Fans have taken to social media to express their displeasure at reports that actor John Lithgow is in talks to play Professor Dumbledore in the forthcoming Harry Potter TV show.

Despite recent reports that Mark Rylance and Mar Strong were being eyed for the role, John Lithgow is now officially in talks to play Dumbledore in HBO's Harry Potter ...

HBO may finally have zeroed in on its Albus Dumbledore. According to reports in multiple US outlets, two-time Emmy winner John Lithgow is reportedly in final talks to play the Hogwarts headmaster in ...

After the books, films and the stage show, the boy wizard is back in yet another incarnation – this time on the small screen ...