{
  "id": 17270243,
  "title": "HBO's Harry Potter Officially Casts Its New Sorting Hat and Ghosts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/hbos-harry-potter-officially-casts-its-new-sorting-hat-and-ghosts",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-30T18:02:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Polygon",
    "slug": "polygon",
    "url": "https://www.polygon.com/harry-potter-hbo-tv-show-recasts-ghosts-sorting-hat/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "HBO's upcoming Harry Potter television series is set to premiere on December 25. Key roles, previously played by actors such as John Cleese, Terence Bayler, and Simon Fisher-Becker, are being recast. Dominic McLaughlin will take on the role of Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton will play Hermione Granger, and Alastair Stout will portray Ron Weasley. The new series will also feature Leo Bill as Nearly Headless Nick, the house ghost of Gryffindor Tower. Other notable additions include Andrew Brooke as the Bloody Baron, Daniel Fearn as the Fat Friar, and Laura Smyth as the Fat Lady. The series will also see the return of Peter Serafinowicz as Peeves the Poltergeist, who was cut from the film adaptations. The show will also introduce new actors such as Jasper Talbot and Hannah Chinn as James and Lily Potter, Harry Gilby as Charlie Weasley, and Leslie Phillips as the Sorting Hat.",
  "summary": "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone casts new Sorting Hat, Nearly Headless Nick, Fat Lady and more in new announcement from HBO.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "IGN",
        "title": "HBO’s Harry Potter Series Finds Its Sorting Hat, Fat Lady, and Ghosts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/hbos-harry-potter-series-finds-its-sorting-hat-fat-lady-and-ghosts",
        "published": "2026-10-30T17:45:44.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}