New Delhi, India

The highly anticipated Harry Potter series will reportedly be more in-depth than a two-hour film. The news was confirmed by HBO's TV boss Channing Dungey at a media summit recently. 

Dungey serves as the chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Television Group. As the head of the world’s biggest television studio, currently producing content across all formats and genres, including hits such as Shrinking, Abbott Elementary, Ted Lasso, Dungey is aware of the hype around the Harry Potter series. 

When she was asked about the show, Dungey said, “There’s not a lot to talk about at this moment. We’ve got our fantastic writing staff in place and they are doing what they need to do. And casting calls have opened up in the UK. and Ireland, so the process is moving along. It’s going quite well.”

When probed further on the excitement of having JK Rowling’s Harry Potter books develop, Dungey said, “It’s an unbelievable dream, honestly, and as somebody who is a huge fan of books, the opportunity to get to explore them in maybe a little bit more in-depth than you can in just a two-hour film, that’s the whole reason we’re on this journey.”

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In June, the series named Francesca Gardiner as its writer and showrunner and got Mark Mylod to direct multiple episodes. Both are Emmy winners for HBO’s Succession — Gardiner as part of the show’s producing team and Mylod as both director and producer.

Harry Potter is based on JK Rowling's bestselling book series. The eight-part film series were all box office hits and continue to be loved by Potterheads.