Six main roles were officially dumped to restart HBO Harry Potter.

In a press release, Francesca Gardiner (Showrunner and Executive Producer) and Mark Milod (executive producer and director) said: "We are happy to announce the casting of Johnon Litgov, Etnenet McTier, Paapa Espeu, Nick, Nick. Sneurl and Dolchak.

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There was a murmur about some of these casting opportunities, including Litgov; We reported on Litgov specifically rounding the role of Albus Dumbledore in February. Namely, however, this HBO announcement is the first official confirmation of any casting for the restart series, What was published in 2023. There are Pile The potential problems with this reboot, including the fact that the original film series, which also produced Warner Bros., ended only in 2011. Let's put it aside for a second, and talk about whether these casting choices make sense, as they refer to the characters in the original books and movies (and true, some of them are pretty on the spot).

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Let's start with Johnon Litgov who, incredible, is no The British seemingly opposed to the rule that the author of the series Anoan Kathlin (FC) Rowling reportedly imposed when the original films were made that only the British should be thrown. (In addition to the franchise "Fantastic Astswerers", which is partially placed in America, Litgov may be the first American to join the franchise and play a British person.) Litgov has crossed the pond in his performances before; Namely, he was Great Like Winston Churchill in Netflix's "Crown" series, it is reasonable to assume that he will be very good as the eccentric but still brilliant director of Hogwarts, Albus Dumbledor. Etnet McTier, known for imposing roles in recent projects such as "Menu" and "Ozark", will probably be many, a lot Good as Deputy Director Minerva McGonagal, a strict but fair professor for transformation in Hogwarts.

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Papa Esezu, a classically trained actor you may have seen in "I Can Destroy You" or the Independent Episode "Black Mirror" Demo 79 "is certainly very talented, but he May Be a little too classically attractive to play Severus Snip, a harassed lonely who ends up as a master of Hogwarts' potions. Fans of Nick Frost Likely Know Him from His Collaborations With Simon Pegg, Including the Cornetto Trilogy ("Shaun of the Dead," Hot Fuzz, "and" The World's End "), and he's a great choice to play Hogwarts'), Big-Hearted Half-Giant Groundskeeper Rubeus Hagrid, and Welsh Comedian Paul Whitehouse will presumably bring some offbeat humor to the role of Argus Filch, the constantly caster of mass castle. As for Luke Tallon, who works primarily on stage in London, he is an unknown relative, and he will play Quirinus Quirrir, who teaches a defense against the dark arts during the first year of Harry's school (and also a spoiler warning, owns Dark Lord Voldem.

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Look, I'm a lifelong fan of Harry Potter. Maybe or I can't have a trio stars that appear on the corner of every page in American book editions, tattooed on my hand! I'm still Extremely concerned For this restart of "Harry Potter" and While definitely there is a bunch of legitimate reasons to worry about this series being a total flopI'll just touch the few here. As I said earlier, this reboot follows a film franchise that ended just about 14 years ago. Those films, featuring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson in roles that define in his career as mainly trio Harry Potter, Ron Wesley and Hermione Granger, are still worldwide, and will be a big demand for the Fans of Fans to see.

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The series also allegedly plans to customize a book per season, which makes sense at some level; The movies cut a bunch of plots and characters of pure necessity and it would be nice to see some From those added back. (I say "some" because there is a really uncomfortable plot that includes houses in the fourth book, "Harry Potter and Gablet of Fire", which comes down to "slavery is good for houses because they love it", and I don't know I need a huge focus on that in the fourth season of the show). Then, of course, here is JK Rowling of it all.

Rowling, who, with his own reception, Initially used the name of the pen "PC" to blur its gender and sell more books to young boys as well as girlshas been in a crusade since 2020 when it comes to the transgender community. In her account of X, Rowling spends a sincere inappropriate time taking a firm stance against this marginalized community under the guise of fighting for the rights of "women", And at the beginning of April 2025, she Also went after the asexual community for ... no apparent reason. I'm not trying to sound flip - Rowling's attitude on these topics was incredibly harmful to many of her fagot, unbeaten and transgender fans, many of whom did not disrupt her job. All this is to say that Rowling is strongly involved in the series, which can give some members of her assumed audience a little break before pressing the game.

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Yes, this casting news is, at nominal value, exciting, but the Harry Potter series restarts with complications, to say at least. HBO premiere set in 2026.