The long -awaited Harry Potter series, which is being produced by Max, has gained important updates. This weekend, six names were officially confirmed in the cast, further increasing the expectation around the new adaptation of JK Rowling’s work, which promises to dive in each of the seven books of the saga.
Among the highlights, the news is Luke Thallon, who will live Professor Quirinus Quirrell, and Paul Whitehouse, cast as the caretaker Argus Filch – the only one who participated in the saga films, such as Sir Cadogan in The Azkaban Prisoner. John Lithgow were already confirmed as a Dumbledore target, Janet McTer as Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu such as Severo Snape and Nick Frost as Rúbeo Hagrid. The information is from Deadline.
The series has script and creative direction of Francesca Gardiner, known for his work in Succession and His Dark Materials, and directed by episodes by Mark Mylod. Production is a partnership of HBO with Warner Bros. Television and the Brontë Film and TV. The proposal is that each season adapts one of the saga books, with planned development to last about ten years.
The lineup process for the main trio – Harry, Ron and Hermione – follows underway. The search is for actors between 9 and 11 years, with recordings scheduled to start later this year in the UK, at Leaveden Studios, where the franchise films were filmed.
The new Harry Potter series has no debut date yet, but is among Max’s main bets for the coming years.