Pictured: New Harry Potter poses with stars of reboot
The new HBO Harry Potter series has revealed its three child stars.
Dominic McLaughlin will play Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton will be Hermione Granger and Alastair Stout will portray Ron Weasley.
Each season of the show will be a faithful adaptation of the books from the author and executive producer JK Rowling.
Francesca Gardiner and Mark Mylod, the executive producers, said: 'After an extraordinary search led by casting directors Lucy Bevan and Emily Brockmann, we are delighted to announce we have found our Harry, Hermione and Ron.
'The talent of these three unique actors is wonderful to behold and we cannot wait for the world to witness their magic together onscreen.
'We would like to thank all the tens of thousands of children who auditioned. It's been a real pleasure to discover the plethora of young talent out there.'
HBO had previously confirmed that Severus Snape would be played by the black actor Paapa Essiedu, despite the character being described in the book series as having 'marble white' skin so sallow it was like 'sour milk'.
Alan Rickman played the potions professor in the film adaptations.
The announcement comes as Warner Bros, the parent company of HBO, promised the series would be 'authentic to the original books'.
Rowling, who will be executive producer on the series, previously supported making the characters more diverse.
She backed Noma Dumezweni to play Hermione Granger in the 2015 stage work of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Canon: brown eyes, frizzy hair and very clever. White skin was never specified. Rowling loves black Hermione 😘 https://t.co/5fKX4InjTH
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 21, 2015
Elsewhere in the television series, John Lithgow has been cast as the headmaster Albus Dumbledore, and Janet McTeer will play Minerva McGonnagall.
Francesca Gardiner and Mark Mylod, Rowling's fellow producers, previously said: '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 TV series will be created over the course of a decade, with each series based on one of the seven novels.
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