The Harry Potter HBO series has taken another step forwards with a slew of cast additions.
Lox Pratt is set to play Draco Malfoy, with Johnny Flynn as Lucius Malfoy. In more family castings, Bel Powley is set as Petunia Dursley and Daniel Rigby as Vernon Dursley. Additionally, Katherine Parkinson will play Molly Weasley.
Cast as Hogwarts students are Leo Earley as Seamus Finnigan, Alessia Leoni as Parvati Patil, and Sienna Moosah as Lavender Brown
They are among nine new cast members unveiled by HBO today alongside Bertie Carvel who, as Deadline revealed exclusively yesterday, will be playing minister for magic Cornelius Fudge, a role that is believed to be recurring.
The septet join previously announced big hitters including John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape and Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid.
This followed the biggest casting of them all, the three leads, who will be played by newcomers Dominic McLaughlin, Alastair Stout and Arabella Stanton in the HBO franchise that is set to last a decade.
Cameras will start rolling soon at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden in the UK.
The series has been described as a “faithful adaptation” of the beloved books and is being exec produced by the source material’s author J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter is written and executive produced by Francesca Gardiner. Mark Mylod will executive produce and direct multiple episodes of the series, produced by HBO in association with Brontë Film and TV and Warner Bros. Television. Rowling executive produces with Neil Blair, and Ruth Kenley-Letts of Brontë Film and TV, and David Heyman of Heyday Films.
