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A new season of True Detective<\/em> and Colin Farrell’s Penguin<\/em> series also teased as the entertainment giant announced its new streaming service<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \n\tA Harry Potter<\/a> <\/em>TV series, a new Game of Thrones<\/a><\/em> spinoff, and another Batman <\/em>villain showpiece \u2014 Warner Bros.<\/a> Discovery announced and teased a slew of programming as it revealed its new all-encompassing streaming platform, \u201cMax.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\tTo start, the new live-action Potter <\/em>series will be based on the original books, meaning it will also be covering the same ground as the eight-movie film franchise that culminated just over a decade ago. Warner Discovery plans to bring a whole new cast into the fray and expects the series to run for about a decade \u201cwith the same epic craft, love and care this global franchise is known for.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tHarry Potter <\/em>creator J.K. Rowling will serve as an executive producer on the series. In recent years, Rowling has faced a lot of criticism over her record of transphobic comments<\/a> \u2014 remarks that have cast a shadow over various new entries in the Harry Potter<\/em> universe, such as the recent Hogwarts Legacy <\/em>video game<\/a>. A Warner Discovery rep did not immediately return Rolling Stone<\/em>\u2019s request for comment regarding Rowling\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n \n\tAlong with Harry Potter<\/em>, Warner Discovery has big plans for plenty of its other tried, true, and lucrative intellectual property. It offered up a new teaser for The Penguin<\/em>, a new eight-episode series that will star Colin Farrell as the titular Batman villain (Farrell first played the Penguin in last year\u2019s movie, The Batman<\/a><\/em>). The show will also star Cristin Milioti, Rhenzy Feliz, Michael Kelly, Shohreh Aghdashloo, and Deirdre O\u2019Connell.<\/p>\n