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If you are a fan of the Harry Potter author's 2012 grown-up novel, be prepared for something a little different in the adaptation airing April 29-30 on HBO: They’ve made some changes from the book. However, if you are a fan of seeing some top actors in near top form and watching a new talent take flight, then, as my…

HBO’s miniseries/BBC adaptation of J.K. Rowling's bestseller The Casual Vacancy unfolds in a deceptively cozy British village thrown into an uproar by the sudden death of the Parish Councillor. Michael Gambon stars with Keeley Hawes, Rory Kinnear, Monica Dolan and Julia McKenzie and Abigail Lawrie. Jonny Campbell…

The HBO Miniseries/BBC adaptation of J.K. Rowling's bestseller The Casual Vacancy is getting a two-night U.S. premiere in the spring. The premium channel has set the three-hour mini for 8 PM April 29 and 30. Rowling wrote The Casual Vacancy as her follow-up to the Harry Potter series. It is set in Pagford, a seemingly…

Last year, Harry Potter creator JK Rowling caused quite a stir when she was revealed as the true author of a well-received detective novel written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. The Cuckoo's Calling then raced to the top of sales charts and a second book, The Silkworm, followed. The first book was understood to…

Earlier this month, BBC One mysteriously tweeted that Benedict Cumberbatch was “filming something special” for the broadcaster. The network’s Sherlock star has now been revealed as the voice of a new trailer showcasing the best of BBC Drama — past, present and future. Perhaps not quite as exciting as the news that…

Harry Potter star Michael Gambon is reuniting with the author on whose books the movies were based, J.K. Rowling. Gambon will topline the HBO/BBC three-part miniseries The Casual Vacancy, the adaptation of Rowling’s follow-up book to the Harry Potter series. Also starring in the mini are  Keeley Hawes (Line Of Duty)…

HBO has come on board as co-producer of BBC’s miniseries adaptation of novel The Casual Vacancy, from Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling. The three-hour mini, written by Sarah Phelps (EastEnders), produced by Ruth Kenley-Letts (The Hour) and to be directed by Jonny Campbell (In the Flesh), will begin production this…

Jane Eyre producer and Saving Mr. Banks executive producer Paul Trijbits has been brought on to exec produce The Casual Vacancy TV series that’s being mounted by The Blair Partnership and the BBC. Trijbits is the former managing director of London-based Ruby Film and Television. BBC One and BBC Drama said earlier this…

BBC One and BBC Drama are teaming with J.K. Rowling‘s manager Neil Blair on an exclusive transfer of the Harry Potter author’s first post-Hogwarts novel, The Casual Vacancy. The book will be broken out into a TV series to be produced via an as-yet unnamed independent production company operated by Blair on behalf of…

Will grownups stand in line, the way young Harry Potter fans did, to be among the first to get their hands on what the author calls her “blackly comic” tale when it’s released on September 27? Rowling says on her web site that it’s her first novel for adults. Hachette will release The Casual Vacancy in the US, with…