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It's an exciting time to be a Harry Potter fan right now. Production is fully underway on the highly anticipated television series for HBO, and now, Audible has released a stunning 30-minute behind-the-scenes video for its recently-launched full-cast Harry Potter audio drama — and the cast is calling it the most ambitious, most immersive, and “most exciting version of the books” (as per star Simon Pegg) ever made. The featurette dives into the scale, artistry, and emotional weight behind the project, offering interviews with nearly every actor involved and showcasing the enormous care being poured into the series.
More than 200 performers worked across 2,000 collective recording hours, all captured in full Dolby Atmos sound. And if there was any doubt that this production would reimagine these stories in bold new ways, the footage quickly dispels it. We get our first unsettling look at Ruth Wilson’s chilling take on Bellatrix Lestrange, all quiet rage and cackling menace, and an even more horrifying glimpse of Keira Knightley as Dolores Umbridge — who appears poised to become the single scariest villain in the entire saga with her high, girlish, evil voice.
The featurette also teased a second part, which is going to go into how Audible is reimagining the books through pure sound. This isn’t an audiobook — it’s a cinematic audio experience, lovingly built from scratch. Actors describe recording in immersive sound fields, surrounded by echoing corridors, roaring fireplaces, bustling common rooms, and the whisper-quiet tension of midnight duels, while we also saw previews of steam trains being recorded, and screaming classrooms of busy questions.
Who Stars in the Harry Potter Audio Series?
The new Harry Potter Audible series features an enormous ensemble of more than 200 performers, led by Cush Jumbo as the narrator, with Frankie Treadaway, Max Lester, and Arabella Stanton voicing Harry, Ron, and Hermione in the early books, and Jaxon Knopf, Rhys Mulligan, and Nina Barker-Francis taking over the roles in the later installments. The adult cast includes Hugh Laurie as Dumbledore, Matthew Macfadyen as Voldemort, Riz Ahmed as Snape, Michelle Gomez as McGonagall, Mark Addy as Hagrid, Keira Knightley as Dolores Umbridge, Kit Harington as Gilderoy Lockhart, Iwan Rheon as Lupin, Ruth Wilson as Bellatrix Lestrange, Simon Pegg as Arthur Weasley, James McAvoy as Mad-Eye Moody, Leo Woodall as Bill Weasley, Matt Berry as Sir Cadogan, and Daniel Mays as Dobby
The full-cast edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is available to stream now, with each remaining book arriving monthly. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets follows on December 16, 2025.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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November 4, 2025
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Fantasy
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Pottermore Publishing and Audible Studios
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Frankie Treadaway, Arabella Stanton, Max Lester, Jason Knopf, Nina Barker-Francis, Rhys Mulligan, Hugh Laurie, Riz Ahmed, Matthew Macfadyen, Michelle Gomez, Cush Jumbo
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