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Cast for the three leading roles in new Harry Potter TV series announced
The makers of a new Harry Potter television series have found their Harry, Ron and Hermoine.
HBO announced the line-up for the three leading roles on Tuesday.
Dominic McLaughlin will play Harry Potter, in the latest announcement on the reboot.
Arabella Stanton will be Hermione Granger and Alastair Stout will portray Ron Weasley.
The newcomers were chosen from around 32,000 children who auditioned for the lead roles.
The three children are "newcomers", according to HBO, while Arabella's agent says in her acting CV that she has been in musical productions, including Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber's Starlight Express and the Royal Shakespeare Company's Matilda The agent has listed him as appearing in Albert Bartlett's Jersey Royal potato advertising campaign and having a "northern" accent.
The Harry Potter series is described as a 'faithful retelling' of the books about the boy wizard by J. K Rowling, featuring a new cast.
Each season is intended to focus on one of the seven books, though HBO anticipates the series could stretch to a decade-long run.
Executive producers Francesca Gardiner and Mark Mylod said: "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."
In April, the list of actors who will play some of the adult roles in Harry Potter was made public.
Tony, Emmy and Olivier winner John Lithgow will take over the role of Dumbledore.
The US actor has said he is 'very excited' and 'very intimidated' to play wizard and Hogwarts headmaster.
The eight films saw Dumbledore portrayed by Irish actors Richard Harris and Sir Michael Gambon.
Also featuring in the cast for the new series are Ozark actor Janet McTeer as Professor Minerva McGonagall, I May Destroy You star Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape, and British stage actor Luke Thallon as the first book's main antagonist Quirinus Quirrell.
While the show hopes to honour Ms Rowling's source material, she will "not run the show day to day or serve as its primary creator", it is reported.
