Overview

• The adaptation will dedicate one season to each of J.K. Rowling’s seven novels under Gardiner’s leadership
• Filming is due to commence this summer at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden ahead of a planned 2026 or 2027 premiere on HBO and Max
• Dominic McLaughlin, Arabella Stanton and Alastair Stout have been cast as Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley
• John Lithgow will portray Albus Dumbledore alongside Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape and Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid
• Ralph Fiennes, the original Lord Voldemort, has passed on costume and performance tips to his successor, with Cillian Murphy reportedly in contention for the role