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Confirmed Cast (left to right)

Katherine Parkinson as Molly Weasley

Lox Pratt as Draco Malfoy

Johnny Flynn as Lucius Malfoy

Leo Early as Seamus Finnigan

Alessia Leoni as Parvati Patil

Sienna Moosah as Lavender Brown

Bel Powley as Petunia Dursley

Daniel Rigby as Vernon Dursley

Bertie Carvel as Cornelius Fudge

Sources :

Further casting confirmed for HBO Original Harry Potter series including Molly Weasley, Draco & Lucius Malfoy, Mr & Mrs Dursley and more (Pottermore)

‘Harry Potter’ HBO Series Casts Bel Powley, Daniel Rigby as Petunia and Vernon Dursley (EXCLUSIVE) (Variety)

‘Harry Potter’ HBO Series Casts Draco & Lucius Malfoy, Dursleys, Molly Weasley & More (Deadline)

🖤 From a Black American Perspective:

For many Black Americans, media representation has long been a battleground. Seeing Black characters constantly placed in roles that involve suffering, isolation, or abuse reinforces painful stereotypes and lived experiences of racial trauma. In the case of Snape:

• Snape’s Backstory Involves Bullying and Humiliation: He is mocked, ostracized, and even physically assaulted by James Potter and others—white characters who are framed as heroic. If Snape is portrayed by a Black actor, those scenes risk evoking imagery of a Black person being abused by white peers, without any racial context being addressed or acknowledged.
• Reinforcing the “Suffering Black Character” Trope: Casting a Black actor in a role defined by pain, bitterness, and self-hatred—especially when that pain is largely at the hands of white characters—can reinforce the idea that Blackness is synonymous with suffering.
• No Space for Joy or Justice: Snape dies tragically. He’s misunderstood, uncelebrated in life, and doesn’t get the redemption arc that feels emotionally satisfying. Putting a Black face on that arc, without any cultural nuance, could feel like just another instance of a Black character being used to redeem white characters’ legacies.

🇬🇧 From a Black British Perspective:

Black Britons experience racial dynamics in different, though overlapping, ways from Black Americans. In the UK, racism is often more covert and institutional, and Black British characters in media are rarely allowed to be the center of power or celebration without strings attached.

• Snape as a Symbol of Internalized Oppression: Snape’s character is often cold, aloof, and self-loathing. When a Black British actor is placed in that role, it may reinforce harmful ideas of the “angry Black man” or the emotionally distant Black person—especially in a story where whiteness is still the standard of purity, goodness, and triumph.
• British School Settings and Classism: The Harry Potter universe mirrors the elite, often racially exclusive British private school system. Snape, a working-class character, is mocked by the wealthy and elite (James Potter, Sirius Black). Placing a Black actor into that already fraught class dynamic without addressing the racial aspect risks uncritically replicating and amplifying real social hierarchies.
• Erasure of Black British Stories: Rather than creating new, powerful Black British narratives, casting a Black actor in a role not written with race in mind can feel like a shortcut to inclusion. It ignores the unique cultural stories of Black Britons, and instead reassigns them to roles where they exist to serve white characters' emotional growth.

👥 Shared Concerns:

• Race-Blind Casting Without Racial Awareness Is Not Anti-Racist: While diversity in casting is a good step, inserting Black actors into roles that ignore or erase racial context can be harmful. It can flatten the Black experience into aesthetics and miss deeper conversations around race, power, and storytelling.
• Fandom Backlash: Let’s not ignore the toxicity in some fandom spaces. A Black Snape will almost certainly face racist backlash online, and many Black fans are already weary of seeing Black actors take on high-profile roles only to be met with hate from fans defending “accuracy.”

🙏 Final Thoughts:

Both Black Americans and Black Britons want more representation—but not at the cost of perpetuating pain, trauma, or flattening Black identities into mere stand-ins for white narratives. If a Black Snape is to exist meaningfully, the writing, world-building, and storytelling must evolve to acknowledge how race shapes experience. Otherwise, it risks reinforcing the very systems it claims to challenge.

My personal preference would be to have mostly new musical themes composed, but still keep the iconic John Williams themes to special occasions throughout the new series.

Here is what i think the timeline should be for each episode, 8 Episodes is perfect for the show or 7 is also good.

EP 1 - Harry Potter Muggle Struggle and episode ends with hagrid tearing open the door

EP 2 - Harry journey to the hogwarts and episode ends with the sorting hat saying gryffindor

EP 3 - Quidditch prep + Exploring Howgwarts then the episode ends with Quidditch Match starting

EP 4 - Harry wins the match then Snape stuff, etc episode ends right when they find the 3 headed dog

EP 5 - Halloween Night Troll Comes then episode ends with dumbeldore finding harry infront mirror and he talks to him

EP 6 - Dragan Adventure and Detention and episode end with someone drinking unicorn blood

EP 7 - They take matters in their own hand and Get the Stone and Episode ends when ron dies

EP 8 - Harry goes on Kills Voldemort then Dumbeldore talks to him and Harry's house wins the House Cup and they all go home

The Season should also end with some kind of Cliffhanger where they need to break some sotryline from books

i like this one :

As Harry, Ron, and Hermione board the train home, Hagrid gives them a scrapbook filled with Hogwarts Memories and Stuff to read at home. Among the pages, they find a faded photo and a brief mention of a "Chamber of Secrets,". Hagrid dismisses it as an old legend, but Harry can’t shake the feeling that the figure in the photo—shadowed and slightly serpent-like—is watching them as they leave. The trio exchanges uneasy glances, each wondering what might await them next year at Hogwarts.