Production on the first season of HBO’s “Harry Potter” TV series is underway and HBO boss Casey Bloys has spoken about the planned shooting schedule for the series.
During a recent press event, Casey confirmed that the show’s writers have already begun working on the scripts for the second season and, from the sounds of it, it is paramount that production on the show stay at a consistent pace to avoid long hiatuses between seasons.
Each season adapts one of the books of the J.K. Rowling novel series, meaning events will unfurl across the span of a year each time. However, big-budget and VFX-heavy television series often have hiatuses between seasons of well over a year, and quite often two years – such as with HBO’s own shows like “House of the Dragon” and “The Last of Us”.
Appearing at a presentation on Thursday, Bloys said the plan is to churn out the series pretty consistently and fast – suggesting an annual release strategy – because its child stars will age and nothing can stop that:
“I don’t know if it’s going to be like stop shooting Season 1 on Friday and start Season 2 on Monday – there will be a break in there. But we’re going to do whatever we can to not have a huge gap, for the kids, obviously, but also for viewers. We’re trying not to have massive gaps. It is a big show, lots of special effects, obviously, a massive operation. But we’re going to do what we can, for the kids’ ages, but for viewers as well.”
The TV adaptation is expected to make its debut sometime in early 2027. The series is led by newcomers Dominic McLaughlin as the titular character, Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley, and Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger.
Joining them are John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape, Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid, Lox Pratt as Draco Malfoy, Rory Wilmot as Neville Longbottom, Bel Powley as Petunia Dursley, Daniel Rigby as Vernon Dursley, Johnny Flynn as Lucius Malfoy, Katherine Parkinson as Molly Weasley, and Amos Kitson as Dudley Dursley, Gracie Cochrane as Ginny Weasley, Tristan Harland as Fred Weasley, and Gabriel Harland as George Weasley.
Source: Variety
