Original Harry Potter Star Officially Confirms Franchise Return Ahead of HBO Series

Image via Warner Bros./Everett Collection Published Nov 10, 2026, 8:30 AM EST Sign in to your Collider account The release of HBO's Harry Potter is just a few weeks away at this point, and it feels like the entire world is watching and waiting to rejoin the Wizarding World. However, there are a select few who have already been there, and when given the opportunity to head back to Hogwarts, it seems like they just couldn't say no. Speaking exclusively with Collider's Steve Weintraub while promoting his upcoming movie Ebenezer, Rupert Grint revealed that his return as Ron Weasley in Broadway's Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will probably be the last time he plays the character. The actor is scheduled to begin his limited engagement at New York's Lyric Theatre on February 2, 2027. Grint explained that, after just over 15 years away from the role, it felt like the right time because, not only does he now have a family of his own, but he's also reached roughly the same age as Ron in the stage production. Grint told Collider: "It's funny, kind of, it's interesting. Kind of going back, I think I spent so much time after finishing Potter moving away from it and doing other things which I really enjoy doing. But I think now it's a very different Ron in a very different context, and weirdly, it's lined up that I'm kind of the exact age of the character in that story. So it just felt like a good time, and I love New York and being on stage. It's been a while since I've done that, and it's a very important thing to me. It was my childhood, and I have a very strong connection to that character and that world. And I think I'm not going to get many other opportunities to play him again. It probably is my last, and I think it'll be fun." Grint previously made his Broadway debut in It's Only a Play in 2014, but returning to the stage as a character he's known for most of his life presents an entirely different challenge, and he admitted that he couldn't resist the challenge, while confessing the nostalgia had been a delight. "Well, yeah. I mean, it's very nostalgic," said Grint. "Even for me, it's fun to kind of go back and get back into that world. It's been a while." Of course, Weintraub couldn't resist asking the question that just about every Harry Potter fan will be thinking: could Grint persuade Radcliffe and Watson to join him on Broadway for a reunion? "It would be fun. I don't know. I mean, it's obviously different for everyone. It was an intense kind of time. When we finished, I really enjoyed stepping away and not really even thinking about it. Because it was such an intense... I mean, it was enjoyable, and they looked after us. But it was a big part of us. So yeah, maybe. I don't know. It'd be fun." COLLIDERInteractive The Hat awaits Movies/Wizarding World/The Sorting Collider · The Sorting Hat Awaits Which Hogwarts HouseAre You? Eight questions · four houses · one sorting Four houses, one destiny. The Sorting Hat has weighed thousands of students and now it is your turn. Answer honestly and find out where you belong at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The four houses Gryffindor Slytherin Hufflepuff Ravenclaw Place the hat Question 1 of 8VALUES 01 What quality do you value most in yourself? Answer as honestly as you can. The Hat always knows. ACourage. I act even when I am afraid, because what is right matters more than what is safe. BAmbition. I know what I want and I have the drive and the cunning to reach it. CLoyalty. I show up for the people I love, whatever it costs me. DWisdom. I think before I act and I am always hungry to understand more. ← Back Keys 1 to 4 or A to D · Enter to advance Next question Question 2 of 8CONFLICT 02 A friend is being treated unfairly. What do you do? How you protect other people says everything about you. AStep in at once and confront whoever is responsible. I will not stand by. BWork out the best strategy to deal with it. A smart move beats a rash one. CStay at their side, support them, and help them through it however they need. DWork out what is really going on and find the most reasoned, fair solution. ← Back Keys 1 to 4 or A to D · Enter to advance Next question Question 3 of 8AMBITION 03 What does success look like to you? What you are working toward is what you are becoming. ABeing remembered as someone who fought for what was right, whatever the odds. BReaching the goals I set for myself: influence, standing, and respect I earned. CA life where the people I care about know I was there for them, always. DMastering my field, contributing something that lasts, and never stopping learning. ← Back Keys 1 to 4 or A to D · Enter to advance Next question Question 4 of 8FEAR 04 What is your greatest fear? Fear is the most honest thing about a person. ABeing a coward when it counted, and looking back knowing I did nothing. BMediocrity. Fading into obscurity without leaving a mark on the world. CLosing the people I love, or letting them down when they needed me most. DIgnorance. Being wrong and not knowing it, or never reaching what I could be. ← Back Keys 1 to 4 or A to D · Enter to advance Next question Question 5 of 8MORALITY 05 The rules say no. Your gut says go. What do you do? Every institution has rules. What you do with them is a choice. ABreak them. If it is the right thing to do, no rule should stop me. BFind a way to get what I want without being caught. Rules are guidelines. CProbably follow them, though I would find a way to help inside them if I could. DThink it through carefully. Is the rule unjust, or is my gut just impatient? ← Back Keys 1 to 4 or A to D · Enter to advance Next question Question 6 of 8FRIENDSHIP 06 What kind of friend are you? Who you are to the people you love is who you really are. AThe protector. I will go to the ends of the earth for the people I care about. BThe strategist. I give sharp advice and I am the one who works out how to fix it. CThe constant. I am always there, always reliable, and I never make it about me. DThe guide. I help people think it through and see what they have missed. ← Back Keys 1 to 4 or A to D · Enter to advance Next question Question 7 of 8THE MIRROR 07 You look into the Mirror of Erised. What do you see? The mirror shows the deepest desire of your heart. AYourself standing victorious, having faced the greatest challenge and won. BYourself at the height of your power: respected, successful and in control. CYourself surrounded by everyone you love, whole and happy and together. DYourself with every answer: