HBO is giving more details about their new 'Harry Potter' series! During a conversation at MIPCOM Cannes, Channing Dungey, chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Television Group, gave updates on all the studio's big projects like 'Shrinking,' 'Abbott Elementary,' 'Ted Lasso' and more. But one that's really had everyone is the 'Harry Potter' reboot.
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00:00HBO is giving more details about their new Harry Potter series.
00:04During a recent conversation in Cannes, Channing Dungey, chairman and CEO of Warner Brothers
00:08Television Group, gave updates on all of the studio's big projects like Shrinking,
00:13Abbott Elementary, Ted Lasso and more.
00:15But one that's really had everyone talking is the Harry Potter reboot.
00:18There's not a lot to talk about at this moment. We've got our fantastic writing staff in place,
00:23and they are doing what they need to do. And casting calls have opened up in the UK and Ireland,
00:27so the process is moving along. It's going quite well.
00:30When probed further on the excitement of having an IP like Harry Potter to play with,
00:34Dungey said,
00:35It's an unbelievable dream, honestly.
00:37And as somebody who is a huge fan of books, the opportunity to get to explore them,
00:41maybe a little bit more in-depth than you can in just a two-hour film,
00:45that's the whole reason we're on this journey.
00:47In June, the series named Francesca Gardner as its writer and showrunner,
00:51and tapped Mark Milot to direct multiple episodes. Both are Emmy winners for HBO's Succession.
00:56Elsewhere, Dungey also gave an update on Ted Lasso, noting that star,
01:00head writer and co-creator Jason Sudeikis is really excited about the upcoming season 4.
01:05We had always been clear that there wasn't going to be more Ted Lasso if Jason and the
01:09team weren't feeling excited about it. I can tell you firsthand that he's in a place where
01:13he's feeling really excited and very good about it. For more on this story, head to THR.com.
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