you got 4 minifigs and a Stag Patronus which to this day maybe my favorite Lego piece ever. Now granted it’s $30 but still not a bad price given everything that has happened between now and then. Man if there’s one thing that I do miss from the earlier days of the reboot as much as I think 2026 could go down as one of the best years for the theme thus far, its these Forbidden Forest sets.

Wasn't the old one EUR 20? That said even so I don't think the new one is a great deal. We've just got four figs (including Hagrid) and a motorbike build for EUR 20, and another four figs in the Sorting Hat Ceremony set for EUR 15. And sure, this has twice as many pieces as the old Exepecto Patronum, but it doesn't really need them. Like I've said the trees look just as bad. To me it feels like LEGO upping the piece count so they can charge more.

Other than that I've just watched the HBO trailer and to be honest I found it really dark and dull. A trailer should showcase some of the most exciting and clever moments in order to make you look forward to the series, but if those are the most exciting and clever moments I don't know. Plus watching it made me realize once again that I actually don't like Harry all that much and am not that invested in his adventures. I'm much more into the backstory, the larger wizarding world, the locations like Diagon Alley. Again, this could have been great if they'd focused on anything else, like maybe the Founders' era, or at least played fast and loose with Canon and seen where we'd end up then.

They also seem to be taking it really slow. With so many Dursley scenes in the trailer I'd be surprised if we even made it to Hogwarts in the first episode(s). Retreading every single moment from the books at a snail's pace (like the Dursleys trying to convince Harry that he's nothing special when we all know that he's going to prove them wrong, or later on everyone suspecting Snape of wanting to steal the Stone when we know it's Quirrell) sounds more excruciating than fun IMO.

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[BrickBob Studpants]

3 hours ago, brickbride said:

[…] sounds more excruciating than fun IMO.

Friendly reminder that this is an 8 hour season covering the same grounds as a 2.5 hour movie  The pacing must be agonizingly slow since they left out next to nothing from the PS and CoS movie adaptations. What exactly happens in the other 5.5 hours?!

I usually keep an open mind about things, but this trailer only solidified my prior opinions. It looks like an unnecssary, soulless cashgrab. I know it’s only a teaser, but where’s the fun, the warmth, the whimsy, the MAGIC? This either should‘ve never existed, or been animated instead

[Virginia_Bricks]

3 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Friendly reminder that this is an 8 hour season covering the same grounds as a 2.5 hour movie  The pacing must be agonizingly slow since they left out next to nothing from the PS and CoS movie adaptations. What exactly happens in the other 5.5 hours?!

I usually keep an open mind about things, but this trailer only solidified my prior opinions. It looks like an unnecssary, soulless cashgrab. I know it’s only a teaser, but where’s the fun, the warmth, the whimsy, the MAGIC? This either should‘ve never existed, or been animated instead

Yep, the first two seasons will have to create a lot of scenes. We already know that there is a Dumbledore visiting Flamel scene, which happens, but is never a scene in the books.

I think the teaser was fine (it definitely wasn't a trailer since no plot was shown). I'm not the target audience, but I will probably watch the series. I just wish they ditched this fascination with dark lighting for new TV series and movies. So many of the Star Wars series as of recent have been difficult to watch unless you are in a dark space.

That being said, I won't be buying Lego sets based on the series. Not because I think they will be bad, but because I'm nearly done collecting everything I want from HP and don't need any duplicates.

[Accio Lego]

4 hours ago, Virginia_Bricks said:

That being said, I won't be buying Lego sets based on the series. Not because I think they will be bad, but because I'm nearly done collecting everything I want from HP and don't need any duplicates.

I can see myself getting individual minifigures off bricklink when/if Lego finally does characters the movies skipped over like Peeves, Binns, Ludo Bagman, Winky, etc. 

[Murdoch17]

9 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Friendly reminder that this is an 8 hour season covering the same grounds as a 2.5 hour movie  The pacing must be agonizingly slow since they left out next to nothing from the PS and CoS movie adaptations. What exactly happens in the other 5.5 hours?!

