Reincarnated

"*Everything you know about fiction and reality is about to change forever.*"
- Official Tagline

**Reincarnated** is an upcoming American-British-Canadian-Irish-Filipino urban fantasy science fiction action mystery thriller television show created by The MariposaLass'93 and the Starlight Project for (insert television channel, TBA) loosely based on the *Harry Potter* series and the *Wizarding World* franchise created by J.K. Rowling. It follows the story of a group of people who slowly regain memories as the characters from the Potter series and uncover their past lives' pasts and secrets while trying to solve a mass killing they died in their old world by a group of hidden extremists intent to terrorizing various worlds and later accidentally merged other worlds onto Earth.

This is not associated itself to Rowling as it aims to distance itself from her even though it is under the Wizarding World branding. The creators also maintained that, while it's mostly canon compliant to the books, films and, to some extent, Hogwarts Mystery, it is still divergent in many aspects and that it would remain non-canonical.

Shooting for the show takes place in the Philippines, England, Ireland, Canada, the United States, Cape Town, and Australia. The series is slated to have a five season run as confirmed by the show creators on the show’s Twitter account.

## Premise

The series follows the adventures and lives of six (later on eight) persons who have discovered that they are present day incarnation of characters from the *Harry Potter* franchise: Mark Pendel (Harry Potter), Andrea Hidalgo (Ginny Weasley), Ben Marshall (Ron Weasley), Pauline Fossil (Hermione Granger), Julian Albert (Draco Malfoy), and Aricka Sommers (Astoria Greenleaf). They initially started out as normal people with (mostly) normal lives (except for Aricka who works as a metahuman super heroine), and with the exception of their romantic relationships with each other (Mark and Andrea, Pauline and Ben and Aricka and Julian), they don't know of their existence or that they were wizards and witches in another world.

That all changed in 2016 when Julian, Aricka, and Mark regained their past memories as Draco, Astoria, and Harry which left them confused and concerned about what happened in the Potterverse which had its life ended under suspicious and mysterious circumstances. Soon, the memories hit Andrea, Ben, and Pauline one by one as everyone begin to struggle to come to terms to being Reincarnates, people who have been have been given a second chance in life, have unfinished business to do, or, in many cases, even both and have returned to Earth as different people. Upon meeting each other at Central City, the six of them resolve to uncover the identities of their magical past lives and why were they connected to each other along with what led to their untimely demise at King's Cross Station. Later on, they are joined by two more Reincarnates who are seeking to find out the truth: Emily Egan (Luna Lovegood) and Gordon 'Towerblock' House (Neville Longbottom).

While the reincarnated wizards try to juggle their present day lives and jobs, Mark is secretly planning to bring in the downfall of M16 operative Andy Osnard who had shady connections to his father Harry's past while Julian is working on the theory that a phenomena he has experience with and knowledge on known as the Speed Force could have some connection with the ongoing past life crisis which was initially dismissed by most of the group.

Meanwhile, a group known as the Radicals have been planning to bring destruction and chaos to the worlds they visited and have been building a portal creation project to further their plans, only for it to backfire and bring in other worlds and merge them into Earth, further complicating the Reincarnates' lives even further.

## Cast

It is worth pointing out that most of the cast are taken from the previous roles the actors from the *Harry Potter* and *Fantastic Beasts* films and other media have played in their careers, unless stated otherwise.

