Overview
- HBO confirmed on Tuesday, August 11 that Nicholas Hoult will play Gilderoy Lockhart in Season 2 of its multi‑season Harry Potter adaptation.
- The series was greenlit for a second season in May and HBO plans to start filming the Chamber of Secrets story this fall so the production can move without long gaps between seasons.
- Gilderoy Lockhart is a flamboyant, fame‑obsessed Defence Against the Dark Arts professor in the books and was previously played on film by Kenneth Branagh.
- Francesca Gardiner remains the showrunner for the series while writer Jon Brown has been elevated to co‑showrunner for Season 2, and Season 1, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, is scheduled to premiere on December 25.
- Rowling retains an executive‑producer credit on the show and the casting news has prompted pushback from some fans and trans activists on social media, a reaction that several cast members have publicly addressed or distanced themselves from.