HBO’s streaming platform opened inclusive and diverse auditions in the United Kingdom to cast actors for the upcoming series about the student wizard from Hogwarts, reimagining the roles of Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley for television.
We affirm a casting process that welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. For each role, qualified performers are encouraged to apply without regard to ethnicity, gender, disability, race, sexual orientation, or gender identity, according to a public casting call distributed online this Monday. (citation: HBO casting notice)
The casting seeks children aged 9 to 11 as of April 2025 who reside in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Applicants are asked to submit two videos: a thirty-second poem recital that does not relate to Harry Potter and uses the child’s own accent, and a personal video of up to one minute where the child speaks about themselves and a family member, among other aspects. HBO will consider submissions through October 31, and the series is planned to shoot in the United Kingdom during 2025-2026. (citation: HBO casting notice)
In April 2023, the media and entertainment conglomerate announced that the series was in production and would base each season on a book by the author J.K. Rowling. (citation: HBO casting notice)
Earlier this year, Warner Bros. Discovery’s chief executive officer, David Zaslav, hinted that the television adaptation of the fantasy novels would arrive on the Max streaming platform in 2026, though no specific date was given. (citation: HBO casting notice)
The project is slated to span a decade, with the author serving as executive producer, despite recent controversy surrounding her statements considered to be transphobic by some audiences. (citation: HBO casting notice)