HBO‘s forthcoming Harry Potter series isn’t expected to arrive until 2027, but the network is already looking ahead to Season 2.
Casey Bloys, HBO’s chairman and CEO, revealed Thursday that the writers are currently in the process of crafting the second season while Season 1 is in production.
“The plan is to still try and get it — I don’t know if it’s going to be like stop shooting Season 1 on Friday and start Season 2 on Monday. There’ll be a break in there, but we’re going to do whatever we can to not have a huge gap,” Bloys told reporters during a press conference. “For the kids, obviously, but also for viewers. You know, trying to not have massive gaps. It is a big show, lots of special effects, obviously, massive operation, but we’re going to do what we can.”
HBO has already indicated that the plan is for each season of the show to span one of J.K. Rowling’s novels, which would mean seven seasons in total.
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Filming has been ongoing for months on the first season, which went into production over the summer and will star Dominic McLaughlin as the titular Hogwarts wizard. Alastair Stout will play Harry’s best friend Ron Weasley, and Arabella Stanton will round out the trio of heroes as bookworm Hermione Granger.
Other cast includes Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid, John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore, and Janet McTeer as Professor McGonagall. Gardiner and Mark Mylod write and direct respectively.
Deadline exclusively reported that Rowling made her first visit to the UK set this week to inspect the progress on the adaptation of her beloved fantasy franchise, which has been filming at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden and on location.