Overview
- On the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Murphy said he knows nothing about the role and is not involved.
- HBO's new Harry Potter series is filming the first season adapting the first book, with a premiere targeted for 2027.
- In the novels, the antagonist does not fully regain a body until the fourth book, which helps explain why no actor has been announced yet.
- Murphy praised Ralph Fiennes as an acting legend and wished luck to the eventual casting, joking that he is very attached to his nose.
- Ralph Fiennes has expressed willingness to return, and Stern reports HBO confirmed Warwick Davis will reprise Professor Flitwick.