Harry Potter Director Chris Columbus on Reboot, JK Rowling Controversy

Chris Columbus has absolutely zero desire to be involved in HBO’s all-star small-screen “Harry Potter” reboot.

The filmmaker — arguably best known for launching the mega hit franchise more than 20 years ago having directed the first two “Harry Potter” features and produced the third — claims he’s long since graduated from Hogwarts.

“No, I’ve done it, you saw my version,” he tells Variety while in London to promote Netflix’s “Thursday Murder Club.” “There’s nothing left for me to do in the world of Potter.”

But that’s not to say he’s against the TV reboot. He may have recently spoken out against the idea of remaking his 1990 classic “Home Alone,” but he definitely approves of the return to the Wizarding world. If anything, he’s jealous.

“The great thing about it is that with the first and second and third book, we wanted to do it all. We wanted to bring all of that onto the screen, and we didn’t have the opportunity,” he says.

Columbus references the character Peeves from the first Harry Potter novel that “never made it into the film — we just didn’t have time to develop the character,” plus a storyline where Harry and Hermione have to drink potions and worry they may be poisoned.

“We could never get that incredible scene into the film, and I’m sure it’ll be in the HBO series. So for me, it’s an opportunity to bring all those scenes to life,” he says.

For all the new detail the TV adaptation should be able to include, Columbus says he did have a “deja vu” moment on seeing recent photo of Nick Frost as Hagrid and young newcomer Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter shooting on the streets of London.

“Because it was exactly where we were 20 years ago!” he says. “We had to shoot it on a Sunday with Dan (Radcliffe) and Martin Bayfield, who stood in for Robbie Coltrane.”

Speaking of Radcliffe, Columbus confesses to feeling…