--- title: "Kit Harington joins HBO's Harry Potter series for Season 2" description: "Most outlets reported that Kit Harington has joined HBO's Harry Potter series for Season 2, taking over the role of Gilderoy Lockhart from Nicholas Hoult. Aaj News (English) specified that Hoult exited due to scheduling conflicts, while Geo News focused more on the casting change and production timeline, noting that filming for Season 2 will begin in the fall." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/4612-kit-harington-joins-hbo-s-harry-potter-as-gilderoy-lockhart site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Kit Harington joins HBO's Harry Potter series for Season 2 entertainment · latest filing 25 Aug 2026, 1:13 PM PKT · 24–25 Aug 2026 · 4 articles from 3 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 3 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that Kit Harington has joined HBO's Harry Potter series for Season 2, taking over the role of Gilderoy Lockhart from Nicholas Hoult. Aaj News (English) specified that Hoult exited due to scheduling conflicts, while Geo News focused more on the casting change and production timeline, noting that filming for Season 2 will begin in the fall. ## Same story from 3 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **The News International** — ['Game of Thrones' star replaces Nicholas Hoult in HBO's Harry Potter series](https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1413530-game-of-thrones-star-replaces-nicholas-hoult-in-hbos-harry-potter-series) · 25 Aug 2026, 1:13 PM PKT > 'Game of Thrones' star replaces Nicholas Hoult in HBO's Harry Potter seriesKit Harington has officially joined the cast of HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter adaptation.Recently, it was reported that Nicholas Hoult would appear as Gilderoy Lockhart in the highly anticipated series.However,... - **Aaj News (English)** — [Kit Harington joins HBO’s Harry Potter as Gilderoy Lockhart](https://english.aaj.tv/news/330469336/kit-harington-joins-hbos-harry-potter-as-gilderoy-lockhart) · 25 Aug 2026, 10:08 AM PKT · 82% identical wording to the newest filing > Kit Harington has officially joined HBO’s Harry Potter series as Gilderoy Lockhart for Season 2, taking over the role after Nicholas Hoult exited the production due to scheduling conflicts. Lockhart is the famously vain and self-promoting Defence Against the Dark Arts professor featured in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Harington is already familiar with the character, having previous... - **Geo News** — [Kit Harington joins HBO's 'Harry Potter'](https://www.geo.tv/latest/679051-kit-harington-joins-hbos-harry-potter) · 25 Aug 2026, 5:49 AM PKT · 88% identical wording to the newest filing > Kit Harington joins HBO's 'Harry Potter' Kit Harington is stepping into the wizarding world, taking over the role of Gilderoy Lockhart for the second season of HBO's Harry Potter series after original casting choice Nicholas Hoult had to bow out due to a scheduling... 4 articles from 3 outlets, 24–25 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.