Jude Law he doesn’t think he’ll be slipping back into wizard robes anytime soon.

In a report interview with Variety published October 30, Law, 51, said the Fantastic animals films — in which he portrayed a younger version of Harry Potterthe iconic character of Albus Dumbledore — are “definitely on hold.”

“I guess that would be it, now that I do.” Harry Potter like a TV show, they’ll probably put their energy into it,” he said. “I certainly haven’t heard that there’s anything on the horizon.”

Law first portrayed Dumbledore, which the late actors Richard Harris and Michael Gambon played in Potter film series in 2018 The Crimes of Grindelwald. He reprized the role in 2022 Dumbledore’s Secretsthe last entry in the prequel franchise. Harry Potter series author JK Rowling, who wrote the screenplays for Fantastic animals movies, said as early as 2016 that she intended to make five Fantastic animals movies, but for now the series doesn’t seem ready to return for a fourth film.

said the law Variety that he “had a pretty clear idea of ​​where he was going” and spoke positively of his time portraying Dumbledore, often characterized as one of the series’ most powerful and enigmatic characters.

“To play him and really get a sense of his extraordinary powers, I found a sweet spot in myself,” he said. “I liked his heart and I liked playing him because of that. I’ve always enjoyed getting into their skin.”

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In October 2023, director David Yates, who directed each of the last four Potter movies and the three Fantastic animals movies, he said Inside the total movie podcasts that the series was “just parked” and said there have been no “in-depth conversations at this point” regarding his future. Eddie Redmaynewho starred alongside Law in those films as the wizard Newt Scamander, similarly ComicBook.com in a recent interview that “as far as I know, that’s it,” regarding his character.

As Law noted VarietyPotterheads can stay excited about the franchise’s future on the small screen: Warner Bros.’ open casting call for children in the UK and Ireland aged 9 to 11 to portray the series’ main trio of characters — Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley — expires on October 31.

Applicants to the casting call were asked to submit a 30-second video of themselves reading a non-Harry Potter poem or short story, as well as a second video talking about themselves.

That deadline reported in September, HBO executive Casey Bloys hinted at the latest Harry Potter The television series will air its first season in late 2026 or early 2027.