“Harry Potter” TV series might be a tipping point for our nostalgia-fixated monoculture, but it looks set to be just as big a cultural phenomenon as the movies and books, despite the ongoing controversy surrounding the HBO show. So far, we’ve had multiple set photos and official shots from the ongoing production, all of which have commanded massive attention. Our first look at the series’ version of Privet Drive gave us a glimpse of one of the key locations, while leaked set photos later revealed the new version of Platform 9¾. Now, more set photos have emerged which show the Dursley family visiting the London Zoo (via Daily Mail).
In both the book and 2001 film “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” the titular wizard visits a local zoo along with his muggle aunt and uncle and their son, Dudley. There, he experiences his own magical abilities after he unknowingly uses Parseltongue to communicate with a Burmese Python and removes the glass housing it, allowing the snake to escape from its enclosure and causing panic among the zoo’s guests. The “Sorcerer’s Stone” movie shot this scene in London Zoo’s Reptile House. Now, it seems the new series, which is set to debut in 2027, has returned to London Zoo to film what is likely the same scene — thereby nudging us all to consider once again the question of why we’re getting this remake in the first place.
