15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Muscat Daily
Wands out, books open: Harry Potter reboot builds real school for cast
Hertfordshire – The magic is real again, at least for the young cast of the upcoming Harry Potter television reboot. In a move that sounds straight out of a J.K. Rowling chapter, the production studio behind the series has been granted permission to build an on-set school—yes, a real one—for its budding wizards-in-training.
The Three Rivers District Council gave the green light to transform a set of portacabins into a fully functional educational facility. No enchanted staircases or floating candles just yet, but the temporary school is designed to teach up to 600 children a day, ensuring that while they might spend their afternoons dodging Dementors or duelling in dark corridors, their evenings are reserved for maths, science, and everything in between.
Running until 2035, the on-site classes will cater to the unique rhythm of the shoot, with lessons held from 5:30pm to 8:30pm every weekday. Because when you're filming flying scenes and wand battles by day, when else are you going to squeeze in homework?
Meanwhile, the buzz around the reboot is picking up speed. Auditions for the main roles have already begun, and HBO has confirmed that over 32,000 hopefuls are preparing to cast their names into the Goblet of Casting, with open calls set for September.
And just like the avalanche of Hogwarts letters in The Philosopher's Stone, casting enquiries are flooding in—bringing a whole new generation of witches and wizards to Platform 9¾, this time armed with scripts instead of spellbooks.
