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In keeping pinch its plans for accelerated accumulation connected Harry Potter, HBO has officially greenlighted a 2nd play of nan imagination series. It is scheduled to statesman filming this fall, up of nan Christmas premiere of Season 1, titled Harry Potter and nan Philosopher’s Stone.
Jon Brown (HBO’s Succession), who is simply a writer connected nan first season, has been elevated to co-showrunner for Season 2 alongside Season 1 showrunner Francesca Gardiner.
The renewal comes arsenic Season 1 is still filming, pinch accumulation slated to wrap successful a mates of weeks. It was afloat expected — and truthful was its timing.
Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO of HBO and HBO Max Content, revealed successful November that penning connected nan 2nd play had already started.
“The scheme is to still effort and get it — I don’t cognize if it’s going to beryllium for illustration extremity shooting Season 1 connected Friday and commencement Season 2 connected Monday,” he said astatine nan clip of nan projected timeline. “There’ll beryllium a break successful there, but we’re going to do immoderate we tin to not person a immense gap.”
He laid retired nan rationale, referencing nan truth that nan bid stars young actors who turn up accelerated and that by nature, nan show is very elaborate and involves a analyzable sprout and extended postproduction. “For nan kids, obviously, but besides for viewers, trying to not person monolithic gaps [between seasons],” he said astatine nan time. “It is simply a large show, tons of typical effects, obviously, monolithic operation, but we’re going to do what we can.”
Gardiner pointed to nan accelerated accumulation arsenic a main logic for Brown’s elevation to co-showrunner.
“As we person laid retired our plans for nan overlapping accumulation schedules to decorativeness play 1 by Christmas and to return to accumulation for play 2 this Autumn, it has go clear that bringing connected a co-showrunner is nan cardinal to maintaining our momentum,” Gardiner said. “I’ve loved moving pinch Jon from nan very first time we met connected Succession done to these caller times together connected Harry Potter. Not only do I person immense admiration for his writing, but he’s besides a superb collaborator and a beautiful person. We are fortunate to person him.”
Succession alum Gardiner had brought successful Brown to Harry Potter aft moving pinch him connected nan Emmy-winning HBO drama.
“I’m incredibly excited to beryllium collaborating pinch Francesca arsenic co-showrunner,” Brown said. “It has been a joyousness to constitute connected Philosopher’s Stone and I’d for illustration to convey Francesca and HBO for putting their religion successful maine to proceed this singular journey. Seems you’re ne'er excessively aged to get your invitation to Hogwarts.”
In Harry Potter and nan Philosopher’s Stone, location is thing typical astir Harry Potter – astatine slightest that’s what his Aunt Petunia ever says. On his 11th birthday, a missive of admittance to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry opens up a hidden world for Harry: 1 of fun, relationship and magic. But pinch this caller escapade comes awesome consequence arsenic Harry is forced to look a vulnerable force from his past.
Season 1 of nan series, based connected J.K. Rowling’s hugely celebrated books, is written and executive produced by showrunner Gardiner. Mark Mylod serves arsenic executive shaper and directed aggregate episodes. Rowling, Neil Blair, and Ruth Kenley-Letts of Brontë Film and TV, and David Heyman of Heyday Films besides executive nutrient nan series, produced by HBO successful relation pinch Brontë Film and TV and Warner Bros. Television. It will aerial connected HBO and beryllium disposable to watercourse exclusively connected HBO Max.
