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Warner Bros. Discovery has revealed the name, first trailer and release date for its anticipated new Harry Potter series.
The reveals were made at an event in London to celebrate the launch of HBO Max in the country.
Titled Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, like the first installment in the movie franchise outside the U.S., the show will launch globally on HBO Max on Christmas Day this year. Above is the first trailer.
The logline reads: There is nothing special about Harry Potter — at least that’s what his Aunt Petunia always says. On his 11th birthday, a letter of admittance to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry opens up a hidden world for Harry: one of fun, friendship and magic. But with this new adventure comes great risk as Harry is forced to face a dangerous enemy from his past.
HBO’s ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ trailer was revealed at an HBO Max UK launch event inside “The Cupboard Under The Stairs.”
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The trailer features characters including Harry, Aunt Petunia, Ron, Draco, Snape, Ollivander, Professor McGonagall and Rubeus Hagrid. We see Harry being bullied in school and his invitation to Hogwarts.
“Your parents were the bravest, kindest people I’ve ever met … they stood up for what they think is right. … Next time I see you will be in Hogwarts,” Hagrid tells Potter. “Mr. Potter, I think we can expect great things from you,” Ollivander, the wand maker, later says to him.
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HBO teased the first image from the series on Instagram on Tuesday with a photo featuring Harry Potter, played by Dominic McLaughlin, wearing his Gryffindor cloak for the first time and headed toward a Quidditch pitch.
The series also stars Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger, Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley, John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape, Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid, Rory Wilmot as Neville Longbottom, Lox Pratt as Draco Malfoy, Leo Earley as Seamus Finnigan, Elijah Oshin as Dean Thomas, Tristan Harland as Fred Weasley, Gabriel Harland as George Weasley, Ruari Spooner as Percy Weasley, Alessia Leoni as Parvati Patil, Sienna Moosah as Lavender Brown, Finn Stephens as Vincent Crabbe, William Nash as Gregory Goyle, Warwick Davis as Filius Flitwick and Sirine Saba as Pomona Sprout.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone will debut Christmas Day on HBO and will be available to stream exclusively on HBO Max where it’s available, including recent launch markets Germany, Italy, and the UK & Ireland.
Succession duo Francesca Gardiner and Mark Mylod write and direct, respectively. Gardiner serves as showrunner and executive producer, and Mylod will direct multiple episodes in addition to serving as executive producer.
The series, based on J.K. Rowling’s blockbuster books also is executive produced by Rowling, Neil Blair, and Ruth Kenley-Letts of Brontë Film and TV, and David Heyman of Heyday Films.