HARRY POTTER Set Photos Feature Dominic McLaughlin As The Boy Wizard; First Look At The Dursleys

HARRY POTTER Set Photos Feature Dominic McLaughlin As The Boy Wizard; First Look At The Dursleys

Some more photos from the set of HBO's Harry Potter series have been shared online, and this time we have a first look at members of the despicable Dursley family...

By MarkCassidy - Jul 17, 2025 12:07 PM EST
Filed Under: Harry Potter

Production is now underway on HBO's small-screen adaptation of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter. We recently got a first official look at Dominic McLaughlin as the titular Boy Wizard, and these latest set photos taken at London Zoo (via SFFGazette.com) give us another glimpse of the young actor alongside members of the thoroughly unpleasant Dursley family.

In the novels, Harry is begrudgingly taken in by Petunia and Vernon Dursley following the death of his parents. The lad is not treated very well (to say the least), but does ultimately put his differences with their son, Dudley, aside.

In related news, Variety reports that Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden is building a temporary school so that the show’s young cast can keep up with their studies during filming.

"Three Rivers District Council is permitting the studio to “use a series of portable buildings as a school facility for the next decade. The proposed classrooms have been designed to be used by up to 600 pupils during peak periods, when large crowd scenes are shot, but will typically serve about 150 students. It will operate on weekdays between 5:30am and 8:30pm so young actors can fit in their actual studies between night shoots, reshoots and location filming.”

Check out the photos at the links below.

Harry Potter's principal cast also includes Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger, Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley, Lox Pratt as Draco Malfoy, Rory Wilmot as Neville Longbottom, Leo Earley as Seamus Finnigan, Alessia Leoni as Parvati Patil, Sienna Moosah as Lavender Brown, Amos Kitson as Dudley Dursley, John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape, Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid, Luke Thallon as Quirinus Quirrell, Louise Brealey as Madam Rolanda Hooch, and Paul Whitehouse as Argus Filch.

Francesca Gardiner (Succession, His Dark Materials, Killing Eve) is on board as showrunner and executive producer, with Mark Mylod (Succession, Game of Thrones, The Last of Us) enlisted as executive producer and director of multiple episodes.

The show's official logline reads: "The series will be a faithful adaptation of the beloved Harry Potter book series by author and executive producer J.K. Rowling. The series will feature a new cast to lead a new generation of fandom, full of the fantastic detail and much-loved characters Harry Potter fans have loved for over twenty-five years."

"Each season will bring Harry Potter and these incredible adventures to new audiences around the world, while the original, classic and cherished films will remain at the core of the franchise and available to watch globally."

Warner Bros. TV boss Channing Dungey said last year that the series will be “more in-depth than you can in just a two-hour film… that’s the whole reason we’re on this journey.”

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JabbaTheSus
JabbaTheSus - 7/17/2025, 12:20 PM
Honestly, everything about this looks great. The only gripe I've had so far is Snape's casting. Rest of the cast, costumes we've seen, and the care and money they're dumping into this, seems like it will be a homerun.
Dabs
Dabs - 7/17/2025, 12:21 PM
@JabbaTheSus - Oh yeah? what's wrong with Snape's casting?
AnEye
AnEye - 7/17/2025, 12:23 PM
@Dabs - JabbaTheSus's gripe with Snape's casting is because he's black.
JabbaTheSus
JabbaTheSus - 7/17/2025, 12:28 PM
@Dabs - Any other character, wouldn't really matter at all honestly. Snape is described in the book, as pale as a vampire. Not to mention the way he's bullied by Harry's dad, plus Harry stating, when he first see's him, he looks untrustworthy and suspicious. Race swapping him specifically, just leads to make the Potters look super racist, if they keep to the story as close as they're saying this will be.
NonPlayerC
NonPlayerC - 7/17/2025, 12:51 PM
@JabbaTheSus - yeah, he's pretty much the worst person in the books to change race
Goldboink
Goldboink - 7/17/2025, 1:45 PM
@JabbaTheSus -
Not the best decision for that character for the reasons you stated. That said we shall see what the performance is like.
Zeeboy
Zeeboy - 7/17/2025, 2:20 PM
@Dabs -

1. When photons from the light rays bounce off images of his face and enter my retina, the signal sent to my brain is involuntarily interpreted as someone who looks nothing like Snape.

