Dominic McLaughlin in ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’. Photo: Aidan Monaghan/HBO.
Preview:
- The HBO ‘Harry Potter’ series has been renewed for Season 2.
- Dominic McLaughlin, Arabella Stanton and Alastair Stout are Harry, Ron and Hermione.
- ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ will arrive at Christmas.
HBO is wasting no time handing out a renewal for its big-scale adaptation of the ‘Harry Potter’ books. With the first season, ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ due at Christmas, the company has announced that the second is now being written.
“A new era of Hogwarts begins.”
Air Date: December 25th, 2026
Starring: Dominic McLaughlin, Arabella Stanton, Alastair Stout
In related news, Jon Brown (‘Succession’) who served as one of the writers on the first season, has been promoted to co-showrunner alongside Francesca Gardiner, who oversaw those initial episodes.
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John Lithgow in ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’. Photo: Lara Cornell/HBO.
From the sounds of it, the show won’t venture too far from the books, just taking the expanded running time a TV series allows to adapt more from them.
Here’s the official logline: “There is nothing special about Harry Potter – at least that’s what his Aunt Petunia always says. On his 11th birthday, a letter of admittance to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry opens up a hidden world for Harry: one of fun, friendship and magic. But with this new adventure comes great risk as Harry is forced to face a dangerous enemy from his past…”
‘Harry Potter’ TV series renewal: the studio talks
Paapa Essiedu in ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’. Photo: Lara Cornell/HBO.
Here’s HBO boss Casey Bloys on the reason for the swift renewal:
“For the kids, obviously, but also for viewers, trying to not have massive gaps between seasons. It is a big show, lots of special effects, obviously. Massive operation, but we’re going to do what we can.”
Hogwarts Express in ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’. Photo: Aidan Monaghan/HBO.