The Dark Lord is rising once more. With the last 12 months bringing us more news from the Wizarding World than perhaps the ten years prior to that, we’ve been treated to first looks at a new generation of Harry Potter, in both television and audio formats. But now, one of the most iconic villains in literature has a new voice, and it’s one of the most daring villains in MCU history that’s behind it.
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Daniel Brühl has officially been cast as Voldemort in the German edition of Harry Potter: The Full-Cast Audiobooks. The new productions will adapt all seven of J.K. Rowling’s original novels, beginning with Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen on November 10, 2026. The remaining six books will then arrive monthly.
It is a separate production from Audible’s English-language full-cast editions — which wrapped up back in May with the release of Deathly Hallows — with more than 150 voice actors set to appear across the complete series. The audiobooks have already logged more than 2,000 hours of recording and will feature Dolby Atmos sound design, original music, a bespoke score, and real-world sound effects.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
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In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
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What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
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How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
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What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
Who Appears in the German Harry Potter Audiobooks?
The wider cast includes Abak Safaei-Rad as narrator, Nina Hoss (Tár) as Professor McGonagall, Armin Rohde (Run Lola Run) as Rubeus Hagrid, Falilou Seck as Albus Dumbledore, and Robert Stadlober as Severus Snape. Matthias Matschke voices Professor Quirrell, while Felix von Manteuffel, one of the original narrators of the German audiobooks, returns as Garrick Ollivander.
The Golden Trio will be portrayed by two different sets of actors over the seven books. For the first three instalments, Niklas Ulonska voices Harry Potter, Ayla Uluçam plays Hermione Granger, and Anton Schnermann takes on Ron Weasley. They are joined by Moritz Frickel as young Draco Malfoy, Eliot Neudeck as young Neville Longbottom, and Ella Reithmeier as young Ginny Weasley.
