https://harrypottertvseries.com/News about HBO's Harry Potter serieshttps://harrypottertvseries.com/cast/ages/https://harrypottertvseries.com/news/#9e8a342bc980Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000New pages: a page for each actor, the ages of the cast, new scenes not in the book, houses and uniforms, magical creatures and music.https://harrypottertvseries.com/locations/https://harrypottertvseries.com/news/#809a66cddb94Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000New page: sets and filming locations, from the new Hogwarts at Leavesden to London Zoo, King’s Cross and the Cornish coast.https://harrypottertvseries.com/news/dominic-mclaughlin-arabella-stanton-alastair-stout-interview/https://harrypottertvseries.com/news/#c031a4a9ffc0Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000Dominic McLaughlin, Arabella Stanton and Alastair Stout, the new Harry, Hermione and Ron, talked to Scholastic News about the auditions, getting the parts and filming.https://harrypottertvseries.com/news/paapa-essiedu-deathly-hallows/https://harrypottertvseries.com/news/#508f2a6e9978Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000Snape actor Paapa Essiedu told Vanity Fair he still doesn’t really know what happens in Deathly Hallows, and was baffled by Dumbledore’s death.https://harrypottertvseries.com/differences/#ron-eyeshttps://harrypottertvseries.com/news/#e1d7e209de68Mon, 09 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000New difference: Ron’s eye colour. J.K. Rowling has said Ron’s eyes are blue; in his character poster they are brown.https://harrypottertvseries.com/posters/https://harrypottertvseries.com/news/#303e4361b1fbMon, 09 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000Character posters of Harry, Hermione and Ron, added to the posters page and their character pages.https://harrypottertvseries.com/episodes/https://harrypottertvseries.com/news/#77edf0e8fbecSun, 08 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000New: a page for each episode of season 1, with the chapters it is likely to cover, and an About page.https://harrypottertvseries.com/characters/https://harrypottertvseries.com/news/#98cd1700467aSun, 08 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000New pages: characters, seasons, episodes, where to watch, posters, official images, creative team, FAQ and news.https://harrypottertvseries.com/trailers/https://harrypottertvseries.com/news/#6243e2793846Sat, 07 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000Site redesigned. New pages: cast, trailers and poster, release date. Six new differences from the trailers.https://harrypottertvseries.com/posters/https://harrypottertvseries.com/news/#1b7ed32e664bThu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000HBO revealed the first official poster.https://harrypottertvseries.com/cast/https://harrypottertvseries.com/news/#20143985314aThu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Official cast list updated by HarryPotter.com.https://harrypottertvseries.com/trailers/https://harrypottertvseries.com/news/#84dd02544377Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Second official teaser trailer released.https://harrypottertvseries.com/timeline/#lockharthttps://harrypottertvseries.com/news/#1fd904e95f5cMon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000Nicholas Hoult leaves the role of Gilderoy Lockhart because of scheduling conflicts, two weeks after his casting was announced. Kit Harington will play Lockhart in season 2.https://harrypottertvseries.com/timeline/#peeveshttps://harrypottertvseries.com/news/#cf9daf7aa00eMon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000Peter Serafinowicz is cast as Peeves the Poltergeist, a character left out of the films.https://harrypottertvseries.com/timeline/#season-2https://harrypottertvseries.com/news/#a158c7a615feWed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000HBO renews the series for a second season, based on Chamber of Secrets, before the first has aired. Jon Brown joins Francesca Gardiner as co-showrunner, and filming is planned for the autumn.https://harrypottertvseries.com/timeline/#finding-harryhttps://harrypottertvseries.com/news/#7a2bdbd7e4e7Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic, a behind-the-scenes special, is released on HBO Max.https://harrypottertvseries.com/release-date/https://harrypottertvseries.com/news/#77b09312c3d8Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000First official teaser and premiere date: 25 December 2026.https://harrypottertvseries.com/timeline/#studentshttps://harrypottertvseries.com/news/#2dc26e33cc76Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +000021 more Hogwarts students are cast, among them Orson Matthews as Oliver Wood.https://harrypottertvseries.com/timeline/#flitwickhttps://harrypottertvseries.com/news/#28ed70659884Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000On the day the Hogwarts Express leaves in the books, Warwick Davis is confirmed as Professor Flitwick, with Sirine Saba (Sprout), Richard Durden (Binns), Bríd Brennan (Pomfrey) and Leigh Gill (Griphook).https://harrypottertvseries.com/timeline/#weasleyshttps://harrypottertvseries.com/news/#79c58432b505Tue, 19 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000The Weasley children are cast: Tristan and Gabriel Harland (Fred and George), Ruari Spooner (Percy) and Gracie Cochrane (Ginny).https://harrypottertvseries.com/timeline/#filminghttps://harrypottertvseries.com/news/#adb9e69fb134Mon, 14 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000Filming begins at Leavesden, with the first image of Dominic McLaughlin as Harry. Also cast: Rory Wilmot (Neville), Amos Kitson (Dudley), Louise Brealey (Madam Hooch) and Anton Lesser (Ollivander). HBO says the series will premiere in 2027.https://harrypottertvseries.com/timeline/#malfoys-dursleyshttps://harrypottertvseries.com/news/#eb2ebb0e3358Mon, 09 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000More casting: Katherine Parkinson (Molly Weasley), Lox Pratt (Draco Malfoy), Johnny Flynn (Lucius Malfoy), Bel Powley and Daniel Rigby (Petunia and Vernon Dursley), Bertie Carvel (Cornelius Fudge) and three Gryffindor students.https://harrypottertvseries.com/timeline/#triohttps://harrypottertvseries.com/news/#723e1b7980fbTue, 27 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000Dominic McLaughlin, Arabella Stanton and Alastair Stout are cast as Harry, Hermione and Ron, chosen from more than 30,000 children who auditioned.https://harrypottertvseries.com/timeline/#first-casthttps://harrypottertvseries.com/news/#c2deb4d80eceMon, 14 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000The first cast is announced: John Lithgow (Dumbledore), Janet McTeer (McGonagall), Paapa Essiedu (Snape), Nick Frost (Hagrid), Luke Thallon (Quirrell) and Paul Whitehouse (Filch).https://harrypottertvseries.com/timeline/#leavesdenhttps://harrypottertvseries.com/news/#e275512df140Thu, 05 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000HBO confirms that filming will start in summer 2025 at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, where the films were made.https://harrypottertvseries.com/timeline/#casting-callhttps://harrypottertvseries.com/news/#91307ab9f959Sun, 08 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000Open casting call for Harry, Ron and Hermione, for children in the UK and Ireland who would be 9 to 11 years old in April 2025.https://harrypottertvseries.com/timeline/#showrunnerhttps://harrypottertvseries.com/news/#b1fd81730d5eTue, 25 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000Francesca Gardiner is named showrunner and writer, and Mark Mylod will direct several episodes. Both are executive producers with J.K. Rowling, Neil Blair, Ruth Kenley-Letts and David Heyman.https://harrypottertvseries.com/timeline/#announcedhttps://harrypottertvseries.com/news/#aef1560b14b4Wed, 12 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000Warner Bros. Discovery announces a Harry Potter television series for Max, promising to be “authentic to the original books”, with J.K. Rowling as an executive producer.