I usually keep an open mind about things, but this trailer only solidified my prior opinions. It looks like an unnecssary, soulless cashgrab. I know it’s only a teaser, but where’s the fun, the warmth, the whimsy, the MAGIC? This either should‘ve never existed, or been animated instead

Agreed on all points.

[RODDY]

14 hours ago, brickbride said:

Wasn't the old one EUR 20? That said even so I don't think the new one is a great deal. We've just got four figs (including Hagrid) and a motorbike build for EUR 20, and another four figs in the Sorting Hat Ceremony set for EUR 15. And sure, this has twice as many pieces as the old Exepecto Patronum, but it doesn't really need them. Like I've said the trees look just as bad. To me it feels like LEGO upping the piece count so they can charge more.

 

You are right it was $20, I must have remembered the sale price I bought it at. But considering that old price point with inflation is now $26 and it comes with double the pieces, I think the $4 difference is fair. And even if you go by a reasonable PPP would put it at $25 but even then you still have to factor Stag mold which of course brings up the price to $30. You can argue if the extra pieces are necessary or not but what you are physically getting in the box is pretty good value all things considered. The Privet Drive Escape set is $10 cheaper because it has one less minifig and half the pieces. Even if the old Expecto Patronum set came out the same as it did back in 2019, it’d still be $26 its basically a wash, at least in this version you pay a little more and you get more pieces.

[Accio Lego]

11 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

This either should‘ve never existed, or been animated instead

God, more fantasy properties need to just get over the movie industry’s pretentiousness and admit their subject matter would work better animated already. The Owl House from Disney Channel had some of the best spell casting battles I’ve ever seen – and despite the Netflix live action Avatar doing a better job adapting the fight scenes than the awful movie, they still look garbage next to the originals because animating a character with whatever fantasy elements they’re interacting with will always look better than mashing together an actor miming in front of a green screen with CGI. 

[JeanGreyForever]

12 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Friendly reminder that this is an 8 hour season covering the same grounds as a 2.5 hour movie  The pacing must be agonizingly slow since they left out next to nothing from the PS and CoS movie adaptations. What exactly happens in the other 5.5 hours?!

I usually keep an open mind about things, but this trailer only solidified my prior opinions. It looks like an unnecssary, soulless cashgrab. I know it’s only a teaser, but where’s the fun, the warmth, the whimsy, the MAGIC? This either should‘ve never existed, or been animated instead

Didn't they cast Hermione's parents? There's probably going to be a lot of supplementary scenes, like showing Hermione getting her Hogwarts letter. I don't think they've cast Sirius Black but this could be an opportunity to introduce him handing baby Harry over to Hagrid. Lucius Malfoy doesn't appear in the first book but he's also been cast so I'd expect to see some of Draco's home life. Or maybe Lucius at the Ministry of Magic if they wanted to introduce that early on.

The trailer just felt like a B-movie version of the series from people who couldn't get the rights to the movies. Lacking in color, production design, sets, costumes, and especially the cast. We went from Britain's top talent to TV actors at best. The fact that the show could only get one big name, John Lithgow, really shows the downgrade in quality here. And going back to the production design, it's a weird case where they clearly didn't want to stray too far from the original movie's designs so they've kept to an imitation which is just lacking in every way. If they had gone in an extreme unique direction (like the Thai book covers which have a very anime-inspired look), there might still be something worth watching rather than a cheaply graded copy. The first HP movies were re-released in theaters last year and it was such an experience to revisit them on the big screen. I'd rather do that than watch this show.

[Gorilla94]

On 3/27/2026 at 9:52 AM, BrickBob Studpants said:

Friendly reminder that this is an 8 hour season covering the same grounds as a 2.5 hour movie  The pacing must be agonizingly slow since they left out next to nothing from the PS and CoS movie adaptations. What exactly happens in the other 5.5 hours?!

