{
  "id": 3063664,
  "title": "Kit Harington Joins ‘Harry Potter’ Season 2 As Gilderoy Lockhart In Recasting, Reprising Voice Role",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/kit-harington-joins-harry-potter-season-2-as-gilderoy-lockhart-in",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-24T16:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/kit-harington-harry-potter-gilderoy-lockhart-nicholas-hoult-1237048935/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "EXCLUSIVE: Game of Thrones star Kit Harington is joining another tentpole fantasy series for HBO. He will play Gilderoy Lockhart in Season 2 of Harry Potter. Harington replaces Nicholas Hoult who was originally cast in the role but left over scheduling issues. HBO had to work around two pre-existing Hoult projects; when filming of the […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "Kit Harington Cast In ‘Harry Potter’ Season 2 as Gilderoy Lockhart, Replacing Nicholas Hoult",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/kit-harington-cast-in-harry-potter-season-2-as-gilderoy-lockhart",
        "published": "2026-08-24T16:51:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "‘Harry Potter’ Recasting: Kit Harington to Play Gilderoy Lockhart, Replacing Nicholas Hoult",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/harry-potter-recasting-kit-harington-to-play-gilderoy-lockhart",
        "published": "2026-08-24T16:52:44.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}