HBO’ forthcoming Harry Potter TV show (it’ll also be streaming on HBO Max), has finally found the crucial part of its cast, having already signed up a combination of Hollywood and British names for its adults cast.
Harry, Hermione, and Ron have all been cast – and as you’d expect for young kids, they’re pretty unknown names.
Dominic McLaughlin will play Harry Potter, and is somehow already a veteran of the ‘kid attends mysterious school for those with special skills’ genre, having played a part in the BBC TV series Gifted, which was about kids with superpowers.
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Arabella Stanton plays Hermione Granger, and also isn’t new to acting, having played Matilda in the wonderful Matilda the Musical in London’s West End. She followed that up with a role in Starlight Express on stage.
Lastly, Alastair Stout will portray Ron Weasley, and is notable among the three for having the name most like a character in the Harry Potter books. He seems to have the least acting experience of the three, but has appeared in a potato commercial, which also somehow feels very appropriate for a character like Ron.
HBO’s TV adaptation is scheduled to begin filming sometime in mid-2025, so they’ll have to get stuck into their textbooks ASAP to be ready to go. It’s expected that the early books will take up a season each, too, so it’ll be interesting to see if HBO pumps out a new season annually to ensure that this intrepid trio don’t age out of the teenage roles they’ll soon grow into.
By the time we get the fourth book/season, we might find that things need to be split across two parts. We’ll see, but the best streaming services love to split seasons, so you have to assume it’ll be the case here.
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Six actors were previously cast in big roles for HBO’s Harry Potter TV series (Image credit: HBO)
The kids will join John Lithgow as Hogwarts’ headteacher Albus Dumbledore, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape, Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, Paul Whitehouse as Argus Filch, and Luke Thallon as Quirinus Quirell.
There’s a huge swathe of roles not cast yet, of course (at least, not officially), ranging from the likes of the Weasley siblings through to Neville Longbottom – but, perhaps the biggest missing role is Draco Malfoy.
We don’t know exactly when the show will air yet, but it’s planned to arrive in 2026. Time will tell if it winds up making it onto our best Max shows list.