I usually keep an open mind about things, but this trailer only solidified my prior opinions. It looks like an unnecssary, soulless cashgrab. I know it’s only a teaser, but where’s the fun, the warmth, the whimsy, the MAGIC? This either should‘ve never existed, or been animated instead

The original first two movies (they are all I really care about and watched enough to speak about in detail) were very well made pueces of art. They delivered the important information, showing stuff without the need of telling everything verbally for a stupid audience (and/or one playing on the phone while watching). If you take all the shots where actors look at each other for a second showing dynamics with a facial expression and replace them by "after Phase 4 marvel-like" - "I like that one" - dialogues, you can manage to gain an hour while decreasing the quality fundamentally, which seems to be what Hollywood aims for with litterally any reboot. I guarantee sceenes like Hermione shocking Neville will take at least 3 times as long.

Than you can add unmemorable sceenes from the books like Harry sneaking through Hogwarts after the duelling challenge Malfoy spoke out. At least 2 hours of content if delivered poorly like described above.

On top they will for sure add dumb stuff for sure like every relevant student recieving their letter. Enough filler for an episode allready. Without wanting to go further into the topic, I'm am 100% sure there will be talk about he characters sexuality, because we pretty much can't have a show these days without at least one flat token character, which sole purpose is for the show to not be critisezed for not having enough "representation". And no, I have no issue with homosexuality. Several friends of me are homo- or bisexual and from time to time I include it in my pen&paper campaigns, if it feels like adding value to the plot. In the show I could see this implemented in book 3 when everyone starts looking for a dance partner and becomes interested in dating. In book 1 + 2 with young kids never talking about love it will be pure cringe... and I am sure it will be included.

 

[brickbride]

On 3/27/2026 at 9:52 AM, BrickBob Studpants said:

Friendly reminder that this is an 8 hour season covering the same grounds as a 2.5 hour movie  The pacing must be agonizingly slow since they left out next to nothing from the PS and CoS movie adaptations. What exactly happens in the other 5.5 hours?!

That's not the problem though. The problem seems to be that they insist on giving us more of the same. JK's characters other than Harry tend to be poorly fleshed out so it's not as if there weren't room for improvement. Show us Draco's home life, show us Lucius and the other ex-Death Eaters navigating life after the fall of their Dark Lord. Harry's perspective is the most boring and predictable one so anything new would be welcome. But from the trailer it looks as if we're still stuck with Harry, only instead of one or two scenes of the Dursleys bullying him we now get like five or ten.

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[Black Falcon]

On 3/25/2026 at 11:39 PM, Accio Lego said:

I’m starting to think the lack of advent calendar this year is a result of Warner Bros./HBO Max not wanting conflicting merchandise releases right when the show releases but also not wanting to give Lego enough info to do decent show sets before it comes out. 

All they would really have to know for the Advent Calendar, though would have been some pictures of the Actors in their robes, and some shots of the great hall. 

On 3/26/2026 at 5:29 AM, brickbride said:

It might just be LEGO feeling that ACs have gotten out of hand (last year there were about six even with Marvel taking a break, and I don't think they sell that well) and HP being in a better position to take a break than some other themes.

That is what I think too. There are just so many of them now, so they might be going with City, Friends and Star Wars as fixed Calendars and just change the others from year to year. At least I wouldn´t be surprised if next year there is a HP one again.

On 3/27/2026 at 6:24 AM, brickbride said:

Other than that I've just watched the HBO trailer and to be honest I found it really dark and dull. A trailer should showcase some of the most exciting and clever moments in order to make you look forward to the series, but if those are the most exciting and clever moments I don't know. Plus watching it made me realize once again that I actually don't like Harry all that much and am not that invested in his adventures. I'm much more into the backstory, the larger wizarding world, the locations like Diagon Alley. Again, this could have been great if they'd focused on anything else, like maybe the Founders' era, or at least played fast and loose with Canon and seen where we'd end up then.

They also seem to be taking it really slow. With so many Dursley scenes in the trailer I'd be surprised if we even made it to Hogwarts in the first episode(s). Retreading every single moment from the books at a snail's pace (like the Dursleys trying to convince Harry that he's nothing special when we all know that he's going to prove them wrong, or later on everyone suspecting Snape of wanting to steal the Stone when we know it's Quirrell) sounds more excruciating than fun IMO.

