‘Harry Potter’ TV Series Due To Hit HBO In 2026: Everything We Know About The Cast, Who’s Creating It, What J.K. Rowling Says & More
deadline.comUPDATED with latest: Warner Bros. Discovery‘s Harry Potter television series might just enlist a key player from the films to bring viewers back to the world of Hogwarts: Framestore, British VFX company.
The open casting call note seeking out the show’s Harry, Ron and Hermione stipulates that the actors must be between the ages of 9 and 11 in April 2025, which might signal the aim for the series to start production then.
Four months after Deadline revealed that Francesca Gardiner was one of three finalists to win the prize to reboot the classic kids franchise for the small screen, the Succession consulting producer for Seasons 3 and 4 won the showrunner gig.
Gardiner beat Tom Moran and Kathleen Jordan to win the gig. Mark Mylod, who worked with Gardiner on Succession will direct multiple episodes of the series in addition to executive producing. RELATED: Original Dumbledore Actor’s Son Doesn’t See Need For ‘Harry Potter’ TV Reboot: “I Don’t Understand” At its Max streaming event in April 2023, Warner Bros.
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