The Harry Potter franchise is getting rebooted as a TV sequence at HBO, and in the present day it has been formally introduced that manufacturing has commenced on the sequence, with filming happening at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, UK. The press launch notes that the sequence “will debut in 2027 on HBO and HBO Max where it’s available, including in upcoming launch markets Germany, Italy, and the UK.”
The forged consists of John Lithgow as Dumbledore, Nick Frost as Hagrid, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape, Luke Thallon as Quirinus Quirrell, Paul Whitehouse as Argus Filch, Lox Pratt as Draco Malfoy, Johnny Flynn as his father Lucius Malfoy, Bel Powley and Daniel Rigby as Petunia Dursley and Vernon Dursley, Katherine Parkinson as Molly Weasley. As minister for magic Cornelius Fudge, we have now Bertie Carvel. As Hogwarts college students Seamus Finnigan, Parvati Patil, and Lavender Brown, the present has forged newcomers Leo Earley, Alessia Leoni, and Sienna Moosah. Newcomers Dominic McLaughlin, Arabella Stanton, and Alastair Stout star as Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley. Together with the “filming is underway” announcement comes the revealing of extra names: Rory Wilmot as Neville Longbottom, Amos Kitson as Dudley Dursley, Louise Brealey as Madam Rolanda Hooch, and Anton Lesser as Garrick Ollivander.
Every season of the Harry Potter TV sequence is claimed to cowl considered one of J.Ok. Rowling’s novels, for a complete of seven seasons. Whereas the flicks have been capable of match rather a lot in, there have been loads of moments reduce from the novels that the TV sequence will lastly be capable to carry to life. Final 12 months, HBO launched a press release saying, “Each season will be authentic to the original books and bring Harry Potter and these incredible adventures to new audiences around the world, while the original, classic and beloved films will remain at the core of the franchise and available to watch globally.”
The synopsis for the present says, “The franchise follows the life of a young wizard, the titular Harry Potter, whose parents died under mysterious circumstances when he was very young. He was forced to live a life of misery and servitude to his aunt and uncle and their awful son before he was freed from his gilded cage when Hagrid extended an invitation that changed his life forever. The adventure begins as Harry and his magical friends Ron and Hermoine become students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, who come of age in a time of extreme turmoil where the threat of war looms close.”
Succession‘s Francesca Gardiner serves as a author and showrunner on the sequence, whereas Mark Mylod signed on to govt produce and direct a number of episodes. The mission was initially developed solely for HBO Max however made the leap to HBO final summer season.
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