Some of HBO’s top talent is assembling at Hogwarts.

Apparently, Gardiner’s interpretation won out.

As previously announced, the series will not tell a new story.

Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I

Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter.Everett

Rather, it will be a new, “faithful adaptation” ofJ.K.

Rowling’s seven originalHarry Potternovels with an all-new cast.

The TV format should allow producers to fit even more of Rowling’s “fantastic detail” onscreen.