By Following its announcement back in April last year, Warner Bros. Discovery’s plans for a “Harry Potter” television series are moving forward.
Deadline reports that pitches for the project began with this week in Los Angeles with multiple writers vying for the right to adapt J.K. Rowling’s seven books into a series for Max.
Said writers were reportedly commissioned by Max to create pitches for a series reflecting their take on the IP. Winners will go on to the next round in the UK.
Martha Hillier (“The Last Kingdom”), Kathleen Jordan (“Teenage Bounty Hunters”), Tom Moran (“The Devil’s Hour”) and Michael Lesslie (“The Little Drummer Girl”) are among the names in the mix.
The extent of author J.K. Rowling’s involvement remains a contentious topic in the fandom, and the trade reports that along with an executive producer credit she “is expected to be involved in the decision-making on the series”.
The trade adds that Max is open to the possibility of developing more than one idea based on the franchise and so there may be the opportunity for more than one of these writers to be involved.
Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav has previously indicate the plan is for the series to run for “ten consecutive years” so whomever is committing, it’s for the long term.
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