2. Alan Rickman's performance was so iconic that I would have preferred someone even remotely reminiscent. You know, like Nick Frost as Hagrid.

3. For the reasons above, it'll probably be a bit difficult at first to buy him as Snape, which is mildly irritating. But he's a good actor, so I'm sure I'll get used to it.

^ This is what happens in most people's brains when they say they dislike the casting—not whatever you're implying.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 7/17/2025, 12:24 PM
Sweet!!.

Vernon looks kinda goofy in those pics with the big glasses & moustache so hope it’s better on screen otherwise I like the look of the rest , especially Dominic as Harry here.

I know it’s more book accurate to have the Dursleys be younger then they were in the films but it’s something I’m gonna have to get used to since I’m so used to how they are in those.

Anyway , looking forward to this!!.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 7/17/2025, 12:25 PM
Looks promising so far, looking forward to seeing John Lithgow's take on Dumbledore.
Laridian
Laridian - 7/17/2025, 12:31 PM
Trans rights are Human rights. .. just cleaning up my block list.
Ikusa
Ikusa - 7/17/2025, 12:46 PM
@Laridian - Please add me to said list.

kthx
mountainman
mountainman - 7/17/2025, 1:33 PM
@Laridian - Women deserve penis free spaces. Go ahead and block me for your woman hating.
UnderBelly
UnderBelly - 7/17/2025, 1:37 PM
@Laridian - Add me to your list mate, i'll be happy not to see your rage bait post.

Let people live how they want as long as its not harming others, encroaching on others protected spaces and asking us to ignore basic science...but don't push your delusions onto others. We'll all get along fine that way.

With love and respect(?) Please [frick] off.
UnderBelly
UnderBelly - 7/17/2025, 1:42 PM
@Laridian - argh..sorry I took the bait...but instead of deleting my post...I will just add. Trans people are people too, and are deserving of human rights which they do indeed have. As a minority by race myself in where I live understand parts of the plight BUT is not the same.

BTW, Nurse Peggie was cleared of all wrong doing...One to look up if you've following what's been going on in the UK.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 7/17/2025, 3:23 PM
@Ikusa - how many alts do you have Herman
BigPhilbowski
BigPhilbowski - 7/18/2025, 2:30 AM
@UnderBelly - no ones asking you to ignore basic science. Science says there's 2 sexes. 8t alsways has but theres always been more than 2 genders too. For literally centuries. It's time some people like you learn the difference before talking through your arose
TyrantBossMedia
TyrantBossMedia - 7/17/2025, 12:35 PM
I would be very interested in a book accurate series really fleshing things out thoroughly.....but then they cast black Snape.

That is just dumb casting.

Adam Driver would have been perfect casting as Snape.
UnderBelly
UnderBelly - 7/17/2025, 1:29 PM
@TyrantBossMedia - Sometimes there's an argument for it, but then other times it's kinda dumb.

We're getting alot more time in the series than we got in the movies... at least 8 hours per season (likely 7 x that, so around 56hrs) compared to 19.5 hours from the films..so either way its going to get fleshed out thoroughly as per your wishes,

But in a the context of the wizarding world, what's it taking away from the story by having a black Snape as opposed to a white one? Did his race matter in the books? I'm asking honestly as I never read them...

Now if we're talking Prof X from the X-Men, then I can get behind that discussion for why he should remain white...but Snape?
TyrantBossMedia
TyrantBossMedia - 7/17/2025, 3:01 PM
@UnderBelly - Well, Some of the biggest stories and his back story hinge on him being bullied by James Potter (Harry's Dad) and his friends.

One way of bullying was they hung him from a tree.

In addition it's not good optics if the one evil professor in the school....is the black guy.

