HBO’s “Harry Potter” Series Gets Showrunner, Director

We kinda were thinking that maybe, just maybe, HBO MAX’s planned “Harry Potter” spinoff series wasn’t going to happen for….obvious reasons. But, because David Zaslav continues to make absolutely baffling choices, they ARE indeed moving forward with it.

Francesca Gardiner (“Succession,” “His Dark Materials“) will act as showrunner, on whatever the hell this show will be. Mark Mylod (“The Menu,” “Succession“) will reportedly direct ‘a number’ of episodes.

No one really has any idea what the plot of this show may be, or what characters from that universe we may see.

We do know this and other projects currently being developed by HBO will now have the title “HBO Originals,” instead of “MAX Originals.” Probably because somehow ‘HBO’ still carries brand recognition and some kind of weight around this town.

Things are still in the very early days, so almost nothing is officially known about the project yet. But, we’ll let you know what we hear about this and other news.