What do you do when your favorite artist has been canceled? If you’re HBO Max, it seems, you leave them out of the reunion special for the films based on their work and hope no one notices.
That seems to be the case from the trailer for Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts, which drops on the streaming service on Jan. 1. The promotional clip features the three now-grown cast members of the eight-film fantasy epic reminiscing about growing up at Hogwarts—and nary a mention of J.K. Rowling, the author who created the world the special is ostensibly celebrating.
The author has done herself no favors in the PR department over the past few years, leaning into divisive anti-trans rights rhetoric, primarily via her presence on Twitter. It’s an odd flex, when she could’ve just said nothing and remained one of the most revered writers who ever lived. Instead, she didn’t even make the trailer for her own TV special.
In less inflammatory news, HBO Max is welcoming a ton of other intriguing content in January. In addition to new seasons of returning favorites like Euphoria (Jan. 9) and The Righteous Gemstones (Jan. 9), we’ll see the premiere of Peacemaker (Jan. 13), a dark superhero spinoff from 2021's The Suicide Squad starring John Cena as the titular murder-happy antihero; the film’s director, James Gunn, is onboard as creator.
Other premieres on tap: The Gilded Age (Jan. 24), a classy new drama from Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes; My Mom, Your Dad (Jan. 13), a reality dating series in which people try to fix up their respective parents; and Somebody Somewhere (Jan. 16), which follows a middle-aged woman from a small town in Kansas as she navigates life and relationships—so basically, just like Peacemaker.
Here’s everything else coming to HBO Max in January. Titles with (HBO) next to them are available on HBO and HBO Max; everything else is exclusive to HBO Max.
What’s coming to HBO Max in January 2022
Arriving Jan. 1
2 Guns, 2013 (HBO)
17 Again, 2009
All Star Superman, 2011
Annabelle Comes Home, 2009
Amityville 3-D, 1983 (HBO)
Amityville II: The Possession, 1982 (HBO)
Barry Munday, 2010 (HBO)
Batman Unlimited: Animal Instinct, 2015
Batman Unlimited: Mechs vs. Mutants, 2016
Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem, 2015
Batman: Soul of the Dragon, 2021
Brother Nature, 2016 (HBO)
Bullitt, 1968
Capote, 2005 (HBO)
Chaplin, 1992 (HBO)
A Cinderella Story, 2004
A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song, 2011
Collide, 2016 (HBO)
Cop Land, 1997 (HBO)
Cop Out, 2010
The Curse of La Llorona, 2019
Daddy Day Camp, 2007
Daddy Day Care, 2003
The Dark Crystal, 1982
The Diary of a Teenage Girl, 2015
Dirty Harry, 1971
Easy A, 2010
Empire of the Sun, 1987
The Enforcer, 1976
The Exorcist, 1973
The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Premiere (HBO)
The Faculty, 1998 (HBO)
Fast & Furious 6, 2013 (HBO)
Fatal Attraction, 1987 (HBO)
Fled, 1996 (HBO)
Frozen River, 2008
The Fugitive, 1993
Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 2019
Gone Baby Gone, 2007 (HBO)
Good Neighbours, 2010 (HBO)
The Gospel According To Andre, 2017 (HBO)
