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HBO is circling British actor Paapa Essiedu to play one of many hottest TV roles being forged this 12 months.
The I May Destroy You actor is up for the function of Professor Severus Snape in HBO’s Harry Potter TV sequence, a number of sources inform The Hollywood Reporter. Sources say the actor has been supplied the half though it isn’t clear if negotiations have begun in earnest.
Snape is the wickedly good and casually merciless Hogwarts potions grasp who comes throughout because the story’s main antagonist within the present’s first season, which will probably be based mostly upon writer J.Ok. Rowling‘s 1997 debut novel, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. The function was famously performed by the late Alan Rickman throughout eight Warner Bros. movies.
So far, no actors have been formally forged within the Harry Potter sequence, which is aiming for a 2026 debut, though Bridge of Spies actor Mark Rylance is near being signed for the crucial function of the sensible and highly effective Headmaster Albus Dumbledore. The present is sizzling sufficient to conjure up a number of actor rumors, though those summoning Cillian Murphy for the function of Lord Voldemort should not appropriate, sources add.
Essiedu began his profession on the Royal Shakespeare Company, the place he performed the title function in productions of Hamlet and King Lear. He’s since had roles within the movies Murder on the Orient Express and Men and in TV reveals Gangs of London, The Lazarus Project and the Black Mirror episode “Demon 79.”
If Essiedu lands the function, it would even be an instance of HBO following by way of on its promise that the sequence would have a various forged (the movies had been generally criticized for having a completely white core forged) and can presumably result in a slightly contemporary tackle the character.
In an announcement concerning Esseidu’s casting, HBO stated, “We recognize that such a high-profile sequence will draw a number of rumor and hypothesis. As we make our means by way of pre-production, we are going to solely verify particulars as we finalize offers.”
The sequence is described as “a devoted adaptation of the beloved Harry Potter e book sequence by writer and govt producer J.Ok. Rowling. The sequence will function a brand new forged to steer a brand new technology of fandom, filled with the unbelievable element and much-loved characters Harry Potter followers have beloved for over 25 years. Each season will carry Harry Potter and these unbelievable adventures to new audiences world wide, whereas the unique, basic and cherished movies will stay on the core of the franchise and accessible to look at globally.”
The sequence is written and govt produced by Francesca Gardiner. Mark Mylod will govt produce and direct a number of episodes of the sequence for HBO in affiliation with Brontë Film and TV and Warner Bros. Television. The sequence is govt produced Rowling, Neil Blair and Ruth Kenley-Letts of Brontë Film and TV, and David Heyman of Heyday Films.