every book read, every mystery solved. ← Back Keys 1 to 4 or A to D · Enter to advance Next question Question 8 of 8THE SORTING 08 The Hat pauses. It whispers: you could do well in any house. But what matters most to you, truly? This is the tiebreaker. The Hat always listens. ABravery. I want to be the kind of person who acts when others will not. BGreatness. I want to leave my mark and be more than ordinary. CBelonging. I want to be part of something good and never let my people down. DUnderstanding. I want to know the truth of things and keep growing forever. ← Back Keys 1 to 4 or A to D · Enter to advance Reveal my house The Sorting Hat speaksYour house has been chosen Gryffindor Gryffindor Tower · Scarlet and Gold Gryffindors do not act because they are fearless. They act because some things are worth being afraid for. You have nerve. Not the reckless kind, but the deep and quiet sort that turns up even when you are terrified, and especially then. You stand up for people when looking away would be easier, and you go at what is right even when the odds are poor. That instinct has cost you before and you have never once decided it was not worth it. Why the Hat chose this You speak up in the room where it costs you something. You would rather be wrong and brave than right and silent. People come to you when something needs facing. From the Collider file Dominic McLaughlin takes over as Harry in HBO's series, which arrives in 2027 after filming through 2025 and 2026. Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson were all cast in 2000, aged eleven, ten and ten. The Sorting Hat on screen was a practical puppet before any digital work went near it. Nerve Acts first Stands up Slytherin Slytherin Dungeon · Emerald and Silver At its best this is the house of people who refuse the limits other people set for them. You are driven, sharp, and entirely clear-eyed about what you want and how to reach it. Slytherin has been misread for a long time, painted as the house of villains when what it really rewards is resourcefulness and the patience to play a long game. You know your own worth, you protect your own fiercely, and you have never needed anyone else's permission to aim high. Why the Hat chose this You think three moves ahead and say one of them out loud. You are loyal to a small circle and ruthless about the rest. Being underestimated has always suited you. From the Collider file Alan Rickman knew Snape's ending from Rowling years before the films got there, and played it accordingly. Tom Felton read for Harry and for Ron before landing Draco. Paapa Essiedu takes the role of Snape in HBO's series. Plays the long game Knows his worth Resourceful Hufflepuff Hufflepuff Basement · Yellow and Black Not the safe house and not the leftover house. The house with the most heart. You are the sort of person who makes a place better just by being in it. You turn up, you do the work, and you do not need glory or credit for any of it, because you do what is right on the grounds that it is right. Your loyalty does not waver when it is tested, which is the only time loyalty means anything at all. Hufflepuff has never been the consolation prize. Why the Hat chose this You are the one who remembers, and who follows through. You do the unglamorous part nobody volunteers for. Your word has never needed a backup. From the Collider file Robert Pattinson played Cedric Diggory in Goblet of Fire a year before he was cast in Twilight. Eddie Redmayne's Newt Scamander put a Hufflepuff at the center of five Fantastic Beasts films. The common room sits beside the kitchens, which is the most Hufflepuff detail in the books. Shows up Unwavering No credit needed Ravenclaw Ravenclaw Tower · Blue and Bronze Not merely intelligence. The love of learning, and the rare nerve to say you do not know yet. Your mind is your best thing and you have always known it. Ravenclaws are the questioners, the ones who cannot leave a puzzle alone and who find a good book better company than most rooms full of people. What marks the house out is not being clever, it is wanting to understand, and being willing to admit the gap. You see things with a clarity that other people find unsettling. Why the Hat chose this You would rather be corrected than comfortable. You notice the thing nobody else in the room noticed. You have never been able to leave a question alone. From the Collider file Evanna Lynch was cast as Luna from an open call of roughly fifteen thousand girls, having written to Rowling as a fan. The tower door asks a riddle rather than a password, so a Ravenclaw can be locked out by thinking too slowly. Luna, Flitwick and Rowena Ravenclaw are all originals, which is rather the point of the house. Asks the question Loves learning Sees clearly The Hat's deliberation · your top three 1 2 3 ↻ Retake the quiz Copied to your clipboard Sorted byCOLLIDERCollider.com · The Fandom Desk What Is Rupert Grint's New Movie 'Ebenezer' About? Before Grint returns to Hogwarts, audiences will get to see him in Ebenezer, a new adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol starring Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean) as Ebenezer Scrooge, and directed by Ti West. Grint plays Bob Cratchit, the father of Tiny Tim. The tale has been adapted many times for the screen. It's a thrilling ghost story set in Dickens’ London that follows one man’s supernatural journey to face his past, present, and future — and his fight for a second chance. In addition to Grint, the film stars Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie) as the Ghost of Christmas Past, Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games) as Fred, Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) as Clara, Arthur Conti (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) as Young Ebenezer, Ellie Bamber (Willow) as Belle, Tramell Tillman (Severance) as the Ghost of Christmas Present, and Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Rings) as Jacob Marley. The screenplay comes from Nathaniel Halpern, with Emma Watts producing. Ebenezer opens in theaters on November 13, 2026. Rupert Grint begins his limited Broadway engagement as Ron Weasley in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on February 2, 2027, with performances scheduled through May 30. Stay tuned to Collider for all the latest news and updates on the biggest and best movies and shows heading to your favorite streaming platforms soon. Release Date November 13, 2026 Runtime 116 Minutes Director Ti West Cast Tramell Tillman Ghost of Christmas Present Writers Nathaniel Halpern Producers Emma Watts