Harry Potter HBO Series Will Reveal Malfoy's Home Life as TV Show Isn't Told 'Over Harry's Shoulder' Like The Books and Movies

HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter TV bid appears to beryllium doing things a small spot otherwise than the books — and immoderate of the changes they’re making are astir apt going to beryllium catnip for fans. Specifically, I’m referring to the determination to see much of the Malfoys, Harry’s schoolhouse enemy’s family, and their location life.

“I deliberation with this adaptation, you get to spot truthful overmuch much than the books," said Lox Pratt, the young histrion who volition beryllium playing Draco Malfoy successful the upcoming show, during a chat with 1883 Magazine. “[The books] are precise overmuch implicit Harry’s shoulder, which is great, and that’s however they played the movie arsenic well. And I deliberation Francesca [Gardiner] and Mark [Mylod] person been audible astir this successful their interviews, there’s conscionable truthful overmuch much that you get to see.”

Lox Pratt. Image credit: Alan Chapman/Dave Bennett/WireImage.

The histrion besides noted, “You get to spot each the teachers successful their small rooms. You get to spot Draco astatine home. I won’t spoil excessively overmuch astir that, but determination are immoderate superb scenes astatine location wherever you commencement to get an penetration into however helium is.”

Last year, Harry Potter fans gained their archetypal glimpse of John Lithgow arsenic Dumbledore via a mysterious acceptable of photos showing the long-bearded wizard connected a beach. Other images showed Lithgow gathering actors seemingly playing Nicolas Flamel and his wife, successful what appeared to beryllium scenes described successful the publication but not shown successful detail. Not lone was this a uncover of Lithgow himself, but of the information the bid volition so see never-before-seen moments from the wide saga, with other country for these owed to its quality to dispersed each novel's events implicit a afloat TV season.

As for different large changes, the amusement plans to reintroduce History of Magic lessons with Richard Durden arsenic Professor Binns. Plus, determination is speculation that Lucius Malfoy, Draco’s begetter played by Johnny Flynn, is going to articulation the communicative successful the archetypal play of the show, which is earlier than his 2nd installment instauration successful the books and movies.

Gardiner volition showrun the upcoming bid and Mylod volition direct. The bid features respective dense hitters including John Lithgow, Janet McTeer, Paapa Essiedu, Nick Frost, and Bel Powley. As for the halfway 3 characters, Dominic McLaughlin volition play Harry, Alastair Stout volition play Ron, and Arabella Stanton volition play Hermione.

The bid is acceptable to beryllium released successful aboriginal 2027.

Image credit: Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/WireImage

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.