HBO's ‘Harry Potter' Show Casts Draco Malfoy And 8 Other Characters
Warner Bros revealed 9 new cast members for the upcoming Harry Potter series Monday. Draco Malfoy, his father Lucius Malfoy, the Dursley parents, Molly Weasley and several other cast members have all been announced.
This follows on the heels of a number of other major casting reveals including Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter; Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger; Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley; John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore; Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape; Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall; Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid; and Paul Whitehouse as Argus Filch.
Here are the latest batch of actors cast for the series:
Harry Potter cast
In the above image, from top left to bottom left, here are the new cast members revealed by HBO:
Lox Pratt certainly has the right look for Draco Malfoy. The most surprising thing about this latest batch of casting choices is Petunia and Vernon Dursley, who are quite a lot younger and better-looking than I expected them to be. So far, the casting for the series seems pretty on-point, though obviously most of the younger cast members are relative newcomers with few acting credits. The real question is whether the show will be enough not just to rekindle an interest in the Harry Potter universe, but to light a new fire under fantasy television as a genre and enterprise. The TV format should allow for a more in-depth and faithful adaptation of the books by J.K. Rowling, but a great deal depends on its creators. All too often in recent years, adaptations have strayed much too far from the source material.
The Harry Potter series is written and executive produced by Francesca Gardiner, who previously worked on Succession, His Dark Materials and Killing Eve. Killing Eve writer Laura Neal has also joined the writer's room. Mark Mylod (Succession, Game Of Thrones) will executive produce and direct multiple episodes of the series. Holly Waddington, who won an Oscar for Poor Things, has been signed on as costume designer. The show is executive produced by J.K. Rowling, Neil Blair, and Ruth Kenley-Letts of Brontë Film and TV, and David Heyman of Heyday Films.
Filming on the first season begins this summer at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, UK with a 2026 release window.
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