We now know when Max's 'Harry Potter' television series will start filming. During a Max 2025 slate presentation with HBO boss Casey Bloys, several members of the show's creative team shared an update on its development, noting that they plan to start shooting mid-summer 2025.
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00:00We now know when Max's Harry Potter television series will start filming.
00:05During a Max 2025 slate presentation on Thursday with HBO boss Casey Bloys,
00:10several members of the show's creative team shared an update on its development,
00:14noting that they plan to start shooting mid-summer 2025.
00:18Director and executive producer Marc Maillard also offered an update on casting,
00:22saying that 32,000 children auditioned for all the young roles, including the role of Harry Potter.
00:27Producers plan to watch every audition, with a team viewing between 500 to 1,000 per day.
00:33While Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint led the hit movie franchise,
00:38HBO said the series will feature a new cast to lead a new generation of fandom,
00:43full of the fantastic detail and much-loved characters Harry Potter fans have loved for
00:47over 25 years. As for the character of Snape, Maillard noted that, quote,
00:51nobody can replace Alan Rickman, but we can find the next Alan Rickman, who died in 2016 at age 69.
00:58The Hollywood Reporter exclusively reported on Wednesday that Papa
01:02Isiadou was being eyed to play the potions master in the series.
01:05At Thursday's presentation, Bloys also addressed the controversies surrounding author J.K. Rowling,
01:11who has frequently faced criticism for her anti-transgender sentiments.
01:14The author is an executive producer of the series. Bloys said,
01:18I'm totally comfortable with it, and I'm not worried about it.
01:21Look at the huge success of the Hogwarts video game last year.
01:24I'm not concerned about consumer response.
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