New Harry Potter | A New Harry Potter, Hermione Granger And Ron Weasley Want To Tell You A story

If you listen carefully, you can hear the noise of chocolate frogs flying through the air on the Hogwarts Express. Hermione Granger gasps with delight as Ron Weasley catches the sweet treat thrown his way by Harry Potter, as all three travel home after an eventful first year at the wizarding school. This isn’t the now-vintage, Daniel Radcliffe-era movies, it’s not the “Cursed Child” play and neither is it the forthcoming HBO TV series. What you're hearing is a brand-new cast in a new Audible recording of J.K. Rowling’s seven books. The legacy of Harry Potter might have been clouded by headlines surrounding Rowling’s comments on gender and opposition to trans rights, but it hasn’t stopped production on new projects set in the wizarding universe. The Associated Press visited the London recording studio for a “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” session in the summer, as young actors Frankie Treadaway, Max Lester and Arabella Stanton lay down walla — the background noise that's used to bring the stories to life. Instead of listening to someone like Jim Dale or Stephen Fry telling the whole story alone, this new audio production — releasing Nov. 4 — has a full, high-wattage cast.