Could you be the next Daniel Radcliffe? Casting call opens for new Harry Potter series

HBO has launched a UK wide open casting call to find the next Harry Potter.

The reboot will take the form of an HBO Max TV series, and will follow each of the seven Harry Potter books written by JK Rowling, with one season per novel.

An open casting call was launched on Monday for children from the UK and Ireland to audition for the lead roles of Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger.

The roles were previously made famous by Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson over the course of eight blockbuster adaptations.

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Over the course of a decade the films generated more than $7.7bn (£6.17bn) at the global box office.

The TV adaption was confirmed by HBO Max last year and aims to be a “faithful adaptation of the beloved Harry Potter book series by author and executive producer JK Rowling”.

The casting call says they are looking for children aged nine to 11 in April 2025 and who are residents of the UK and Ireland.

It asks the actors to submit two short videos, one of which could be a short poem or story but not from Harry Potter, and in the other, the actor could talk about themselves or “a family member, friend, or pet that you are particularly close to”.

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