Aidan Monaghan/HBOMore details have been emerging about the forthcoming Harry Potter TV series.
Here is everything we know so far about the HBO reboot, which is a spin-off from the original books and the subsequent film franchise.
When is it out?
Aidan Monaghan/HBOA new still shows Dominic McLaughlin as Harry in his Gryffindor quidditch cloakFilming is well under way for series one of the new show, which is set to launch on HBO Max in 2027.
But the entire production is expected to take 10 years to complete in total, as the plan is to film a series to cover each of Rowling's seven books, which the films were originally based on.
With that in mind, Warner Bros Studios in Leavesden near Watford, where it is being made, was last summer granted permission to build a temporary school for the child actors to study in for real, when they're not at Hogwarts.
Who is in it?
Aidan Monaghan/HBOArabella Stanton, Dominic McLaughlin, and Alastair Stout play Hermione, Harry and RonMore than 30,000 children auditioned after an open casting call. The chosen ones - Dominic McLaughlin, Arabella Stanton and Alastair Stout - are all relative newcomers.
McLaughlin will star as the titular wizard opposite Stanton as Hermione Granger and Stout as Ron Weasley.
Aidan Monaghan/HBONick Frost plays HagridThe young cast also includes Lox Pratt as Draco Malfoy, Alessia Leoni as Parvati Patil, Leo Earley as Seamus Finnigan. Rory Wilmot will play Neville Longbottom and Amos Kitson is portraying Dudley Dursley.
They will be joined by adult stars including John Lithgow as Dumbledore, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape and Nick Frost as Hagrid.
Aidan Monaghan/HBOWarwick Davis is reprising his role as Professor Filius FlitwickEarlier this week, HBO boss Casey Bloys confirmed to Variety that they had not yet cast an actor for the role of Harry's arch enemy Voldemort - portrayed on the big screen by Ralph Fiennes.
Pushed on rumours about Tilda Swinton, he replied: "As a rule, I would say any rumours - don't [believe them]. I don't even know who we're casting."
What's JK Rowling's involvement?
Getty ImagesAuthor JK Rowling is an executive producer on the series, which HBO says will be a "faithful adaptation" of her books.
Some cast members have spoken about facing criticism for taking part from those who are opposed to Rowling's views on trans rights.
Lithgow recently told the New York Times he almost pulled out of playing Dumbledore over the backlash.
"Every interview I will ever do for the rest of my life, this will come up," he said.
Speaking to Deadline last year, Hagrid actor Frost said he does not agree "in any way" with Rowling's views on the matter.
"She's allowed her opinion and I'm allowed mine, they just don't align in any way, shape or form."
Last year, Essiedu was one of more than 400 actors to sign a petition calling for the UK entertainment industry to protect the trans community.
Rowling responded by saying she would not and could not fire actors who disagreed with her. "I don't believe in taking away people's jobs or livelihoods because they hold legally protected beliefs that differ from mine."
Meanwhile, Essiedu has told the Sunday Times he has received death threats from racist trolls who think a black actor shouldn't play Snape.
Bloys told Variety the producers had installed "serious security" on set as a result of such threats.
"With all actors on any kind of big IP shows - and this is obviously one of those where you've got passionate fans, people with a lot of opinions - it can get scary in places," he said.
Has Daniel Radcliffe been on set yet?
Not that we know... unless he used his wizardry skills to sneak in unnoticed.
But he has written to the new Harry Potter.
The original star of the decade-long noughties movie franchise, now 36, revealed in November that he had sent a letter to McLaughlin, who then sent "a very sweet note back".
Getty ImagesEmma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint played the original Hermione, Harry and RonRadcliffe told Good Morning America he wrote directly to McLaughlin after the child star was cast in the lead role.
McLaughlin's predecessor - who was also 11 when he began work on the first Harry Potter movie - wished the youngster and his co-stars all the best for the production, saying: "I just want to hug them."
He said: "I don't want to be a specter in the life of these children but I just wanted to write to him to say, 'I hope you have the best time, and an even better time than I did - I had a great time, but I hope you have an even better time'.
"And I do, I just see these pictures of him and the other kids and I just want to hug them."
He added: "They just seem so young. I just look at them and say, 'Oh it's crazy I was doing that at that age.' But it's also incredibly sweet and I hope they're having a great time."
