Overview
- Principal photography begins this summer on Île de Sein before production shifts back to UK sites.
- The series will span seven seasons with one novel adapted per season.
- Dominic McLaughlin, Arabella Stanton and Alastair Stout landed the lead roles from over 30 000 applicants.
- Some crew members voiced concern over shooting Hagrid’s introduction scene in France rather than Cornwall.
- J.K. Rowling has publicly endorsed the new cast and the lineup features John Lithgow as Dumbledore and Paapa Essiedu as Snape.