Warner Bros. Television is looking to enlist an Academy Award-winning actor to portray Professor Albus Dumbledore in the upcoming Harry Potter TV show for HBO. The iconic character was formerly played by Richard Harris and Michael Gambon in the blockbuster ...

Wolf Hall' star Mark Rylance has been approached for the role of Dumbledore in the upcoming HBO adaptation of 'Harry Potter.'

HBO’s invisibility cloak is starting to come off of the top-secret Harry Potter series casting process, and it makes sense that we would start with our fifth (fifth!) Dumbledore in less than 25 years.

HBO's upcoming Harry Potter TV series is still in early pre-production, but one name has already reportedly emerged at the top of the network's wishlist for the Dumbledore role.

but there’s no guarantee that Rylance will even play the role just yet. The post HBO is eyeing a British Oscar-winner to play Dumbledore in their ‘Harry Potter’ series appeared first on The Manual.

Succeeded by the late Michael Gambon after Harris’ passing in 2002, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was the debut of Albus Dumbledore who would finish the films out. While his chapters are very much in the ranks of the best Michael Gambon movies, fans had a monumental bone to pick with how The Singing Detective icon played the part.

HBO reportedly considers Mark Rylance for Dumbledore in new ‘Harry Potter’ series as Warner Bros. gauges his interest.

Mark Mylod and Francesca Gardiner's upcoming Wizarding World reboot at HBO is eyeing Mark Rylance for the role of Hogwarts headmaster. Read more here.