"Harry Potter" is coming to life in two major ways: HBO's upcoming TV series and Audible's narrated audiobooks of all seven of J.K. Rowling's novels.
The HBO series is still more than a year away, but Audible's version of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" will be released on Nov. 4. Each subsequent book will be released a month apart, culminating with "Deathly Hallows" on May 12.
While HBO's and Audible's casts are both star-studded (and share one key actor), Audible could focus on the voice of each performer rather than find someone who looked like Rowling's characters from the books. Audible also split up some of the Hogwarts students to give them a young voice for "Sorcerer's Stone," "Chamber of Secrets" and "Prisoner of Azkaban," then replace them with an older actor for "Goblet of Fire," "Order of the Phoenix," "Half Blood Prince" and "Deathly Hallows."
Frankie Treadaway, Max Lester and Arabella Stanton star as Harry, Ron and Hermione in the first three books, with Jaxon Knopf, Rhys Mulligan and Nina Barker-Francis taking over for the final four. Notably, Stanton was also cast as Hermione in HBO's series, giving listers of the Audible books a sneak peek at what her performance will be like in live-action.
Audible's Hogwarts is filled with more than 200 actors and many big-name Hollywood stars. Hugh Laurie plays Dumbledore, Matthew Macfadyen is Voldemort, Riz Ahmed is Snape, Kit Harington is Gilderoy Lockhart, Keira Knightley is Dolores Umbridge and James McAvoy is Mad-Eye Moody.
See all of the cast members in Audible's "Harry Potter" series below.