HBO turns off comments while introducing new Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ronald Weasley from web series

HBO’s Harry Potter TV series has found its official Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Dominic McLaughlin is set to play the role of Harry, Arabella Stanton is Hermione and Alastair Stout is Ron. Since HBO launched an open casting call last fall, over 30,000 actors auditioned for the lead roles, Variety reported. Filming is set to start this summer.

Who is Dominic McLaughlin? Meet the new Harry Potter of the HBO series (streamonmax/Instagram)

McLaughlin, who is set to play the titular character that was previously played by Daniel Radcliffe, has been described as a "screen newcomer” who got the role after auditioning in an open casting call for actors aged between 9 and 11. He was previously involved in projects like the Sky Original film Grow and the upcoming BBC series Gifted, both of which will release later this year.

The three youngsters are going to join fellow cast members 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 and Paul Whitehouse as Argus Filch.