### Main

#### The Reincarnates

* Mark Pendel - A Panama-born, Philippine-based English American journalist working for Manila Bulletin and Andrea's boyfriend since college who is the reincarnation of Harry Potter. The eldest child of Harry and Louisa Pendel, Mark's world turns upside down when he started gaining Harry's memories while at work on his 28th birthday, thus causing an identity crisis for him and him trying to hide them from his family for most of the show's first season. He was initially skeptical of Julian's Speed Force and reincarnation theory (despite being asked to approach him by co-workers to retain his sanity) until he starts hearing more reports of people recalling lives of previously deceased people in 'Windows to the Past'. In addition, he is secretly harboring unpleasant memories of Andy Osnard who had almost ruined his father's business and friendships in Panama and has vowed to get his revenge on him several years later. Mark was the only core group member not to initially accept Dumbledore's spirit upon meeting, alleging on his coffee drinking only to be debunked by Pauline at the last minute. Mark is also notable for being the first film role done by Daniel Radcliffe prior to the *Potter* films, in his case, from the film adaptation of *The Tailor of Panama*.
* Andrea Hidalgo - A Filipino café barista and Mark's girlfriend since college who is the reincarnation of Ginny Weasley. The youngest child of Isabelle Miravelez and disgraced government official Franco Hidalgo, she was raised on modest means with her older sister Natalia by Sabel after she annulled her marriage with Franco some time after her birth. Upon getting Ginny's memories, she becomes initially shocked and confused over her magical origins before slowly warming up to them after reuniting with her past life brother Ben/Ron. Andrea is also the fifth person (after Julian, Aricka, Mark, and Ben) to first regained her past life memories. She is the only known main character to have a different actor attached to the role, who have a different ethnicity to their past life (in her case, Filipino), and not to have their past life actor returning to portray their character. She was among the first to truly believe in Dumbledore upon seeing him in his ghost form along with Julian and Emily. Both her and her mother in her 20's and 30's have been previously played by Kim Chiu in the Filipino period epic drama *Ikaw Lamang*.
* Ben Marshall - An English writer and creative writing graduate student and Pauline's boyfriend who is the reincarnation of Ron Weasley. The quiet and sensitive son of Vicar Robert Marshall with his ex-wife Laura (who on this show is revealed to have died from her injuries following a run-in with Mr. Fincham despite the efforts of her lover Peter to save her), Ben becomes involved with the Reincarnates crisis upon receiving Ron's memories while currently working on his Master's degree in Los Angeles where he was living with Pauline (making him the fourth main character to regain his past life memories), though he did admitted of trying to deny them during the few few months. He and Pauline first met in a wrap party for one of Pauline's earliest Hollywood projects and they have been dating for some time prior to the Reincarnate Crisis. Unlike most of the main Reincarnates, he personally contacted Julian regarding the crisis for weeks even long before discovering Pauline's struggles of dealing with Hermione's memories coming to her. He soon slowly reconnects with his past life sister Andrea/Ginny upon meeting in Central City and becomes her closest confidant (besides the core group and her mother) in regards to her identity crisis. Ben had been previously played by Rupert Grint in the 2006 comedy drama film *Driving Lessons*. MariposaLass has also revealed that she has paired Ben and Pauline together from reading a *Harry Potter*, *Ballet Shoes*, and *Driving Lessons* fan fiction story *The Past is Taking Over Me* by dancedark13.
* Pauline Fossil - A Los Angeles-based English actress and Ben's girlfriend who is the reincarnation of Hermione Granger. The eldest adopted daughter of Sylvia Brown via her great uncle Matthew 'Great Uncle Gum' Brown, she was raised in financial struggling times alongside with Sylvia, her old nanny Nana and her adopted younger sisters Petrovna and Posy following Gum's initial disappearance while on a geology expedition that they had to take in boarders who would go on to help the girls in developing their talents. She first met Ben during a wrap party for one of her earliest Hollywood projects and they have been dating for a long while before the Reincarnate Crisis. While working on a daytime soap opera, Pauline was hit with Hermione's memories, making her the last known character (until Emily and Towerblock) to regain her past life's memories. Even though she didn't immediately look for Julian regarding the Reincarnate Crisis as Ben was the one who called him, she is one of the first to fully accept his theory while adding the possibility that they were got involved in a terrifying tragedy in their previous world (though she was not initially sure of which one at the time as she was the only one in the group (besides Emily and Towerblock) who didn't got the memories of the King's Cross Tragedy at the time). Her deep interest in solving the crisis and learning about her past life memories puts her constantly into trouble with her sisters, especially Posy who was originally dismissive of her interest in reincarnation and would get into fights with her until Petrovna had to intervene and call her out for not being a supportive sister and putting her ballet career first over Pauline's interest and safety. Pauline had been previously portrayed by Emma Watson in the 2007 BBC TV film adaptation of Noel Streatfeild's children's novel *Ballet Shoes*. MariposaLass has also revealed that she has paired Ben and Pauline after reading a *Harry Potter*, *Ballet Shoes*, and *Driving Lessons* fan fiction story *The Past is Taking Over Me* by dancedark13.
