This Harry Potter character cut from the movie is finally coming to the HBO series (Image credit: Instagram/Harry Potter)
Get ready for some Harry Potter-related announcements in the new year, as casting and filming finally begins. HBO The TV reboot is expected to be released by 2026 and the makers are already in the pre-production stage of the series. One of the characters who didn’t appear in the movie series will finally be joining the TV world. Find out which spooky characters appear in the series below.
Book characters appear in Harry Potter TV reboot
ComicBook.com reports that HBO has confirmed that the poltergeist Peeves will be joining the Harry Potter universe. There was so much material to cover that there was no room for Peeves to be added to the 10-year, eight-film series that ended in 2011. The movie stuck to the main character and supporting characters.
There are now seven seasons in the series, one for each book, so we have even more time to see the expanded world described in the books. Each episode is one hour long, so there’s plenty of time to highlight major and minor storylines.
About Peeves the Poltergeist
In JK Rowling’s books, Peeves provides a lot of comic relief early on in the series. Constantly playing pranks on the students and staff of Hogwarts, Peeves is the source of many pranks due to his nature as a supernatural spirit. During Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Peeves torments and rebels against the new headmaster, the terrifying Dolores Umbridge. He also fights the Death Eaters in the final battle at Hogwarts in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, on Professor McGonagall’s orders.
In fact, in the Warner Bros. film series, actors rick mayall He was cast as Peeves in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001). However, his scenes were cut due to time. The British actor and comedian, who passed away in 2014, learned at the premiere that he was not in the film.
