Warner Bros. Discovery's Harry Potter reboot series has officially started adding names to its cast of actors. HBO announced a reboot of the beloved children's books by J.

Mark Rylance is at the top of the casting wishlist for the new HBO "Harry Potter" adaptation, Variety has learned from sources familiar with the project. Rylance, who is starring as Thomas Cromwell in the highly-anticipated BBC period drama "Wolf Hall: The Mirror and The Light" (based on Hilary Mantel's novel),

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.

Though it's very early days, Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies, Dunkirk) is reportedly at the top of Warner Bros.' wishlist to play Dumbledore in the Harry Potter TV

The Harry Potter TV show might have found its Dumbledore. Actor Mark Rylance, best known for his roles in Steven Spielberg's Bridge of Spies and Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk, is being eyed for the major role.

Harry Potter is soon to be an epic TV series, and the Oscar (and BAFTA) award-winning Mark Rylance is on the cards to play Dumbledore. This is according to the latest report from Variety, which cites the ever-familiar “sources familiar with...”

The Oscar-winning actor Mark Rylance is being eyed to play Dumbledore in the forthcoming "Harry Potter" TV series.

Exciting news for Harry Potter fans! HBO’s upcoming reboot of the beloved series may have found its Dumbledore. Oscar-winning actor Mark Rylance is reportedly leading the casting wishlist to portray the wise headmaster in the new series.

Known for his roles in Bridge of Spies, The BFG and Dunkirk, the 64-year-old actor was recently seen in BBC period drama Wolf Hall: The Mirror and The Light

The upcoming Harry Potter series has reportedly zeroed in on who showrunners want to play the beloved character.