
Today HBO and Warner Bros. announced that HBO’s Original Harry Potter television series has started production at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, UK.
The new series will air in 2027 on HBO and HBO Max including the upcoming launch markets Germany, Italy, and the UK.
Cast News
We also learned more about the cast. Below are the newly announced members of the cast.
New Cast Members:
- Rory Wilmot: Neville Longbottom
Amos Kitson: Dudley Dursley
- Louise Brealey: Madam Rolanda Hooch

- Anton Lesser: Garrick Ollivander

Previously announced cast members:

Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter Aidan Monaghan/HBO
- Dominic McLaughlin: Harry Potter
- Arabella Stanton: Hermione Granger
- Alastair Stout: Ron Weasley
- John Lithgow: Albus Dumbledore
- Janet McTeer: Minerva McGonagall
- Paapa Essiedu: Severus Snape
- Nick Frost: Rubeus Hagrid
- Lox Pratt: Draco Malfoy
- Johnny Flynn: Lucius Malfoy
- Bel Powley: Petunia Dursley
- Daniel Rigby: Vernon Dursley
Department Heads
Newly announced department heads: Adriano Goldman (Director of Photography), Cate Hall (Hair and Makeup Designer), Paul Herbert (Stunt Coordinator), Mark Holt (SFX Supervisor), Mara LePere-Schloop (Production Designer), Naomi Moore (Set Decorator), John Nolan (Creature Effects Design Supervisor), Alexis Wajsbrot (VFX Supervisor), Dom Sidoli (VFX Producer), and previously announced Holly Waddington (Costume Designer).
The series is written and executive produced by Francesca Gardiner. Mark Mylod will executive produce and direct multiple episodes of the series for HBO in association with Brontë Film and TV and Warner Bros. Television.
The series is executive produced by J.K. Rowling, Neil Blair, and Ruth Kenley-Letts of Brontë Film and TV, and David Heyman of Heyday Films.






