EXCLUSIVE: There was an audible gasp during this month’s Max Showcase in London when Francesca Gardiner, the new Harry Potter showrunner, let slip that a whopping 32,000 people had auditioned for what might well be the biggest three acting gigs of the decade. Playing Harry Potter, Ron Weasley…

HBO has confirmed when the new Harry Potter series will start shooting. Showrunner Francesca Gardiner and director Mark Mylod made a surprise appearance at the Max Showcase in London this evening to reveal that the big-budget retelling of JK Rowling’s novels will film at Leavesden this…

EXCLUSIVE: There is a sense of destiny in Francesca Gardiner being handed the keys to Hogwarts. The showrunner on HBO's television adaptation of Harry Potter identifies with Hermione Granger and says she has always had an “unappealing desire to be top of the class.” Her rise to Harry Potter…

The Harry Potter television series is starting to take shape. Succession duo Francesca Gardiner and Mark Mylod have signed up as its writer and director, respectively. This comes four months after Deadline revealed that Gardiner was one of three finalists to win the prize to reboot the…

EXCLUSIVE: And then there were three. As Deadline reported exclusively earlier this month, the field of writers in the running to adapt JK Rowling’s Harry Potter books into a live-action series for Max has been narrowed down to three finalists. We can now reveal their names — according to sources…

EXCLUSIVE: Things are heating up at Hogwarts. The Harry Potter television series is closer to naming its creative leader as Deadline understands that the shortlist is now down to three names. We hear that Succession writer Francesca Gardiner is now among the finalists to score the job of…