{"id":5135,"date":"2026-08-11T23:35:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T23:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=5135"},"modified":"2026-08-11T23:35:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T23:35:47","slug":"nicholas-hoult-boards-harry-potter-season-2-as-gilderoy-lockhart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=5135","title":{"rendered":"Nicholas Hoult Boards \u2018Harry Potter\u2019 Season 2 as Gilderoy Lockhart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg> <span>Logo text<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nHBO\u2018s <em>Harry Potter<\/em> series has locked in a key role for season two.<\/p>\n<p>\nNicholas Hoult (<em>Superman, The Great<\/em>) has joined the series as Professor Gilderoy Lokckhart, who comes to Hogwarts in Harry\u2019s (Dominic McLaughlin) second year as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. Lockhart is a key character in <em>Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets<\/em>, the second book in J.K. Rowling\u2019s series and the source material for season two of the show.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=5132\">Kaia Gerber Opens Up About Disordered Eating, Calls Out \u201cMisogynistic\u201d Labels on Her Dating Life<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe character is renowned in the wizarding world for his many heroic deeds, though he\u2019s later revealed as a fraud who took credit for the acts of others after erasing part of their memories. Kenneth Branagh previously played Lockhart in the 2002 <em>Chamber of Secrets<\/em> film.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tHBO gave an early season two renewal to <em>Harry Potter<\/em> in May. The show\u2019s first season, officially titled <em>Harry Potter and the Philosopher\u2019s Stone<\/em>, is set to premiere Dec. 25. Along with McLaughlin, the show\u2019s core cast includes Arabella Stanton (Hermione Granger), Alastair Stout (Ron Weasley), John Lithgow (Albus Dumbledore), Janet McTeer (Minerva McGonagall), Paapa Essiedu\u00a0(Severus Snape), Nick Frost (Rubeus Hagrid), Rory Wilmot (Neville Longbottom) and Lox Pratt (Draco Malfoy).<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=5130\">Jonas Brothers on Today\u2019s New Generation of Disney Stars: \u201cDon\u2019t Envy Anybody That\u2019s Doing This Now\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tFrancesca Gardiner is the showrunner for season one and executive produces with Mark Mylod (who also directs multiple episodes); Rowling, Neil Blair, and Ruth Kenley-Letts of Bront\u00eb Film and TV; and David Heyman of Heyday Films, who produced the eight <em>Harry Potter<\/em> movies. Jon Brown (<em>Succession<\/em>) is co-showrunner with Gardiner on season two.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tHoult broke out in 2002\u2019s <em>About a Boy<\/em> opposite Hugh Grant. His credits also include <em>Nosferatu, The Menu<\/em> and four <em>X-Men<\/em> movies, starting with 2011\u2019s <em>First Class<\/em>. He\u2019ll next be seen in Amazon MGM\u2019s <em>How to Rob a Bank<\/em> and the Disney+\/Hulu series <em>Mosquito<\/em>, from <em>The Great<\/em> creator Tony McNamara.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=5128\">Broadway Box Office: \u2018Death of a Salesman,\u2019 \u2018Cats: The Jellicle Ball\u2019 End Runs on a High<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tHoult is repped by UTA, 42, Sloane Offer and Relevant.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tDeadline first reported the news.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HBO has cast &#039;Superman&#039; actor Nicholas Hoult as Gilderoy Lockhart in season two of its &#039;Harry Potter&#039; series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[167,121,3330],"class_list":["post-5135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-harry-potter","tag-hbo","tag-nicholas-hoult"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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