It’s starting to get crowded at Hogwarts again. Warner Bros. is casting up its Harry Potter series reboot for HBO, and filling out the cast that will attempt to breathe new life into the Potterverse characters that became so iconic during the previous movie adaptations.
The newest additions to Harry Potter are Bel Powley as Petunia Dursley, Daniel Rigby as Vernon Dursley, Lox Pratt as Draco Malfoy, Johnny Flynn as Lucius Malfoy, Katherine Parkinson as Molly Weasley, Leo Earley as Seamus Finnigan, Alessia Leoni as Parvati Patil, Sienna Moosah as Lavender Brown, and Bertie Carvel as Cornelius Fudge.
They join newcomers Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger, and Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley. Taking on the adult professor roles are John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape, and Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid.
Mark Mylod (The Menu) is directing multiple episodes, with Francesca Gardiner as showrunner. Each season will comprise one of JK Rowling’s books, meaning there will be seven total seasons…assuming audiences buy into this new version. There has been some serious backlash to some of Rowling’s anti-trans rhetoric, and I firmly believe it’s what crippled the once-promising Fantastic Beasts franchise. It could happen here, too. [Deadline]
