{"id":65207,"date":"2025-07-14T15:35:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T15:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/65207\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T15:35:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T15:35:10","slug":"harry-potter-hbo-series-starts-filming-reveals-first-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/65207\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Harry Potter’ HBO Series Starts Filming, Reveals First Look"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tHogwarts has reopened for a new term. <\/p>\n

\n\tHBO\u2019s \u201cHarry Potter\u201d TV series \u2014\u00a0the long-awaited and much-hyped return to J.K. Rowling\u2019s wizarding world \u2014\u00a0has officially started production at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden in the U.K., almost 14 years to the day that \u201cHarry Potter<\/a>\u00a0and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2\u201d concluded Harry\u2019s journey on the big screen. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe show has also revealed a first look at Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter, smiling in costume with the character\u2019s signature round glasses and school uniform. McLaughlin is joined by Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger and Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley. The young trio were selected from more than 30,000 actors who auditioned in a casting call last fall.<\/p>\n

\n\tNew casting announced on Monday includes Rory Wilmot as Neville Longbottom,\u00a0Amos Kitson as Dudley Dursley, Louise Brealey as Madam Rolanda Hooch and Anton Lesser as Garrick Ollivander. The series has also been confirmed to debut in 2027 on HBO and HBO Max<\/a> where available.<\/p>\n

\n\tLed by showrunner\u00a0Francesca Gardiner<\/a>\u00a0and director Mark Mylod of \u201cSuccession,\u201d\u00a0HBO<\/a>\u2019s new take on the beloved book-turned-movie-franchise will follow the young Potter as he discovers he\u2019s a wizard, leaves his muggle family behind and sets off to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Along the way, he befriends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger and battles Lord Voldemort. <\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tDominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter.
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAidan Monaghan\/HBO<\/p>\n

\n\tElsewhere, John Lithgow (\u201cConclave,\u201d \u201cThe Crown\u201d) will play Albus Dumbledore, Janet McTeer (\u201cTumbleweeds,\u201d \u201cThe White Queen\u201d) is Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu (\u201cI May Destroy You,\u201d \u201cGangs of London\u201d) is Severus Snape and Nick Frost (\u201cShaun of the Dead,\u201d \u201cHot Fuzz\u201d) is Rubeus Hagrid. Other names include Katherine Parkinson as Molly Weasley, Lox Pratt as Draco Malfoy and Johnny Flynn as Lucius Malfoy, Leo Earley as Seamus Finnigan, Alessia Leoni as Parvati Patil, Sienna Moosah as Lavender Brown, and Bertie Carvel as Cornelius Fudge.\u00a0Variety\u00a0exclusively reported<\/a>\u00a0that Bel Powley and Daniel Rigby will play Petunia and Vernon Dursley.<\/p>\n

\n\tEach of the seven Harry Potter books will make up an entire season. Variety understands that shooting on Season 1 is expected to last until the spring of 2026, with Season 2 then going into production after a short break.<\/p>\n

\n\tNewly announced department heads joining costume designer Holly Waddington include Adriano Goldman (director of photography), Cate Hall (hair and makeup designer), Paul Herbert (stunt coordinator), Mark Holt (SFX supervisor), Mara LePere-Schloop (production designer), Naomi Moore (set decorator), John Nolan (creature effects design supervisor), Alexis Wajsbrot (VFX supervisor) and Dom Sidoli (VFX producer).<\/p>\n

\n\tThe series is written and executive produced by Gardiner. Mylod will executive produce and direct multiple episodes, which is being made by HBO in association with Bront\u00eb Film and TV and Warner Bros. Television. The series is executive produced by Rowling, Neil Blair and Ruth Kenley-Letts of Bront\u00eb Film and TV, and David Heyman of Heyday Films.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tFrom left to right: Rory Wilmot as Neville Longbottom,\u00a0Amos Kitson as Dudley Dursley, Louise Brealey as Madam Rolanda Hooch and Anton Lesser as Garrick Ollivander.
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy HBO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hogwarts has reopened for a new term. HBO\u2019s \u201cHarry Potter\u201d TV series \u2014\u00a0the long-awaited and much-hyped return to…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":65208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[171,36552,487,53,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-65207","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-harry-potter","10":"tag-hbo-max","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114852326587675392","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}