Well it is only the first trailer/teaser so it is mainly about the backstory of Harry and some Hogwarts scenes to get you in the mood really. I would expect more from future trailers, but to me that one doesn´t looks all that bad.

And honstestly, I would have never expected the series to get near to hogwarts in the first episode anyways. You will have some home and school scenes the one with the snake in the zoo, the letters (wouldn´t be surprised if the first letter would be the end scene of the first episode) then hiding, hagrids arrival, Diagon Alley, Kings Cross. So yeah, probably Hogwarts won´t show up in the first two Episodes at all. 

On 3/27/2026 at 9:52 AM, BrickBob Studpants said:

Friendly reminder that this is an 8 hour season covering the same grounds as a 2.5 hour movie  The pacing must be agonizingly slow since they left out next to nothing from the PS and CoS movie adaptations. What exactly happens in the other 5.5 hours?!

I usually keep an open mind about things, but this trailer only solidified my prior opinions. It looks like an unnecssary, soulless cashgrab. I know it’s only a teaser, but where’s the fun, the warmth, the whimsy, the MAGIC? This either should‘ve never existed, or been animated instead

The problem with prefixed opinions is that they tend to be harder to break. I personally will keep an open mind about it and haven´t seen much that would let me get a negative opinion about it. The adults actors aren´t really doing it for me right now, but that is probably mainly for two reasons. I am just to used to the old actors and while the kids looked different from movie to movie as they were growing up anyways, the adults remained the same. And well, frost as Hagrid, it is even harder if you already know the actor from somewhere else and he honstely looks odd as Hagrid to me. But it remains to be seen if I get used to them or not.

And well, Snape...

On 3/27/2026 at 1:45 PM, Virginia_Bricks said:

Yep, the first two seasons will have to create a lot of scenes. We already know that there is a Dumbledore visiting Flamel scene, which happens, but is never a scene in the books.

I think the teaser was fine (it definitely wasn't a trailer since no plot was shown). I'm not the target audience, but I will probably watch the series. I just wish they ditched this fascination with dark lighting for new TV series and movies. So many of the Star Wars series as of recent have been difficult to watch unless you are in a dark space.

That being said, I won't be buying Lego sets based on the series. Not because I think they will be bad, but because I'm nearly done collecting everything I want from HP and don't need any duplicates.

Oh, yeah I hate all those dark scenes too, probably they are cheaper to produce because you can´t see much detail anyways.

About the Lego sets, there should be plenty of characters that weren´t in the movies but could get made for new Sets in the series, so especially if there are smaller sets for those I think they could be selling well, independent of how the series itsefl is doing.

16 hours ago, JeanGreyForever said:

Didn't they cast Hermione's parents? There's probably going to be a lot of supplementary scenes, like showing Hermione getting her Hogwarts letter. I don't think they've cast Sirius Black but this could be an opportunity to introduce him handing baby Harry over to Hagrid. Lucius Malfoy doesn't appear in the first book but he's also been cast so I'd expect to see some of Draco's home life. Or maybe Lucius at the Ministry of Magic if they wanted to introduce that early on.

Well many already know the story behind Sirius now, but in the end it doesn´t really make sense to show him before Prisoner or Azkaban and the mentioned scene even later than that.

[Tomsriddle]

Im new here so sorry if this has been discussed previously. But concerning the new Hogwarts modular sets,

we have the great hall: sorcerers stone

main tower: sorcerers stone

hospital wing: azkaban

Rumored east wing: chamber of secrets

Doesn’t that still leave us with Goblet of fire, Order, half blood and Hallows?

What if the D2C is the rest of the castle? astronomy, clock tower, and courtyard battle? 

[BacktoBricks]

33 minutes ago, Tomsriddle said:

Im new here so sorry if this has been discussed previously. But concerning the new Hogwarts modular sets,

we have the great hall: sorcerers stone

main tower: sorcerers stone

hospital wing: azkaban

Rumored east wing: chamber of secrets

Doesn’t that still leave us with Goblet of fire, Order, half blood and Hallows?

What if the D2C is the rest of the castle? astronomy, clock tower, and courtyard battle? 

