The Harry Potter films were once upon a time a depository for every British and Irish thespian in the business — Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Gary Oldman, Richard Harris, and Michael Gambon ...

Celeste Sloman for Variety / Warner Bros. John Lithgow is in final talks to play Albus Dumbledore in HBO’s upcoming adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” books. Variety has confirmed ...

The Harry Potter show is described as a “faithful” adaptation of author J.K. Rowling’s seven-book series chronicling the young wizard ... Lithgow be cast as Dumbledore, it would be a ...

Headmaster Dumbledore is the main guardian of young Harry, but famously – spoiler alert – dies in the sixth book, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, at the hands of double spy Professor ...

EXCLUSIVE: A beloved actor is poised to play a beloved Harry Potter character. Six-time Emmy winner John Lithgow is in final negotiations to portray Professor Albus Dumbledore in HBO’s high ...

Dumbledore was played by Richard Harris in the first two Harry Potter films, but following Harris’ passing, the role was played by Michael Gambon. In the “Fantastic Beasts” films, Jude Law played a ...

A prequel series about Harry’s father and his friends doesn’t exist — the only “Potter” prequel is the “Fantastic Beasts” movies about a young Dumbledore. Nevertheless, that didn’t ...

Revealing that 32,000 young actors auditioned for the lead ... The stories from each of Rowling's Harry Potter books will become (from the initial statement that was released when the series ...