Original ‘Harry Potter’ Director Defends HBO TV Reboot as ‘Spectacular Idea’ Since There’s ‘All These Great Scenes We Just Couldn’t Put in the Films’

Original “Harry Potter” director Chris Columbus said in an interview with People magazine that remaking J.K. Rowling’s iconic book series as a television series for HBO is “a spectacular idea because there’s a certain restriction when you’re making a film.” Columbus directed 2001’s “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” and 2002’s “Chamber of Secrets.” Many […]