David Threlfall has been cast to voice the Sorting Hat, while Leo Bill will portray Gryffindor ghost Nearly Headless Nick. Andrew Brooke is set as Slytherin ghost The Bloody Baron, Daniel Fearn as Hufflepuff ghost The Fat Friar, and Laura Smyth as the portrait of The Fat Lady. Season 1, based on Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, is scheduled to debut on HBO and HBO Max on Dec. 25. The episode‑long cast includes Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger, Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley, John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape, Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid, and many others. Work on Season 2, which will adapt Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, is already underway. New cast announcements for that season include Kit Harington as Gilderoy Lockhart, Bonnie Hill as Ginny Weasley, Lenny Rush as Dobby, Billy Barratt as Tom Riddle, Rafe Spall as Arthur Weasley, Molly Hewitt‑Richards as Moaning Myrtle, and Jasper Ambrose as Colin Creevey. The article provides casting details but does not specify any further production timelines or additional casting beyond those named.
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