Overview

• Parkinson’s Molly Weasley appears sparingly until season four, freeing her to pursue other roles.
• The series is in pre-production at Warner Bros Studios Leavesden, with principal photography scheduled for mid-2025.
• Rowling holds an executive producer credit but has reiterated she cannot remove actors over their beliefs, underlining HBO’s narrative autonomy.
• Paapa Essiedu, who will play Severus Snape, joined hundreds of industry figures in an open letter defending transgender rights after the UK Supreme Court’s sex-based ruling.
• Several principal cast members, from Daniel Radcliffe to John Lithgow, have publicly opposed Rowling’s gender-critical statements and backed transgender inclusion.