I have no problem if they made some ancillary character black, but Snape is clearly described in the books and I prefer they stick with the source material as closely as possible.
Zeeboy
Zeeboy - 7/17/2025, 3:20 PM
@UnderBelly - I'm not sure where this idea came from that you're only allowed to oppose a race-swap if the character's race "matters". It's not about whether Snape's race was important, it's about the fact that most people's brains have been conditioned to associate a certain look with the character, and Paapa simply doesn't fit that look.
Alan Rickman's performance was iconic, and so—regardless of whether the books specified Snape's race—most fans expected someone at least somewhat reminiscent of Rickman. Nick Frost, for example, looks great as Hagrid. But it's not even just about skin colour. I'm sure that even if they cast Adam Driver, a lot of fans (myself included) would still be put off if he didn't capture Rickman's nasally baritone voice.
I mean, would anyone be happy with Danny DeVito as Batman? They're both white...of course not because he doesn't check the other superficial visual boxes people typically associate with the character. Why didn't some people like the new Superman suit? Because it just didn't look right to them. Why don't some people like the casting of Snape? Because he doesn't look right. It really is that simple most of the time, but we live in an age where mild irritation gets blown up into outrage because everyone is so quick to label people who don't agree with them.
UnderBelly
UnderBelly - 7/17/2025, 3:31 PM
@TyrantBossMedia - That's a good POV, and has me wondering if they'll use that 'hanging (lynching)' incident as a way to force some 'WOKENESS' into it...God I hope not.

On the other hand it will be good to finally have the black actor play the 'bad guy' where all to often in these race swaps its always a white villian/villainess. We'll see, but If Jk is on board with how it's going then at least we can expect it to otherwise be close to source.

@Zeeboy - I was with you until you tried putting DeVito as Batman.

Both white and black men can be described as 'tall, dark and handsome' for example, so your Devito point falls kinda flat.
Zeeboy
Zeeboy - 7/17/2025, 3:53 PM
@UnderBelly - I think you misunderstood my point. Nowhere did I say or even insinuate that a black man can't be described as tall, dark, and handsome lol.
UnderBelly
UnderBelly - 7/17/2025, 3:57 PM
@Zeeboy - maybe I did, but it was to rebut your point about why Devito as Batman would/wouldnt work. I didn't bother with the rest.
theFUZZ008
theFUZZ008 - 7/17/2025, 12:36 PM
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ThorArms
ThorArms - 7/17/2025, 12:43 PM
Trailer drop mania today.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 7/17/2025, 12:51 PM
@ThorArms - Anything else besides MK and Tron?
ThorArms
ThorArms - 7/17/2025, 1:12 PM
@soberchimera - I thought Stranger Things but I guess that was yesterday. I didn't realize. I just opened my Youtube App and it was like bang bang all these trailers 😂

Supposedly Avatar is dropping soon.
ThorArms
ThorArms - 7/17/2025, 2:27 PM
@soberchimera - OH! And the new Alien one dropped this morning. Looks great
HistoryofMatt
HistoryofMatt - 7/17/2025, 2:07 PM
So it looks like it will be set in the 90's, like it's supposed to be?

Harry was born on 31-July-1980. Meaning the first season should be in 1991, and not contemporary, as the movies had him (though that was semi-corrected later with the photo of the original OOTP obviously wearing 70's clothes and the date of Lily and James's death).
DocSpock
DocSpock - 7/17/2025, 4:27 PM

So a whole bunch more Harry Potter stuff I have to avoid?

TheJester187
TheJester187 - 7/17/2025, 5:34 PM
Bad ass kids! I know WB panmpering and bitching at them lol
UnderBelly
UnderBelly - 7/18/2025, 9:57 AM
@BigPhilbowski - "no ones asking you to ignore basic science. Science says there's 2 sexes. 8t alsways has but theres always been more than 2 genders too. For literally centuries. It's time some people like you learn the difference before talking through your arose"


Looks like the OP did as i asked so i couldn't see your response, but i got around that :) ..so in response....

If you read my comment properly you can see I was specifically talking about Trans, not non binary, queer etc.. Yes, there are those who don't push the science onto others, but there are still those (alot) with the belief that because they identify as a women (specifically) they are then entitled to the same privileges and specific treatment that biological women for example are entitled to. When in law, the legal definition of a woman, particularly within the context of the Equality Act, is based on biological sex, meaning a person's sex assigned at birth. This was clarified by the Supreme Court in a recent ruling. So go suck on someone else's 'arose' and add me to your block list too. My point is backed up on legislation, so if you want to say i'm wrong, then you can go argue that to the courts.

Peace out.

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