Welcome to the forum. 

You are correct that the current castle modules have not covered the later movies, although the Owlery did technically cover the GOF Owlery scene, but as far as we know so far from all leaked information, there is not going to be a D2C this year. There is one retail set that has yet to be leaked which people are speculating could be the Astronomy Tower considering the piece count and price, but that is pure theory. It could be a playset based on any movie scenes or even another buildable display set. So the East Wing could well be the last module of this 'most detailed' castle iteration if Lego does not continue with it next year as many people suspect will happen considering the new show is releasing at the end of this year.

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[Tomsriddle]

3 minutes ago, BacktoBricks said:

So the East Wing could well be the last module of this 'most detailed' castle iteration if Lego does not continue with it next year as many people suspect will happen considering the new show is releasing at the end of this year.

Ah ok thank you. Bummer I’m holding out hope for a detailed clock tower or astronomy tower. Is the rumored astronomy tower possible with that brick count? Like with that brick count and price could it be taller than the main tower?

[brickbride]

Some people think so. If you go back a couple of pages in the thread you'll find people speculating based on MOCs that it should be possible. Personally I think the last unknown set will be something else but at present we don't know.

1 hour ago, Tomsriddle said:

Doesn’t that still leave us with Goblet of fire, Order, half blood and Hallows?

What if the D2C is the rest of the castle? astronomy, clock tower, and courtyard battle? 

A D2C is supposed to be a stand-alone, not half a modular system, so I really don't think so.

If you go back a bit and especially read @BrickBob Studpantss posts you'll see that the overrepresentation of the earlier movies has been discussed here a lot. There's a bunch of likely reasons: The earlier movies (PS/SS and CoS especially) do most of the heavy lifting in terms of establishing the important locations (common rooms, classrooms, and so forth), and they're also much more popular and family-friendly. There's comparatively little in the later movies that doesn't appear in the earlier ones in terms of locations, and a lot of it is very dark and dreary. Plus some of the more important locations established later tend to overlap (i.e. different iterations of the Room of Requirement play an important role in the later two movies but we might well only get one iteration per system, and Moody's DADA class overlaps with Lupin's and Lockhart's DADA classes).

We might still get an Astronomy Tower based off HBP but I'm really not holding my breath for it, and I think anything based off OotP and DH is unlikely at this point for this system. We're still even missing the Divination Class from PoA.

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[RODDY]

2 hours ago, brickbride said:

Some people think so. If you go back a couple of pages in the thread you'll find people speculating based on MOCs that it should be possible. Personally I think the last unknown set will be something else but at present we don't know.

A D2C is supposed to be a stand-alone, not half a modular system, so I really don't think so.

If you go back a bit and especially read @BrickBob Studpantss posts you'll see that the overrepresentation of the earlier movies has been discussed here a lot. There's a bunch of likely reasons: The earlier movies (PS/SS and CoS especially) do most of the heavy lifting in terms of establishing the important locations (common rooms, classrooms, and so forth), and they're also much more popular and family-friendly. There's comparatively little in the later movies that doesn't appear in the earlier ones in terms of locations, and a lot of it is very dark and dreary. Plus some of the more important locations established later tend to overlap (i.e. different iterations of the Room of Requirement play an important role in the later two movies but we might well only get one iteration per system, and Moody's DADA class overlaps with Lupin's and Lockhart's DADA classes).

We might still get an Astronomy Tower based off HBP but I'm really not holding my breath for it, and I think anything based off OotP and DH is unlikely at this point for this system. We're still even missing the Divination Class from PoA.

Now that I think about, in an odd way we technically have most of the DH themed locations and it feeds into the point that rooms overlap at the end of the series. We have the Ravenclaw Common Room with Diadem, the GWP Room of Requirements, the Chamber of Secrets coming in the Summer, and the Courtyard. The only thing really missing is the bridge which Neville and Seamus blow up but that to me always seemed to be borderline impossible, especially since the Clock Tower it would need to attach is already a stretch because of its open back ruining the silhouette. Really the only thing missing from DH is the minifigs like a DH Ron or McGonagall or the moving statues.