Two award winning Brit actors announced for new Harry Potter TV show as Rivals and Ripley stars join cast
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THREE award-winning Brit actors have been announced for the new Harry Potter TV show.
From HBO, the upcoming series will adapt JK Rowling's novels for a new generation.
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BAFTA winner Katherine Parkinson will play Molly Weasley in the Harry Potter TV show
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Fellow BAFTA winner Daniel Rigby is set as Uncle Vernon
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Bel Powley has also joined the show's cast
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Johnny Fynn has been cast in a major role
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Several new cast members have now been officially confirmed to join the Wizarding World.
Among them is Katherine Parkinson, who will be portraying beloved Weasley matriarch, Molly.
The actress, 47, is a BAFTA winner for her role as Jen in hit sitcom The IT Crowd.
Viewers may have more recently seen Katherine as Lizzie Vereker in raunchy Disney+ series Rivals.
Fellow BAFTA winner Daniel Rigby, 42, is set to play Harry's Muggle uncle Vernon Dursley,
He won a BAFTA for playing Eric Morecambe in 2011 BBC film Eric and Ernie.
Also joining the cast is Bel Powley in the role of Harry's biological aunt, Petunia Dursley.
Her past credits include a main role on The Morning Show, opposite Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon.
Lox Pratt, star of the BBC's upcoming Lord of the Flies, will be playing Harry's school rival Draco Malfoy.
Meanwhile, actor Johnny Flynn, 42, will take on the role of Draco's father, Lucius Malfoy.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) Official Trailer
He has played real-life figures such as David Bowie and a young Nicholas Winton.
Johnny also worked with predecessor Jason Isaacs in 2021 film Operation Mincemeat.
Three of Harry's classmates have also been cast - Leo Earley as Seamus Finnigan, Alessia Leoni as Parvati Patil, and Sienna Moosah as Lavender Brown.
Rounding out these announcements is Dalgleish actor Bertie Carvel, 47, in the role of Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge.
Last month, the three screen newcomers playing Harry, Ron and Hermione were officially unveiled.
Dominic McLaughlin is set to star as Harry, with Alastair Stout as Ron and Arabella Stanton as Hermione.
Harry Potter author JK, 59 - who will also serve as executive producer of the TV series - had her say on the young trio.
Writing on social media after the news broke, she said: 'All three are wonderful. I couldn't be happier.'
Several major adult roles were already confirmed, including John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore.
How to spot a rare Harry Potter book
AS JK Rowling's popularity has rocketed, so has the value of the first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
If you think you might have one, then first look to see if Bloomsbury is listed as the publisher on the title page at the bottom.
The copy should be a first edition - which will be noted within the first few pages.
The latest date listed in the copyright information must by 1997.
It should be credited to "Joanne Rowling" and not "J.K Rowling" and carry a print line that reads " 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on the copyright page.
There is a mistake on page 53 where '1 wand' appears twice in the list of school supplies Harry receives from Hogwarts, which was corrected in later print runs.
For the other titles in the Harry Potter series, it is only the first hardback editions with the dust jacket that have any collectable value.
The show will also feature Janet McTeer as McGonagall, Nick Frost as Hagrid, Paapa Essiedu as Snape, Luke Thallon as Quirrell and Paul Whitehouse as Filch.
Speaking at the time, showrunner Francesca Gardiner said: "We are happy to announce the casting of John Lithgow, Janet McTeer, Paapa Essiedu, Nick Frost, Luke Thallon and Paul Whitehouse to play Dumbledore, McGonagall, Snape, Hagrid, Quirrell and Filch."
Mark Mylod, who will executive produce and direct multiple episodes of the series for HBO, added: 'We're delighted to have such extraordinary talent onboard, and we can't wait to see them bring these beloved characters to new life.'
The series is also executive produced by JK Rowling, Neil Blair, and Ruth Kenley-Letts of Brontë Film and TV, and David Heyman of Heyday Films.
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Bertie Carvel is the new Cornelius Fudge
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The show's three young leads were confirmed last month
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