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BreakingNews.ie
5 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.
Geek Tyrant
5 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
HARRY POTTER Live-Action Series Casts Draco, Lucius, Molly Weasley, and More — GeekTyrant
The HBO Harry Potter series continues to build out its roster of witches, wizards, and Muggles, with Warner Bros. Discovery revealing a fresh wave of casting that includes some major names from Hogwarts lore. If you've been wondering who's going to bring the iconic Malfoys or the beloved Molly Weasley to life, we've got the casting news for you. Lox Pratt will take on the role of Draco Malfoy, the smirking Slytherin who becomes Harry's schoolyard rival and eventual frenemy. A relative newcomer, Pratt is stepping into a character with decades of baggage. His onscreen father, Lucius Malfoy, will be played by Johnny Flynn ( Emma, One Life, Lovesick ), whose icy charm and intensity feel tailor-made for the role of Voldemort's well-coiffed supporter. Rounding out the Weasley household, Katherine Parkinson of The IT Crowd is set to play Molly Weasley. Between her comedic timing and maternal warmth, Parkinson seems like a perfect fit to play the fiercely loving matriarch of the redheaded family. Other new faces include Leo Earley as Seamus Finnigan, Alessia Leoni as Parvati Patil, and Sienna Moosah as Lavender Brown. Bertie Carvel ( The Crown ) is also joining the cast as Cornelius Fudge, the often-blundering Minister of Magic who has a real talent for denial, especially when it comes to Voldemort. This group joins the already announced leads: Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger, and Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley. The supporting cast is shaping up to be impressively stacked, including John Lithgow as Dumbledore, Janet McTeer as McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu as Snape, Nick Frost as Hagrid, Luke Thallon as Quirrell, and Paul Whitehouse as Filch. HBO has described the series as a 'decade-long' project, with each season adapting one book from J.K. Rowling's bestselling series. 'We are excited to explore every corner of the wizarding world, each season offering new and existing audiences a chance to experience these beloved stories in a deeper way,' the studio said in its announcement. The show is being written and executive produced by Francesca Gardiner ( Killing Eve, Succession ), who also serves as showrunner. She's joined by director Mark Mylod ( Game of Thrones, The Last of Us ), Rowling, Neil Blair, Ruth Kenley-Letts, and longtime franchise producer David Heyman.
BBC News
6 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.
Forbes
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Who Is Johnny Flynn, Cast As Lucius Malfoy In ‘Harry Potter' Series?
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 26: Johnny Flynn attends Netflix's Ripley NY Tastemaker event at Crosby ... More Street Hotel on March 26, 2024 in New York City. (Photo byfor Netflix) Johnny Flynn is joining the cast of HBO's Harry Potter series as Lucius Malfoy along with eight others. What else has Flynn appeared in? Adapted from the Harry Potter book series by author J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter, of course, originated on screen and played out over eight films, beginning with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in 2001 with Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson starring as Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Tom Felton played the trio's adversary, Draco Malfoy, while Jason Isaacs (who went on to star in The White Lotus Season 3) starred as his father, Lucius Malfoy. Warner Bros. Discovery announced on Monday that nine new cast members for its upcoming HBO Original Harry Potter series have been cast, including Johnny Flynn as Lucius Malfoy and relative newcomer Lox Pratt as Draco. Flynn and Pratt will be joining the other recently announced cast members including Dominic McLaughlin as Harry, Alistair Stout as Ron and Arabella Stanton as Hermione. Prior to the trio's casting, Warner Bros. Discovery announced that John Lithgow (Albus Dumbledore), Paapa Essiedu (Severus Snape), Nick Frost (Hagrid) and Janet McTeer (Minera McGonagall) were also cast in the Harry Potter series. Johnny Flynn as Dickie Greenleaf in Netflix's "Ripley." Johnny Flynn, who was born March 14, 1983, in Johannesburg, South Africa, and went to school in England, has 34 screen credits, according to his IMDb profile. Flynn's latest role came in 2024 in the eight-episode Netflix miniseries Ripley, an episodic adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's classic novel The Talented Mr. Ripley. Flynn stars in the series in the pivotal role of Dickie Greenleaf, a wayward vagabond who is murdered by a grifter, Tom Ripley (Andrew Scott), who assumes Dickie's identity. The Talented Mr. Ripley was first adapted as a film in 1999 with Matt Damon starring as Tom and Jude Law as Dickie. Ripley, meanwhile, was nominated for 13 Primetime Emmy Awards in 2024, including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series, and won four Emmys in the technical categories. Flynn made his screen debut in a guest role in the U.K. series Murder in Suburbia, in 2005. Flynn's television credits include the Netflix comedy series Lovesick (2014-2018), the Comedy Central series Brotherhood (2015) and the BBC/PBS Masterpiece version of Les Misérables. Flynn played the supporting role of Felix in one episode in the 2018 miniseries adaptation of Les Misérables, which consisted of six episodes. In addition, Flynn played the young Albert Einstein in the Nat Geo miniseries Genius: MLK/X, in 2028. Flynn's film credits include the 2014 psychological drama Clouds of Sils Maria, where he starred opposite Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart and Chloë Grace Moretz and period comedy/costume drama Emma, opposite Anya Taylor-Joy and Mia Goth. In addition, Flynn starred as David Bowie in Stardust, a 2020 biopic about the young rock legend before his rise to fame, as well as future James Bond author Ian Fleming in the 2021 World War II drama Operation Mincemeat. In addition, Flynn voiced Bob Cratchit in Netflix's animated version of Scrooge: A Christmas Carol. In 2024, Flynn played the young version of Anthony Hopkins' character Dicky Winton, in the biographical drama One Life. There is no word yet on the release date of HBO's Harry Potter series. In the press release announcing the nine new cast members Tuesday, Warner Bros. Discovery noted, 'The series will be a faithful adaptation of the beloved Harry Potter books by author and executive producer J.K. Rowling.' Other new cast members announced for the Harry Potter series Monday include Leo Earley as Hogwarts students Seamus Finnigan, Alessia Leoni as Parvati Patil and Sienna Moosah as Lavender Brown. In addition, Katherine Parkinson will star as Molly Weasley, and Bel Powley and Daniel Rigby will play the Dursley parents, Petunia and Vernon. Bertie Carvel was also cast as Cornelius Fudge.
