Overview

• Dominic McLaughlin will star as Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger and Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley.
• More than 30,000 children auditioned through an open, diversity-focused search led by casting directors Lucy Bevan and Emily Brockmann.
• Notable adult cast includes John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape and Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid.
• Written and showrun by Francesca Gardiner and directed by Mark Mylod, the series also lists J.K. Rowling, Neil Blair and David Heyman among its executive producers.
• Principal photography will begin this summer at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden for a faithful, decade-long adaptation of the seven-book saga, streaming exclusively on HBO Max.