A Harry Potter TV series was officially announced in 2023 by Warner Bros. Discovery. This article contains cast and filming updates.
Production began on July 14, 2025 for Warner Bros. Harry Potter series, which is expected to run for 10 years. The show will also be set in the 90s.
Mark Mylod is directing the series, with Francesca Gardiner as the showrunner and writer, and Adriano Goldman as Director of Photography. J.K Rowling is also serving as an executive producer alongside Neil Blair, Ruth Kenley-Letts of Brontë Film and David Heyman of Heyday Films.
Each series will adapt each book installment beginning with J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
Fillming is currently taking place at Warner Bros Studios Leavesden in Hertfordshire; where there are large scale sets built for the train station featuring Platform 9¾, Privet Drive and The Great Hall. As well as filming in London.
An on-site school is also being contructed for children acting in the show.
Confirmed cast for the Harry Potter series so far
There are many actors confirmed for the series so far and who they will be portraying:
- Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter
- Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger
- Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley
- Tristan Harland as Fred Weasley
- Gabriel Harland as George Weasley
- Ruari Spooner as Percy Weasley
- Grace Cochrane as Ginny Weasley
- Katherine Parkinson as Molly Weasley
- John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore
- Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape
- Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall
- Louise Brealey as Madam Rolanda Hooch
- Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid
- Luke Thallon as Quirinus Quirrell
- Paul Whitehouse as Argus Filch
- Anton Lesser as Garrick Olivander
- Lox Pratt as Draco Malfoy
- Johnny Flynn as Lucius Malfoy
- Leo Earley as Seamus Finnigan
- Rory Wilmot as Neville Longbottom
- Alessia Leoni as Parvati Patil
- Sienna Moosah as Lavender Brown
- Bel Powley as Petunia Dursley
- Daniel Rigby as Vernon Dursley
- Amos Kitson as Dudley Dursley
- Bertie Carvel as Cornelius Fudge
- Warwick Davis as Filius Flitwick
- Sirine Saba as Pomona Sprout
- Richard Durden as Cuthbert Binns
- Brid Brennan as Poppy Pomfrey
- Elijah Oshin as Dean Thomas
- Finn Stephens as Vincent Crabbe
- William Nash as Gregory Goyle
- Leigh Gill as Griphook
- Mickey McAnulty as Piers Polkiss
The first two images have also been released of Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter and Nick Frost as Hagrid.
Variety reports that ‘Season 1 is expected to last until the spring of 2026, with Season 2 then going into production after a short break’.
How many episodes could there be in the first season?
Director, Mark Mylod mentioned they have ‘8 hours to tell the first book’ and the first season will have 8 episodes.
When is the Harry Potter series premiering?
The HBO Max streaming platform is set to launch in the UK, in 2026.
Harry Potter will premiere on HBO (US) and HBO Max, sometime in 2027.
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