Gravity, 2013
The Green Hornet, 2011
Harlem Nights, 1989 (HBO)
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts, Max Original Premiere
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses Season 1
Here Comes The Devil, 2012 (HBO)
Hobo With A Shotgun, 2011 (HBO)
John Dies At The End, 2012 (HBO)
Justice Society: World War II, 2021
Killing Gunther, 2017 (HBO)
Kiltro, 2006 (HBO)
Horrible Bosses 2, 2014
The Iron Lady, 2011
The Last Five Years, 2014 (HBO)
Last Night, 2010 (HBO)
Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga’Hoole, 2010
The LEGO Batman Movie, 2017
LEGO DC Batman: Family Matters, 2019
LEGO DC Shazam: Magic and Monsters!, 2020
Little Nicky, 2000
Love and Basketball, 2000
Magnum Force, 1973
Mean Streets, 1973
Memento, 2000 (HBO)
The Mentalist
Michael Clayton, 2007
Mildred Pierce, 1945
Mimic, 1997 (HBO)
Mimic 2, 2001 (HBO)
Mimic 3: Sentinel, 2003 (HBO
Next, 2007 (HBO)
The Nun, 2018
The Outlaw Josey Wales, 1976
Paddington 2, 2017
Pineapple Express, 2008
The Pirates! Band of Misfits, 2012
Practical Magic, 1998
Quigley Down Under, 1990 (HBO)
Racer And The Jailbird, 2017 (HBO)
Roots (Mini Series), 2016
Roots: The Next Generation, 1979
Rumor Has It, 2005
Ser Bi (Les Tissus Blancs), 2020
Spare Parts, 2015 (HBO)
Stealing Harvard, 2002 (HBO)
Sudden Impact, 1983
Sunset Song, 2015 (HBO)
Super Fly, 1972
Supergirl, 2015
Swordfish, 2001
Teen Titans Go! To The Movies, 2018
Thor: Tales of Asgard, 2011 (HBO)
A Time to Kill, 1996
The Two Jakes, 1990 (HBO)
Ultraviolet, 2006
Vegas Vacation, 1997
Venus And Serena, 2012 (HBO)
Vixen, 2017
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, 1962
When Harry Met Sally, 1989
Where The Wild Things Are, 2009
Wrong Turn At Tahoe, 2009 (HBO)
The Yellow Birds, 2017 (HBO)
Yes Man, 2008
Zookeeper, 2011
Zoom, 2006 (HBO)
Arriving Jan. 2
Wipeout Season 1 Part A
Arriving Jan. 4
Impractical Jokers: Inside Jokes (Batch 4)
Snowpiercer, Season 2
Arriving Jan. 5
The Bachelor (XXV)
Arriving Jan. 7
Algo Azul, 2021 (HBO)
Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, 2021 (HBO)
Search Party, Max Original Season 5 Premiere
Teenage Euthanasia, Season 1
Arriving Jan. 9
Euphoria, Original Season 2 Premiere (HBO)
The Righteous Gemstones, Original Season 2 Premiere (HBO)
Arriving Jan. 12
Joe Pera Talks With You, Season 3
Squidbillies, Season 13
Arriving Jan. 13
Diego, The Last Goodbye (Diego, el último adiós), Max Original Documentary
My Mom, Your Dad, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
Peacemaker, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
Station Eleven, Max Original Season Finale
Arriving Jan. 14
ER
Arriving Jan. 15
Fringe
Arriving Jan. 16
Somebody Somewhere, Season Premiere (HBO)
Arriving Jan. 17
Injustice, 2021
The Murder of Fred Hampton, Documentary
Arriving Jan. 19
Last Open Mic at the End of the World, 2021
Arriving Jan. 20
Astral Journey (aka Jornada Astral), Max Original Season 1 Premiere
Looney Tunes Cartoons, Max Original Season 4 Premiere
Moses Storm: Trash White, Max Original Premiere
On The Job, Max Original (Mini Series) Season 1 Premiere
Arriving Jan. 21
Back On The Record with Bob Costas, Season 2 Premiere (HBO)
