The playwright has received two nods at the Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards last month as well as an Olivier, while John Lithgow and Directed by Nicholas Hytner, Mark Rosenblatt’s playwriting ...

J.K. Rowling, the famed author of the Harry Potter book series, has praised its upcoming HBO adaptation. On Saturday, Rowling ...

J.K. Rowling is raving about the upcoming “Harry Potter” TV series. “I read the first two episodes of the forthcoming HBO ...

Though he famously portrayed Sirius Black in the Harry Potter films, acclaimed English actor Gary Oldman says he wished someone had given him a shot at the role of Albus Dumbledore in the upcoming ...

Oldman had previously expressed a semi-serious interest in the Dumbledore role. “I love Sirius. He wasn’t in it enough. He turned up and then he went through the veil,” Oldman told IndieWire at the ...

The actor who actually got the job, John Lithgow, is 79. HBO plans to adapt all seven Harry Potter over the course of as many seasons, so Lithgow will be busy well into his 80s.

The London production, now in its fourth year, won a record-breaking seven Olivier Awards and now is tied for the most for any musical revival in Olivier history. In New York, though, the revival ...

John Lithgow has been cast as the Hogwarts headmaster in the small-screen version, which has left one actor disappointed. Why Gary Oldman is “intrigued to see” the new Harry Potter ...

2) Albus Dumbledore (John Lithgow) The Olivier Awards 2025 With Mastercard - Winners Room - Source: Getty Albus Dumbledore is a significant character in the Harry Potter franchise. From the very ...