

Film 3-8 are shown as extended versions on the TV Network that owns the broadcasting rights (formerly ABC Family/FreeForm, now USA Network and SyFy).Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. They are the only extended editions released on DVD and Blu-ray. The Ultimate Edition releases of Sorcerer's Stone and Chamber of Secrets in 2009 included the extended versions of each film. Harry, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts for another magic-filled year.The extended versions of the first two movies were first seen on the ABC Family TV Network in 2004.

When you leave scenes out, you leave them out for a reason. Hayman answered questions from the fans in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the first Harry Potter movie.Would you ever release extended editions of all the Harry Potter movies with all the scenes that were shot but didn't even appear in the DVD extras?That's up to Warner Bros. It is believed that the extended version of movie 3-8 shown on TV was edited by the TV Network itself, as Warner Brothers don’t seem to acknowledge the existence of these extended editions.David Hayman, a producer of all the Harry Potter films, was asked about the extended versions in an interview with Empire Magazine. However, there have been rumours that Alfonso Cuarón did not want to create an extended edition of Prisoner of Azkaban, so therefore Warner Brothers scrapped it for the rest of the series.

Ultimate Editions include five hours of special features (one hour of which is the new featurette) theatrical and extended versions of the film 48-page collectible photo book and other magical collectibles.Finally, we would get the extended versions on DVD and Blu-ray, something that had been rumoured to be in the works for a long time. Each of the Ultimate Editions will include a new one-hour featurette that highlights a unique aspect of the filmmaking process and will be combined to make the complete 8-hour documentary , Creating the World of Harry Potter. If you would like to learn about the deleted and unreleased scenes from the second film, you can find out more here.Fans rejoiced when Warner Bros announced the Ultimate Editions back in 2009.Beginning December 8, the studio will release on Blu-ray and DVD the first two of eight Harry Potter Ultimate Editions. The extended edition adds 19 scenes back into the movie, which totals to about 13 minutes.Deleted scenes included in the extended version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets:Harry Meets Justin Finch-Fletchley - (00:24)Ron and Hermione Question Harry - (01:19)Harry and Ron use Invisibility Cloak - (00:22)Finding Flying Car in the Forbidden Forest - (00:44)Many more scenes were cut from the film. I don't mind having those deleted scenes accessible to people to have a look, because some of them are good scenes - they just didn't necessarily fit.Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Extended Version has a running time of 174 minutes compared to the 161 minutes running time of the theatrical release.
This was also true for the rest of the Ultimate Edition releases. Therefore it was a big disappointment when the Ultimate Editions for Prisoner of Azkaban and Goblet of Fire did not include extended editions.
