ALBAWABA - HBO reveals first look at new Harry Potter amid controversy.
Superman 2025 sparks debate: fans say Netanyahu look alike, Gaza parallels are no coincidenceHBO has made the first official picture of child actor Dominic McLaughlin dressed as the new Harry Potter in the future reboot of the hugely popular wizarding series.
The photo was released on Monday along with news that filming for the highly anticipated HBO Original series has started in the U.K., and the show will air in 2027.
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The new show will be a fresh take on the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling, who is also the show's executive producer. It will be different from the hit movies with Daniel Radcliffe as the boy wizard.
The show has also cast new actors as Hermione Granger (Arabella Stanton) and Ron Weasley (Alastair Stout). McLaughlin plays the show's main character. "It's amazing to see how talented these three different actors are, and we can't wait for everyone to see them work their magic together on screen," writer Francesca Gardiner and director Mark Mylod said in May.
Professor Dumbledore is played by John Lithgow, Professor McGonagall is played by Janet McTeer, and Hagrid is played by Nick Frost.
Radcliffe, who said, "Transgender women are women," was one of the actors from Rowling's wizarding world who spoke out against her statements. It looked like Rowling was mad at Radcliffe, Watson, and Grint in a social media post that asked about stars who ruin movies for her right away.
"Take a guess." She wrote on X in March, "Sorry, but that was too good to pass up," along with three smiling emojis.
In response to a Scottish law that makes it illegal to hate people because of their race, religion, disability, sexuality, or gender identity, Rowling shared a social media thread this year that mislabeled several transgender women and seemed to imply that trans women like to have sex. People who didn't like what happened called for the cops to look into Rowling.
After a U.K. court ruling that transgender women are not women, she caused more trouble last month when she posted a picture of herself on X with a drink and a cigar in her hand.
"I love it when a plan comes together," she wrote under the picture. "Supreme Court and women's rights."