* Julian Albert - An English historian and crime scene investigator for Central City Police Department and Aricka's boyfriend who is the reincarnation of Draco Malfoy. He is the first person in the core group to regain his past life memories following testing out a prototype set of googles found by Cisco Ramon in an alternate timeline, which makes him well-versed on the phenomena and creating a theory that the Speed Force, a mysterious phenomena his co-workers been dealing with, might be responsible for people being reborn into the world which got some of the team mixed thoughts originally. He and Aricka have known each other since she saved him while on patrol duty and they have been dating for some time. Julian also has to deal with some of Draco's unsavory traits and memories, fearing that it could ruin his developing friendship with Mark whose past life didn't get along with Draco in the previous life. Julian is also among the first in the group to trust Dumbledore after his return as a ghost along with Andrea and Emily. He has been previously played by Tom Felton in the CW superhero TV show *The Flash* for its third season.
* Aricka Sommers - An American /metahuman heroine and Julian's girlfriend who is the reincarnation of Astoria Greenleaf. Both her and Julian first met when she rescued him during a routine patrol in Central City under her alias Elements of Surprise, and even when he discovered it, the two became good friends and have been dating ever since. She is the second person in the core group to regain memories shortly after Julian when she slowly regains Astoria's memories while going off duty from her superhero duty. This character is noted to have been created by a friend of one of the show's creators as pointed out during the show's first press conference and that she was given her blessing to use her on the show. Aricka is the only character within the core group to have powers due to her metahuman origins and is also the only one not to have a pre-established actor attached to her.
* Emily Egan - An Irish mental health counselor and memoir based in Leeds who is the reincarnation of Luna Lovegood and joins the group in 'Stairway to Limbo'. Prior to the Crisis, she has been on a permanent relationship with her high school sweetheart Arden since college, although they haven't seen each other often due to her busy schedule. Emily becomes the seventh person in the core group to regain memories of her past life when, recalling her mother's untimely demise on the latter's death anniversary, caused her to gain back the memory of Pandora Lovegood's death. Scared and worried of what she just saw, she runs into Aricka who is visiting Leeds while looking into the leads on the Radicals' plans and helps her to go to the rest of the group in sorting out her struggle with past life memories. She is among the first to accept Dumbledore along with Andrea and Julian while the others took a while to warm up to him. Emily was previously portrayed by Evanna Lynch in the 2015 drama film *My Name is Emily*.
* Gordon 'Towerblock' House - An English Royal Army Corporal turned mechanic who is the reincarnation of Neville Longbottom and joins the group in 'Stairway to Limbo'. After returning to his family from being stationed in Afghanistan for a few years, Towerblock finds a new job as a car mechanic in his hometown of Leeds as he helps in raising his daughter ‘the little nipper’ with his wife Helen, and was taking a quiet break time when he started receiving Neville's memories, making him the last of the core group to regain their past life memories. His ramblings were overheard by a concerned Mark and Ben who asked him if he can join the Reincarnate group to discuss more about the past life phenomena, to which he initially declined, only to change his mind following narrowly avoiding a close encounter with a Radical agent later after the initial meeting. While not skeptical as Mark, he does sometimes doubt Julian's reincarnation theories, though he eventually warms up to them over the series' run. Towerblock had been portrayed by Matthew Lewis in the BBC 3 military sitcom *Bluestone 42*.

### Season 1

While on his way to work, news writer Mark Pendel relives memories of a boy accidentally freeing a snake from a zoo, which puzzles him a bit him as he enters his workplace, Manila Bulletin. As he continues on his work day (which happens to fall on his birthday), he slowly finds more memories of the boy that begin to get him unnerve that he freaks out in front of his co-workers trying to surprise with a birthday cupcake. Embarrassed by the outburst, he returns from home after work, deflated, when his girlfriend Andrea also returns and sees him feeling rather down on his luck.

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