HBO CEO has revealed that Harry Potter Season 2 is already in development 

Even before the first season of HBO's Harry Potter finishes production and reaches fans, the show is already gearing up for it's second season. HBO CEO Casey Bloys revealed the show's plans to keep a minimum gap between two seasons, which means the second season will be out much sooner than fans think.

Speaking about the show during HBO’s content showcase in New York, Bloys said:

“The plan is to still try and get it — I don’t know if it’s going to be like stop shooting Season 1 on Friday and start Season 2 on Monday. There’ll be a break in there, but we’re going to do whatever we can to not have a huge gap. For the kids, obviously, but also for viewers. You know, trying to not have massive gaps. It is a big show, lots of special effects, obviously, massive operation, but we’re going to do what we can.”

This means that unlike the films and other shows, fans won't have to wait for half a decade to know what has happened to Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley in their second year. During the films, there was a maximum gap of two years between the two films, with the shortest gap being eleven months.

More details about HBO's Harry Potter

HBO is building a new doorway into the Wizarding World, and this time the journey is designed to stretch across ten years as each of J. K. Rowling’s books gets the space of a full season. The adaptation is a collaboration between HBO Entertainment, Warner Bros. Television, Brontë Film & TV, and Heyday Films.

At the center of it all is Dominic McLaughlin, cast as an eleven year-old Harry Potter stepping into a world he never knew belonged to him. Alastair Stout plays Ron Weasley, while Arabella Stanton plays Hermione Granger. Stanton will also lend her voice to a younger Hermione in the upcoming audiobook adaptations of the first three novels.

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The series rounds out its adult cast with John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape, and Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid. Recurring roles flesh out the corridors of Hogwarts and the wider magical world, from Luke Thallon’s nervous Quirinus Quirrell to Paul Whitehouse’s ever watchful Argus Filch. Familiar names from the books appear throughout: Bertie Carvel as Cornelius Fudge, Lox Pratt as Draco Malfoy, Johnny Flynn as Lucius Malfoy, Bel Powley and Daniel Rigby as Petunia and Vernon Dursley, Katherine Parkinson as Molly Weasley, Gracie Cochrane as Ginny Weasley, and Warwick Davis returning as Filius Flitwick after his tenure in the original films.

Principal photography began in July at Leavesden Studios in Hertfordshire, where much of the original Harry Potter film series was made. As of now, the show doesn't have a release date as it is still under production.

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