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BreakingNews.ie
6 hours ago
- Entertainment
- BreakingNews.ie
Katherine Parkinson joins cast for new Harry Potter TV series
Actress Katherine Parkinson has joined the cast of the new Harry Potter TV series. The IT Crowd star will join the HBO TV show of the popular fantasy novel series to play Molly Weasley, the mother of Ron Weasley. Advertisement Parkinson also starred in the hit Disney+ series Rivals, for which she received a supporting actress Bafta TV nomination for her role as Lizzie Vereker. Johnny Flynn will play Lucius Malfoy (Ian West/PA) Joining the cast alongside Parkinson is actor and musician Johnny Flynn, who is best known for playing Mr Knightley in the 2020 film Emma. The 42-year-old will portray antagonist Lucius Malfoy, while The Diary Of A Teenage Girl star Bel Powley will play Petunia Dursley, the aunt of Harry Potter who takes him in and forces him to live under the stairs following his parents' death. Each season of the show will be a faithful adaptation of the Harry Potter books, from author and executive producer JK Rowling. Advertisement This follows from the popular film adaptations that starred Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint as the protagonists. Actor and comedian Daniel Rigby will also join the cast to play Petunia's husband, Vernon Dursley, while The Crown's Bertie Carvel will portray Cornelius Fudge. School bully Draco Malfoy, who was played in the films by Tom Felton, who is set to reprise the role in the Harry Potter And The Cursed Child play on Broadway, will be portrayed by Lox Pratt. Hogwarts students will include newcomers Leo Earley as Seamus Finnigan, Alessia Leoni as Parvati Patil and Sienna Moosah as Lavender Brown. Advertisement The young stars cast to play Harry, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley were announced recently. Paapa Essiedu (Ian West/PA) Dominic McLaughlin will take the part of Harry, Arabella Stanton will play Hermione and Alastair Stout is cast as Ron. British actor Paapa Essiedu and US star John Lithgow were also confirmed as Professor Severus Snape and Hogwarts headmaster Professor Albus Dumbledore, respectively. The cast also includes Welsh comedian and actor Paul Whitehouse as the magic-less Hogwarts caretaker Argus Filch and Hot Fuzz actor Nick Frost as the friendly groundskeeper Rubeus Hagrid. Advertisement Production will begin at Warner Bros Studios Leavesden in summer 2025.
Evening Standard
6 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Evening Standard
Katherine Parkinson joins cast for new Harry Potter TV series
The 42-year-old will portray antagonist Lucius Malfoy, while The Diary Of A Teenage Girl star Bel Powley will play Petunia Dursley, the aunt of Harry Potter who takes him in and forces him to live under the stairs following his parents' death.
Daily Mail
7 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
HBO's Harry Potter TV series casts another two key characters after bosses revealed the three child stars who will play leading roles
HBO bosses have cast another two key characters for their high-profile TV adaption of Harry Potter. The series is a reboot of J.K. Rowling 's seven-book series and is a full-scale, decade-long adaptation that promises to stick far more closely to the original storylines than the blockbuster films. Actor Dominic McLaughlin has landed the title role, while Arabella Stanton is set to play Hermione Granger and Alastair Stout will portray Ron Weasley. JK Rowling gave her approval to the trio cast as the new child stars of the multi-million-pound production. And now it's been revealed Bel Powley and Daniel Rigby have signed up to play the Mr and Mrs Dursley. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the Daily Mail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. US outlet Variety report that Bel, 33, will play Petunia Dursley, the older sister of Lilly, who was Harry Potter's mother. The star began her acting career when she was just a teenager on CBBC and in 2015 was praised for her portrayal of Princess Margaret in A Royal Night Out. BAFTA-winning actor Daniel, 42, will play her on-screen husband Vernon, though it's yet to be revealed who will play their son. Daniel scooped a gong for his leading role as Eric Morecambe in the 2011 BBC film Eric and Ernie. Fiona Shaw and Richard Griffiths played the characters in the Harry Potter film franchise. The casting news comes as Hollywood heavyweight John Lithgow was previously announced as the new Albus Dumbledore. Janet McTeer, known for her powerhouse performances on stage and screen, will step into the sharp heels of Professor McGonagall, while rising star Paapa Essiedu takes on the darker, more complicated role of Severus Snape – a part made famous by the late Alan Rickman. Actor and comedian Nick Frost will play legendary Hogwarts groundskeeper Hagrid in the adaption. Nick, 53, previously revealed he's been targeted by trans activists for signing up for the popular role and even had to switch his Instagram comments off. Rowling, who is serving as an executive producer of the new series, has become a vocal presence in the transgender debate. Distancing himself from her trans views, Nick told the Observer: 'She's allowed her opinion and I'm allowed mine. They just don't align in any way, shape of form.' Previously speaking about the casting, executive producer and director Mark Mylod 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 new series is aims to 'lead a new generation of fandom' and hopes to recapture the beloved details Harry Potter fans have enjoyed for 25 years. Filming officially kicked off last month, though the cast and crew were reportedly left 'bewildered' by producers' choice of location for the shoot. Production has been set up on the Île de Sein off the coast of Brittany where they are thought to be re- creating the famous moment that Hagrid says, 'You're a wizard Harry! ' A source told The Sun: 'This caused a certain amount of amusement among the British crew who all agreed that they could have easily got windswept in virtually any part of the British Isles. 'They've been slightly bewildered by the fact they've actually gone to France to make a show which is so British — particularly since it's the first place they've gone to and they're doing key scenes there. 'For fans it's likely to be a sign that with American producers running the show, it might not be as mindful of Harry Potter as a national treasure that shouldn't be tampered with.'
