Warner Bros. Television has officially tapped Emmy winning-producer Francesca Gardiner (Killing Eve) to become the showrunner and executive producer of the highly-anticipated Harry Potter HBO series.
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Warner Bros. also has the Fantastic Beasts prequel series of films under its belt, including 2016’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, 2018’s Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, and 2022’s Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.
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The Harry Potter seven-book series was adapted into eight films that earned over $7 billion at the worldwide box office.
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HBO’s Harry Potter series will be written by Gardiner, who is executive producing alongside Mylod, J.K. Rowling, Neil Blair, Ruth Kenley-Letts, and long-time Harry Potter franchise producer David Heyman.