HARRY POTTER: Max's Search For Reboot's Creative Team Has Been Narrowed Down To These Three Writers

HARRY POTTER: Max's Search For Reboot's Creative Team Has Been Narrowed Down To These Three Writers

Max plans to bring the Boy Wizard to streaming in the not-too-distant future and we now have an update on Max's search for a new Harry Potter creative team! Find out who's in line for the job right here...

By JoshWilding - Feb 29, 2024 04:02 AM EST
Filed Under: Harry Potter
Source: Deadline (via SFFGazette.com)

Last April, Warner Bros. Discovery revealed its ambitious plans to bring Harry Potter to television. Very little has been revealed since then, but Max intends to retell J.K. Rowling's beloved series of novels in an episodic format, likely with one season dedicated to each book.

Complications could arise in later seasons given the increased page count of those final few books (perhaps that will just mean more episodes), but with the 25th anniversary of The Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone right around the corner, enough time has passed that it's hard to find fault with reboot plans.  

Now, Deadline (via SFFGazette.com) is reporting that the hunt for a writer/showrunner has now come down to three. 

According to the trade, those are Francesca Gardiner, Tom Moran and Kathleen Jordan. Recent reports that Gardiner has landed the job were seemingly premature because a final decision isn't expected to be made until June. 

As well as working on Succession seasons 4 and 4, Gardiner's credits include His Dark Materials, Killing Eve, and The Man In The High Castle. Moran penned The Devil's Hour starring Peter Capaldi, while Jordan created Teenage Bounty Hunters for Netflix and has been developing The Decameron with Orange is the New Black creator Jenji Kohan.

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has been involved in the selection process but yet again made headlines this week for comments deemed anti-trans. 

"I was in London a few weeks ago with Casey [Bloys] and Channing [Dungey], and we spent some real time with JK and her team," Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav said last week. "Both sides just thrilled to be reigniting this franchise. Our conversations were great."

It's said the opportunity is there for more than one of these writers to ultimately be involved, with Max still open to developing additional projects set in the Wizarding World. At this stage, though, we don't expect to see this Harry Potter reboot for at least another few years. 

Dungey recently addressed the biggest challenge Max faces with casting this new take on Harry Potter.

"We’re in conversations with a number of different writers to figure out who’s going to be the person to lead that franchise for us," she explained. "[Any rumors about casting being underway are inaccurate.]"

"The first step for us is figuring out who this showrunner is going to be and once we get that locked down, then we can start having those [casting] conversations," Dungey added. "The tricky part is the first two books, where the kids are on the younger end, around 11 or 12."

As always, keep checking back here for more as we have it.

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Origame
Origame - 2/29/2024, 4:29 AM
Three writers. So the show will be 6 episodes and all these writers will double as producers.

You know, exactly what could've been predicted with the wga deal.
JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 2/29/2024, 4:34 AM
I keep thinking it’s too soon from original series. But then I realize the first one came out 23 years ago. It’s kind of unnerving.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 2/29/2024, 5:39 AM
Gardiner seems like the only choice that could work and even so it's a bad choice. Succession is a top 10 show for hbo, coming in around 7. It's overrated, much like this show will end up. They're fast tracking only because of the anniversary. Leave it to Zaslav, what a true ignoramus
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 2/29/2024, 9:25 AM
@bobevanz - think Gardiner isn't a bad choice at all. If anything l, Gardiner's a writer with experience working on multiple (well received) multiple-season shows
ALF9001
ALF9001 - 2/29/2024, 9:58 AM
@bobevanz - no way succession's overrated
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 2/29/2024, 6:11 AM
Cool!!.

All three seem like interesting choices but if it was up to me , I would go with Francesca Gardiner since she’s also written for & worked on “His Dark Materials” which occupies a similar genre space to HP.

However , depends on their pitches and which ones the execs like the most so we’ll see.

Might check out some of their works to get an idea , especially Tom Moran since been meaning to check out “The Devil’s Hour” regardless.

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TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 2/29/2024, 8:03 AM
"As well as working on Succession seasons 4 and 4"
Gardiner worked on the same season twice. That doesn't give me confidence. Get it right the first time!

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