BBC News
7 hours ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Harry Potter TV show: Katherine Parkinson, Johnny Flynn and more join cast
The actors who will play Draco Malfoy, the Dursleys, Molly Weasley and more key characters in the new Harry Potter TV series have been Flynn, known for Netflix's Ripley and films like The Dig, will play Lucius Malfoy with young actor Lox Pratt, star of BBC's Lord of the Flies, as his son Draco - Harry's classmate and nemesis. The Morning Show's Bel Powley will join Daniel Rigby, who won a Bafta Award for playing comedian Eric Morecambe in Eric and Ernie, as Harry's Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon Bafta winner Katherine Parkinson, known for shows like The IT Crowd and Rivals, will play Ron's mother Molly Weasley, portrayed by Julie Walters in the films. Bertie Carvel, who has played roles including Tony Blair in The Crown, will be the new Cornelius a string of newcomers have been cast as Hogwarts students - Leo Earley as Seamus Finnigan, Alessia Leoni as Parvati Patil, and Sienna Moosah as Lavender join a crop of other names on the show's growing cast list including the child actors who will play Harry, Hermione and Ron, as well as John Lithgow as Dumbledore, Nick Frost as Hagrid and Paapa Essiedu as Severus TV version of JK Rowling's books, being made by HBO, is expected to reach screens in late 2026 or early 2027.
The Guardian
07-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Turn Me On to Elevation: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
Joy (Bel Powley) and her partner William (Nick Robinson) live in a closed community run by the faintly sinister Our Friends organisation. All of them take pills that dull the emotions and render them 'quite content' with their grey existences. Then one day Joy doesn't take her dose and all the messy stuff of life descends on her. Michael Tyburski's drama, with its echoes of Severance's surreal mundanity, tells its cautionary tale humorously and smartly. Powley is terrific as a woman struggling to find the words to express her rediscovered sensations, and the obvious moral of having to take the bad feelings with the good isn't imposed on the plot but arises naturally from a tender love story. Saturday 8 February, 7.45am, 6.10pm, Sky Cinema Premiere Strange creatures have invaded the planet, killing 95% of humanity, but they won't go above 8,000ft – which is where, three years later, the few survivors now live. Among them is Anthony Mackie's Will, who has to descend below the line in Colorado's Rocky Mountains to find medicine for his sick son. He's joined on his quest by physicist Nina (Morena Baccarin) who is trying to find a way to kill the armour-plated 'giant murder bugs'. With the end-of-days feel of The Last of Us, George Nolfi's sci-fi thriller is a satisfying actioner, sharp and to the point. Out now, Prime Video We do love a heroic failure in this country, and there's none more so than explorer Robert Scott, who set out to be the first to reach the South Pole but was beaten to it by a smarter man in the Norwegian Roald Amundsen. There's a lot of stiff upper lips and frostbitten toes in Charles Frend's fact-based rendering of the tragic tale, with the great John Mills the epitome of gentility and pluck as his expedition tromp heavily through beautiful Technicolor snowscapes and -40C temperatures towards second place. Sunday 9 February, 1.15pm, BBC Two Hammer's 1967 adaptation of the third of Nigel Kneale's celebrated BBC sci-fi dramas is easily their best, gripping and well-acted with pretty decent special effects. Andrew Keir is a thoughtful but twinkly-eyed Quatermass, a rocket scientist intrigued when work on a Central line extension in London digs up weird prehistoric ape skulls next to an unusual, possibly alien craft. Supported by palaeontologists James Donald and Barbara Shelley and butting heads with Julian Glover's blinkered military type, he uncovers an ancient, malevolent secret. Sunday 9 February, 11.50pm, Sky Arts Sign up to What's On Get the best TV reviews, news and features in your inbox every Monday after newsletter promotion A landmark in British sci-fi cinema, this stunningly designed 1936 drama, written by HG Wells and directed by William Cameron Menzies, mingles despair at our warlike nature with dreams of a technocratic utopia of unstoppable progress. Spanning 1940 to 2036, it follows the fortunes of Everytown, assailed by conflict and descending into feudalism, until hope arrives in the form of an advanced, aerial global power. A prescient, futurist classic. Monday 10 February, 3.15am, Talking Pictures TV Ruben Östlund's satirical fire turns towards the art world in his provocative 2017 comedy drama. Specifically, it is aimed at Claes Bang's Christian, the preening director of a Stockholm modern art gallery, whose spurious concerns for the world's troubles – expressed through the works he promotes – are exposed as a sham when his wallet is stolen. His attempt to get it back sets in train a conflict between his comfortable bourgeois life and the everyday world of homeless people and immigrants that surrounds him. An easy target, perhaps, but it's still fun to witness the unruly takedown. Thursday 13 February, 12.35am, Film4 It's the film that brought Matthew McConaughey to public attention, but Richard Linklater's effortlessly rewarding 1993 Texas high-school drama is very much an ensemble piece. After their last day of class before summer vacation (to the sounds of Alice Cooper's School's Out), next year's seniors – nerds, stoners, jocks et al – subject next year's freshmen to hazing rituals, while cruising around, flirting, indulging in minor vandalism, getting wasted and worrying about their futures. One of the great teen dramas. Friday 14 February, 7.55am, 11.50pm, Sky Cinema Greats
