Harry Potter TV series officially casts John Lithgow and Nick Frost with four other actors for regular and recurring roles

Deadline reports that Warner Bros. has officially closed the deal on six actors who will be in adult roles for Max’s new Harry Potter series. While John Lithgow and Nick Frost have been announced to be in talks for the show, they are now officially cast as Dumbledore and Hagrid. While Lithgow had already spoken about taking on the role of Dumbledore, Frost had teased his involvement with an Instagram post that cryptically read,“It’s happening, it’s actually happening.”Lithgow and Frost are reportedly joined by Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall,Paapa Essieduas Severus Snape, along with the two newly announced actors — Luke Thallon, who is to play Quirinus Quirrell,and Paul Whitehouse, who will be portraying Argus Filch. Whitehouse is the only actor cast in the show who has also appeared in the original Harry Potter films. He also portrayed Sir Cadogan inHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.Per Deadline, “The franchise follows the life of a young wizard, the titular Harry Potter, wh...