Overview

• Principal photography has begun on the first season at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, adapting Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in depth for television
• HBO unveiled the first official image of newcomer Dominic McLaughlin fully costumed as the 11-year-old wizard
• Casting directors Lucy Bevan and Emily Brockmann completed a global search to cast McLaughlin alongside Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley and Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger
• Veteran actors John Lithgow, Paapa Essiedu, Janet McTeer and Nick Frost are confirmed for iconic roles including Dumbledore, Snape, McGonagall and Hagrid
• Key department heads have been named—among them Adriano Goldman (director of photography), Mara LePere-Schloop (production designer) and Alexis Wajsbrot (VFX supervisor)—to support the multi-season undertaking