EXCLUSIVE: HBO continues to place collectively the solid puzzle of its high-profile sequence adaptation of the vastly standard Harry Potter fantasy books. The most recent main piece seems to be British actor-comedian Nick Frost, who’s nearing a deal to play half-giant Rubeus Hagrid, Deadline has realized.
He would be a part of John Lithgow, Janet McTeer and Paapa Essiedu who, as Deadline has reported completely, are set or in negotiations to play Professor Albus Dumbledore, Professor Minerva McGonagall and Professor Severus Snape, respectively.
HBO declined remark. “We recognize that such a high-profile sequence will draw a whole lot of rumor and hypothesis,” the community mentioned in an announcement. “As we make our method by means of pre-production, we are going to solely verify particulars as we finalize offers.”
Whereas HBO has remained tightlipped, chatter about Frost’s potential casting as Hagrid began percolating on-line final week, together with on Reddit, as followers have been zeroing on a cryptic March 20 Instagram publish by Frost, “It’s occurring, it’s really occurring,” as a attainable clue, together with eagle-eyed followers noticing that Frost has now adopted such Harry Potter sequence solid members as Lithgow and Essiedu.
Hagrid is wizarding college Hogwarts’ heat and pleasant gamekeeper and groundskeeper who ultimately turns into the Care of Magical Creatures professor. The character was portrayed by Robbie Coltrane in all eight Harry Potter movies.
The Harry Potter sequence, designed to run over a decade, comes from writer-showrunner Francesca Gardiner and director/govt producer Mark Mylod. Casey Bloys, chairman and CEO of HBO and Max Content material, on the time of the unique announcement referred to as the present a “devoted adaptation” of J.Okay. Rowling’s novels that may “dive deep into every of the enduring books.”
Frost is understood for his frequent collaborations with Simon Pegg, together with motion pictures Shaun of the Useless, Scorching Fuzz, Paul and The World’s Finish and the Prime Video supernatural comedy sequence Fact Seekers. He additionally was a part of the principle solid of the AMC motion drama sequence Into the Badlands. Frost subsequent will probably be seen within the Practice Your Dragon live-action remake set for launch in June.
