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Harry Potter Full-Cast Audiobooks Near Completion With A-List Cast

Set to begin in November, the series has logged over 2,000 recording hours to bring a fully dramatized, Dolby Atmos-enhanced version of the seven novels to life.

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Overview

  • Pottermore Publishing and Audible have cast more than 200 actors for Harry Potter: The Full-Cast Audio Editions, the first major overhaul of the audiobooks in over 25 years.
  • Hugh Laurie will voice Albus Dumbledore, Matthew Macfadyen takes on Lord Voldemort, Riz Ahmed is Professor Snape, Michelle Gomez covers Professor McGonagall and Cush Jumbo serves as narrator.
  • Two separate trios portray the central characters across the series: Frankie Treadaway, Max Lester and Arabella Stanton in books one to three, followed by Jaxon Knopf, Rhys Mulligan and Nina Barker-Francis in books four to seven.
  • Production is nearly wrapped after completing principal casting this summer and logging more than 2,000 recording hours complemented by original scoring, real-world sound capture and Dolby Atmos design.
  • The unabridged audiobooks will release monthly from November 4, 2025, through May 12, 2026, and will remain alongside Jim Dale’s and Stephen Fry’s classic single-narrator editions.