Harry Potter ‘Series Close to Casting McGonnagall & Snape -Roller

EXCLUSIVE: HBO closes for two more main herds for its high -profile series adaptation of the hugely popular Harry Potter Fantasy books. Oscar and Emmy-nominated actress Janet McTeer is in negotiations to play Professor Minerva McGonagall, says sources of Deadline. In addition, Emmy -nominated PaaAa Essiedu, one of the first actors identified for the series, closes its deal to produce Professor Severus Snape, I hear. They are ready to join John Lithgow, who only reported that deadline will play Professor Albus Dumbledore.

HBO rejected comment. “We appreciate that such a high -profile series will draw a lot of rumors and speculation,” the network said in a statement. “When we drive through pre -production, we will only confirm details when we end agreements.”

The Harry Potter Series, designed to run over a decade, comes from author-ShowRunner Francesca Curtains and Director/Director Mark Mylod. Casey Bloys, President and CEO of HBO and MAX content, at the time of the original message, the show called the show a “faithful adaptation” of JK Rowling’s novels, “diving deep into each of the iconic books.”

In a maximum event in London last December last year, curtains revealed that the series will stick to the “canonical” ages of Snape, which will only be 31, as well as Dursley’s that will be much younger than they were in the movies.

It explains the choice of thirty essiedu for the role of snape, the antagonist-facing-Hero played in Harry Potter Film by the late Alan Rickman. Severus Snape is a professor of Potions at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, who eventually becomes the principal.

Meanwhile, McTeer is just a few years younger than the deceased Maggie Smith was when she was role -based as Vice President Minerva McGonagall in the film franchise two and a half decades ago. Transfiguration professor at Hogwarts, McGonagall is also the nourishing leader of Gryffindor House and the vice president of Principal Albus Dumbledore (Lithgow). IN Amazing animals Prequel movie, the role was played by Fiona Glascott.

With the HBO series, Harry Potter Franchise continues to build a more inclusive and racially diverse universe, an effort that started with casting by Noma Dumzweni as Hermione in the long -lasting stage game Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. It’s something another popular fantasy -Franchise, Lord of the RingsAlso started on when switching to the small screen with the Amazon series.

The Harry Potter TV series that will be filmed in Warner Bros Studios Leavesden, where the films were recorded, are intended to debut at HBO at the end of 2026 or early 2027. About 32,000 children sent audition ties to the lead roles to Harry, Hermione and Ron, with the final casting choices that were not yet revealed.

This would mark British actors McTeer and Essiedu’s return to HBO. McTeer played Winston Churchill’s wife Clementine in the HBO movie Into the storm, Earns an emmy nomination. Essiedu starred as a kwame to Michael Coel in his BBC/HBO Limited series I can ruin you, Landing Emmy and Bafta TV nominations.

In TV, McTeer was playing on the Netflix series at the latest Chaos and repeated on FX’s The old man. In features she has received Oscar -nominations for her roles in Tumbleweeds, which also won her a golden globe, and Albert Nobbs. McTeer will be seen next time in Mission: impossible – the final calculation. On stage she won a Tony and Olivier Awards for A dollhouse and have achieved several additional Tony and Olivier nominations. McTeer is reopened by MGMT Entertainment, Curtis Brown and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.

Essiedu, also a BAFTA tv -nominated to Lazarus projectMost recently made a bow on Hit Netflix spy drama Black pigeons and contributed to Saoirse Ronan in the film Outrunwhich premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2024. He will next be seen in the British comedy -Horror movie The crushing. He is reopened by Curtis Brown, WME and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.