News of Smith’s death was confirmed by her sons, Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin. “It is with great sadness we have to announce the death of Dame Maggie Smith. She passed away peacefully in hospital early this morning, Friday 27th September,” they said in a statement.

Jared Harris, son of Richard Harris, has no interest in playing Dumbledore in the upcoming 'Harry Potter' TV series on HBO.

He was already Sirius Black in the Warner Bros. Harry Potter movies, but now Gary Oldman has put his name in the goblet to take on the mantle of Dumbledore

On September 10, HBO launched an open casting call for the lead roles of Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger in the upcoming series reboot. The search is open to children aged 9 to 11 who live in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and applicants of all races, ethnicities, and gender identities are encouraged to apply.

“He wasn’t in it enough. He turned up and then he went through the veil," Oldman added of Sirius, who met his untimely end at the hands of his cousin Bellatrix Lestrange ( Helena Bonham Carter) just two films later: in 2007's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Jared Harris, the son of original Dumbledore actor Richard Harris, questions the need for a Harry Potter reboot: "The films were fantastic. leave them alone."

He’s not feeling the magic. Emmy-nominated actor Jared Harris, whose late father Richard Harris played the original Dumbledore in the “Harry Potter” movies, isn’t thrilled about HBO’s impending TV reboot of the franchise.

It’s been 13 years since the last movie based on the original Harry Potter books was released, and while the franchise has continued to grow, through both the Fantastic Beasts films as well as well as the upcoming new Wizarding World at the Epic Universe theme park,

Growing up, Wattpad was at its all-time peak, and me being the girl I was, would read Harry Potter fan fiction. I know, I know, this is definitely something I should’ve taken to the grave but alas, it’s what helped form the following opinions,