Kit Harington will now play Gilderoy Lockhart in Season 2 of HBO\u2018s \u201cHarry Potter\u201d series, replacing Nicholas Hoult, who exited the production due to scheduling conflicts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d star recently voiced Lockhart, who is central to the plot of second book \u201cHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,\u201d in Audible\u2019s \u201cHarry Potter\u201d audiobooks late last year. Lockhart, a famous yet arrogant wizard known for his many heroic acts, becomes the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts \u2014 and it\u2019s soon made clear that he isn\u2019t qualified for the job. He was portrayed by Kenneth Branagh in the 2002 \u201cChamber of Secrets\u201d film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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A \u201cHow to Lose a Guy in 10 Days\u201d sequel is in the works at Paramount, with original star Kate Hudson attached to produce the project, Variety can report exclusively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Development on the sequel is in early stages, with the cast and several key creative roles yet to be selected, according to a source close to the project. The intention of the filmmakers and the studio is to have Hudson and her co-star from the original, Matthew McConaughey, reprise their roles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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An eighth season of \u201cBlack Mirror\u201d is officially in production, Variety can confirm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The show started shooting this summer, although no launch date for the new season has been set yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The news comes as Netflix also confirms Season 2 orders for hit Neil Forsyth drama \u201cLegends,\u201d about a group of undercover customers officers, and reality series \u201cBeing Gordon Ramsay,\u201d about the iconic chef and his growing family. The streamer also today confirmed \u201cThe Gentlemen\u201d is set to return for a third season (Season 2 launched Sept. 3).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kit Harington will now play Gilderoy Lockhart in Season 2 of HBO\u2018s \u201cHarry Potter\u201d series, replacing Nicholas Hoult, who exited the production due to scheduling conflicts. The \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d star recently voiced Lockhart, who is central to the plot of second book \u201cHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,\u201d in Audible\u2019s \u201cHarry Potter\u201d audiobooks","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":38485,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mornings","category-the-daily-scoop"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-09 17:38:26","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/1017theone.ca\/blogs\/mornings\/2026\/08\/celebrity-status-game-of-thrones-meets-harry-potter\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38734"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38735,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38734\/revisions\/38735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}