Gary Oldman is currently in negotiations to reprise his role of Sirius Black in Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Speculation had arisen that Oldman would not be appearing in the fifth J.K. Rowling adaptation because he had not been approached by the time shooting began last Monday.

Black, played by Oldman in The Prisoner of Azkaban and The Goblet of Fire, plays an integral part in The Order of the Phoenix.