dpHBO’s “Harry Potter” series has released another trailer, giving a peek into the new take on the Wizarding World as it makes its way to TV.
Newcomer Dominic McLaughlin stars as Harry Potter, the 11-year old wizard previously brought to life by Daniel Radcliffe. Alastair Stout and Arabella Stanton play his best friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, as they enroll at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
The trailer shows Harry, Ron and Hermione arriving at Hogwarts and going through the sorting ceremony, where they’re all placed in Gryffindor together. Harry meets the Hogwarts staff, including Dumbledore, Snape, McGonagall and Hagrid, while attending his magical classes, like herbology and potions, and trying out the high-flying sport of Quidditch. There’s also the mystery of the Philosopher’s Stone (aka the Sorcerer’s Stone if you’re American) that Harry, Ron and Hermione investigate. They find themselves face to face with the infamous mountain troll in the Hogwarts bathroom, playing a high-pressure game of chess and trying out the Invisibility Cloak and Mirror of Erised.
The new show is a massive undertaking by HBO, which is adapting all seven of author J.K. Rowling’s books into seven seasons of TV. The first eight-episode season takes on “The Sorcerer’s Stone” and is set to release on Christmas. The show also snagged an early Season 2 renewal in May, which will follow “The Chamber of Secrets.”
The cast includes John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts; Janet McTeer as Prof. McGonagall; Paapa Essiedu as Prof. Snape; Nick Frost as Hagrid; Luke Thallon as Prof. Quirrell; Paul Whitehouse as Argus Filch; Bertie Carvel as Cornelius Fudge; Johnny Flynn as Lucius Malfoy and more. Many young actors are getting their first major starts on the series as well. Lox Pratt is Draco Malfoy; Leo Earley as Seamus Finnegan; Rory Wilmot as Neville Longbottom; Gracie Cochrane as Ginny Weasley; and Elijah Oshin as Dean Thomas.
HBO dropped a first-look image on March 24 that showed McLaughlin as Harry in Gryffindor robes. He’s walking up to the Quidditch pitch on the Hogwarts school grounds, surrounded by other students in their school clothes. That was later followed by a full trailer, which revealed the new looks at Ron, Hermione, Dumbledore, Snape and other fan-favorite characters.
Watch the trailer below.
