Overview

• Nick Frost has been cast as Rubeus Hagrid and says he will honor Robbie Coltrane’s legacy without mimicking it by exploring Hagrid’s warmth, humor and vulnerability.
• HBO’s adaptation will span 10 years and seven seasons, with one book per season and each installment expected to require 10 to 11 months of filming.
• Production is scheduled to start this summer at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden in the UK, marking the start of a major long-form undertaking.
• The series’ principal cast includes Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger, Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley, John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape and Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall.
• Francesca Gardiner serves as showrunner with Mark Mylod directing and J.K. Rowling attached as executive producer despite backlash over her anti-trans remarks.