Chillin Island, Season Finale (HBO)
Invisibles, 2020 (HBO)
The Last O.G., Season 4
Real Time with Bill Maher, Season 20 Premiere (HBO)
Arriving Jan. 24
The Gilded Age, Season 1 Premiere (HBO)
Pennyworth, Seasons 1 and 2
Arriving Jan. 25
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, 2022 (HBO)
Arriving Jan. 27
Bunker, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
The Cut (aka O Grande Look), Max Original Season 1 Premiere
Gomorrah, Max Original Season 5 Premiere
Malignant, 2021 (HBO)
Take Out with Lisa Ling, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
Arriving Jan. 28
The Hangover Part III, 2013 (HBO)
Arriving Jan. 29
Reminiscence, 2021 (HBO)
What’s leaving HBO Max in January 2022
Leaving Jan. 20
HBO First Look: Nightmare Alley (HBO)
Leaving Jan. 31
2 Days In The Valley, 1996 (HBO)
A Walk Among The Tombstones, 2014 (HBO)
Director’s Cut: Argo, 2012 (HBO)
Backtrack, 2021 (HBO)
Extended Versions: Battle For The Planet Of The Apes, 1973 (HBO)
Behind Enemy Lines, 1997 (HBO)
Beneath The Planet Of The Apes, 1970 (HBO)
Bio-Dome, 1996 (HBO)
Black Death, 2011 (HBO)
Blue Crush, 2002 (HBO)
Blue Ruin, 2014 (HBO)
Brubaker, 1980 (HBO)
Carmen y Lola, 2018 (HBO)
Chasing Mavericks, 2012 (HBO)
Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes, 1972 (HBO)
Deep Cover, 1992 (HBO)
Desecho, 2017 (HBO)
Desperately Seeking Susan, 1985 (HBO)
Dirty Work, 1998 (HBO)
Unrated Version: Disaster Movie, 2008 (HBO)
Eight Men Out, 1988 (HBO)
Envy, 2004 (HBO)
Escape From The Planet Of The Apes, 1971 (HBO)
Ghost In The Machine, 1993 (HBO)
Gun Shy, 2021 (HBO)
Hacksaw Ridge, 2016 (HBO)
Hangman, 2021 (HBO)
Harley Davidson And The Marlboro Man, 1991 (HBO)
Heaven Can Wait, 1978 (HBO)
Hercules, 1983 (HBO)
Hitchcock, 2012 (HBO)
Humpday, 2009 (HBO)
Igby Goes Down, 2002 (HBO)
Johnny English Reborn, 2011 (HBO)
Julia, 2009 (HBO)
Kansas, 1988 (HBO)
Laws Of Attraction, 2004 (HBO)
Lincoln, 2012 (HBO)
Love And Death, 1975 (HBO)
Man Down, 2021 (HBO)
Married To The Mob, 1988 (HBO)
Mississippi Burning, 1988 (HBO)
Mystery Date, 1991 (HBO)
Nobody Walks, 2021 (HBO)
No Quiero Ser Tu Hermano, 2019 (HBO)
Planet Of The Apes, 1968 (HBO)
Popeye, 1980 (HBO)
Project X, 1987 (HBO)
Punisher: War Zone, 2008 (HBO)
Rabid, 1977 (HBO)
Director’s Cut: Rambo, 2008 (HBO)
Red, 2008 (HBO)
Romance & Cigarettes, 2007 (HBO)
Semi-Tough, 1977 (HBO)
Separate Tables, 1958 (HBO)
Serving Sara, 2002 (HBO)
Stand And Deliver, 1988 (HBO)
Stardust Memories, 1980 (HBO)
The Banger Sisters, 2002 (HBO)
The Double, 2014 (HBO)
The Hunt, 2020 (HBO)
The Last Of The Finest, 1990 (HBO)
The Man In The Iron Mask, 1998 (HBO)
The Out-Of-Towners, 1999 (HBO)
The Prince, 2014 (HBO)
The Punisher, 2004 (HBO)
The Purple Rose Of Cairo, 1985 (HBO)
The Score, 2001 (HBO)
The Square, 2017 (HBO)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, 2011 (HBO)
Underwater, 2020 (HBO)
Up In The Air, 2009 (HBO)
Dolittle, 2020 (HBO)
Flipper, 1996 (HBO)
He Got Game, 1998 (HBO)
Snow Dogs, 2002 (HBO)
The Call Of The Wild, 2019 (HBO)
Cap, 2020 (HBO)
Evelyn X Evelyn, 2020 (HBO)
Flight, 2020 (HBO)
The Fisher King, 1991
The Fisherman, 2020 (HBO)
Wednesday, 2020 (HBO)