HBO casts Peter Serafinowicz as Peeves in Harry Potter series

HBO's new adaptation of the seven-part Harry Potter books has cast Peter Serafinowicz to play Peeves, the mischievous poltergeist from the novels who was omitted from the film series. The show will tell the books with more room to breathe, presented in eight-episode seasons.

On the official Harry Potter website, Peeves is described this way: "Peeves enjoyed nothing more than causing chaos in the school corridors. A constant nuisance, no one disliked Peeves more than the school's caretaker, Argus Filch, who was the one tasked with cleaning up the mess.

Whether he was throwing things, blowing raspberries or writing rude words on the blackboard, there was nothing Peeves liked best than making mischief!" Peeves was at one point planned to appear in Warner Bros.' Harry Potter film series.

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