Harry Potter TV Series Casts Peter Serafinowicz in Role Not Featured in the Films

HBO's Harry Potter bid has formed Peter Serafinowicz arsenic Peeves the Poltergeist, according to Variety. The quality featured prominently successful the books, but not the films. The quality was primitively planned to beryllium featured successful the archetypal film, but was chopped retired owed to manager Christopher Columbus being unsatisfied with what they had filmed.

Peeves is simply a mischievous, devilish shade who wanders the halls of Hogwarts. Serafinowicz is coagulated casting for the role, arsenic he's got beardown comedic chops. It's unclear if Peeves volition look successful Season 1 oregon if helium volition marque his debut successful the 2nd play of the Harry Potter show, which is presently successful pre-production and expected to statesman filming this fall.

Nevertheless, the announcement serves arsenic much grounds that the TV bid appears to beryllium surviving up to its committedness of diving deeper into the root material. The movies near retired a batch of characters and storylines from the books successful bid to compression everything into the emblematic moving clip of a diagnostic film.

However, the TV amusement volition person much elbow room, since it volition beryllium telling the communicative from the books implicit the people of 8 seasons – with each play expected to beryllium astir 8 to 10 hours long.

Serafinowicz is simply a prolific TV actor, though if you don't cognize him from his galore tiny surface appearances you whitethorn admit him from his relation Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's flatmate Pete successful Shaun of the Dead, oregon arsenic The Sommelier successful John Wick: Chapter 2. Serafinowicz is besides a regular dependable histrion for animation and games, and volition beryllium appearing successful upcoming action-driving crippled Clutch.

Harry Potter Season 1 volition accommodate 1997's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (published nether the alternate rubric Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone successful the US) and is slated to premiere connected HBO this Christmas.

Cade Onder is simply a freelancer for IGN's quality team. He covers each things entertainment, including gaming, film, and more. You tin find him connected Twitter @Cade_Onder.