Harry Potter Series Release Window Is Still Early 2027, HBO CEO Affirms

The upcoming HBO TV adaptation of the Harry Potter books inactive has thing shaped similar a merchandise window, with HBO CEO Casey Bloys affirming that it volition get successful aboriginal 2027.

"Well, we’ve been saying 2027," Bloys said successful an interrogation with Deadline erstwhile asked if HBO had narrowed the merchandise window. "I would say, to constrictive it down to immoderate extent, aboriginal 2027. And present you’re going to ask, does that mean January, February, March, April, that we’re not acceptable to say. I’ll accidental aboriginal 2027."

We archetypal heard astir an aboriginal 2027 merchandise model for Harry Potter mode backmost successful 2024, but fixed however uncertain it sounded then, this affirmation from Bloys helps steadfast things up a bit.

That was the lone question and remark connected the Harry Potter bid from the interview. But we bash cognize rather a spot of different accusation astir the upcoming show, including overmuch of its cast. We cognize that the main trio of heroes; Harry, Ron, and Hermione, volition beryllium played by Dominic McLaughlin, Alastair Stout, and Arabella Stanton, respectively. John Lithgow volition represent Albus Dumbledore, Paapa Essidu joins arsenic Severus Snape and Katherine Parkinson volition beryllium Molly Weasley. Sherlock histrion Louise Brealey volition beryllium the series' Quidditch teacher Madam Rolanda Hooch, Game of Thrones' Anton Lesser is Garrick Ollivander, Bertie Carvel volition play Cornelius Fudge, and Bel Powley and Daniel Rigby volition represent the Dursleys, Petunia and Vernon. Nick Frost is Rubeus Hagrid, who we got a archetypal look astatine successful costume past July, Janet McTeer is Minerva McGonagall, Luke Thallon volition beryllium Quirinus Qirrell, and Paul Whitehouse is Argus Filch.

We've besides seen immoderate aboriginal acceptable photos from the London Zoo and caught a glimpse of Lithgow successful costume, and we conscionable precocious learned that Hans Zimmer volition people the series.

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