--- title: "Nicholas Hoult joins Harry Potter season 2 as Lockhart" description: "Most outlets reported that Nicholas Hoult is joining the second season of the Harry Potter series as Gilderoy Lockhart, noting his previous role as Lex Luthor in Superman. One outlet framed the transition as moving from \"the world of superheroes to Hogwarts,\" while another emphasized his role in Superman and the shift to the Harry Potter series." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/2921-nicholas-hoult-joins-harry-potter-season-2-as-lockhart site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Nicholas Hoult joins Harry Potter season 2 as Lockhart entertainment · latest filing 12 Aug 2026, 2:44 PM PKT · 12 Aug 2026 · 3 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that Nicholas Hoult is joining the second season of the Harry Potter series as Gilderoy Lockhart, noting his previous role as Lex Luthor in Superman. One outlet framed the transition as moving from "the world of superheroes to Hogwarts," while another emphasized his role in Superman and the shift to the Harry Potter series. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Daily Times** — [Nicholas Hoult joins Harry Potter season 2 as Lockhart](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1537443/nicholas-hoult-joins-harry-potter-season-2-as-lockhart/) · 12 Aug 2026, 2:44 PM PKT > Nicholas Hoult is heading from the world of superheroes to Hogwarts, joining the second season of HBO’s Harry Potter series as Gilderoy Lockhart. Hoult, who portrays Lex Luthor in Superman, will play the flamboyant and often inept Hogwarts professor in the upcoming season of the wizarding reboot. HBO Max confirmed the 36-year-old actor’s casting on […] - **Geo News** — [‘Superman' star heads to Hogwarts as ‘Harry Potter' season 2 nears](https://www.geo.tv/latest/677244-news) · 12 Aug 2026, 10:30 AM PKT · 83% identical wording to the newest filing > ‘Superman’ star heads to Hogwarts as ‘Harry Potter’ season 2 nears Superman star Nicholas Hoult is heading to Hogwarts for the second season of Harry Potter series. The actor, who plays Lex Luthor in Superman, is joining the HBO series’ upcoming season... 3 articles from 2 outlets, 12 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.