Wizarding World and J.K. Rowling announced on Twitter that there will be an exciting new addition to Harry Potter At Home. Daniel Radcliffe will be the first to join a cast of readers to read Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone/Sorcerer’s Stone. Daniel Radcliffe will get the ball rolling by reading the first chapter, The Boy Who Lived, from the first Harry Potter book.
The other readers in the lineup include Stephen Fry, David Beckham, Dakota Fanning, Claudia Kim, Noma Dumezweni, and Eddie Redmayne.
“Each will be reading different sections of this iconic book, with its themes of family, friendship, courage and overcoming adversity, to families around the world,” a Bloomsbury statement said.
The initiative will begin on May 5 and all 17 chapters of the book will be released till mid-summer. Fans can check out the videos weekly on www.harrypotterathome.com. An audio-only version will also be available for free on Spotify.
The Harry Potter At Home is a project developed by Wizarding World Digital and J.K. Rowling’s agents, The Blair Partnership. It has been bought to life in response to the COVID-19 pandemic with the help of Wizarding World partners including Warner Bros. Bloomsbury, Scholastic, and Pottermore Publishing.
“The initiative already includes an open licence to teachers allowing them to post recordings of themselves reading the Harry Potter stories onto educational platforms and networks; a dedicated hub of information and activities at www.harrypotterathome.com; and ‘Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone’ available to stream for free via Audible Stories and borrowed more widely via online library services all over the world,” Bloomsbury said.