The actress nominated for Oscar and Emmy Janet McTeer It is in negotiations to play Professor Minerva McGonagall, according to the Deadline portal. In addition, Emmy nominee PAAPA ESSIEDUone of the first actors identified for the series is close to closing his treatment to play Professor Severus Snape.
“We are aware that such a high profile series will generate many rumors and speculation,” said the HBO chain in a statement about this news. “As we advance in pre -production, we will only confirm the details when we finish the agreements.”
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The Harry Potter series, designed to last more than a decade, is in charge of the screenwriter and showrunner Francesca Gardiner and the executive director and producer Mark Mylod. Casey Bloys, president and executive director of HBO and Max Content, at the time of the original announcement described the series as a “Fiel adaptation” of JK Rowling’s novels that “will deepen each of the iconic books.”
Speaking at a Max event in London last December, Gardiner revealed that the series will adhere to the “canonical” ages of Snape, who will be only 31 years old, as well as the Dursley, who will be much younger than in the films.
That explains the choice of Essiedu, about 30 years old, for the role of Snape, the antagonist turned into a hero played in Harry Potter’s films by the deceased Alan Rickman. Severus Snape is a professor of potions at the Hogwarts College of Magic and Sorcery and, over time, becomes a director.
Meanwhile, McTeer is just a couple of years younger than the deceased Maggie Smith When he was chosen as the deputy director Minerva McGonagall in the film franchise two and a half decades ago. The transformations professor in Hogwarts, McGonagall is also the director of the Gryffindor house and the deputy director of director Albus Dumbledore (Lithgow). In the films of the prequel of fantastic animals, the paper was played by Fiona Glascott.
The Harry Potter television series, which will be filmed at Warner Bros Studios Leavesden, where the films were filmed, is scheduled to debut in HBO at the end of 2026 or early 2027. Some 32,000 children sent hearing tapes for the main papers of Harry, Hermione and Ron, and the final options of the casting have not yet been revealed.
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