{"id":22486,"date":"2025-04-14T11:12:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T15:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hbo-names-more-harry-potter-series-cast\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T11:12:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T15:12:43","slug":"hbo-names-more-harry-potter-series-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hbo-names-more-harry-potter-series-cast\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO Names More Harry Potter Series Cast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HBO has revealed more cast members for its upcoming original <em>Harry Potter<\/em> series, with John Lithgow, Janet McTeer and Paapa Essiedu among those named to iconic roles.<\/p>\n<p>Lithgow will star as Albus Dumbledore, McTeer will play Minerva McGonagall, and Essiedu will appear as Severus Snape. Also, Nick Frost has been cast as Rubeus Hagrid, Luke Thallon as Quirinus Quirrell and Paul Whitehouse as Argus Filch.<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming series is said to be a faithful adaptation of the <em>Harry Potter<\/em> book series by author J.K. Rowling. It is being written and showrun by Francesca Gardiner. Mark Mylod is directing multiple episodes of the series for HBO in association with Bront\u00eb Film and TV and Warner Bros. Television. Executive producers include Rowling, Neil Blair and Ruth Kenley-Letts of Bront\u00eb Film and TV; David Heyman of Heyday Films; Mylod and Gardiner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are happy to announce the casting of John Lithgow, Janet McTeer, Paapa Essiedu, Nick Frost, Luke Thallon and Paul Whitehouse to play Dumbledore, McGonagall, Snape, Hagrid, Quirrell and Filch,\u201d Gardiner and Mylod said. \u201cWe\u2019re delighted to have such extraordinary talent onboard, and we can\u2019t wait to see them bring these beloved characters to new life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HBO has revealed more cast members for its upcoming original Harry Potter series, with John Lithgow, Janet McTeer and Paapa Essiedu among those named to iconic roles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":22487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[10474,10475,10476,431,1280,10477,10478,10479,10480,8272,10481,10001,10482,290],"class_list":["post-22486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bronte-film-and-tv","tag-francesca-gardiner","tag-harry-potter","tag-hbo","tag-j-k-rowling","tag-janet-mcteer","tag-john-lithgow","tag-luke-thallon","tag-mark-mylod","tag-max","tag-nick-frost","tag-paapa-essiedu","tag-paul-whitehouse","tag-warner-bros-television","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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