Return to Hogwarts: New Teaser Trailer Released for HBO's Harry Potter
Following last month's casting updates for Season 2, HBO released the latest teaser trailer for the Harry Potter series today:
The first season of Harry Potter will premiere on December 25 on Crave in Canada. The series will faithfully adapt the Harry Potter novel series into seven seasons, with each season adapting one book. The first season will be based on Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. The series is created by Francesca Gardiner, the writer of His Dark Materials, and Mark Mylod, an Emmy Awards winner for Succession, will direct some episodes. The show will feature an original score by two-time Academy Award-winning composer Hans Zimmer (Dune, The Lion King).
The main cast of the first season includes:
Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter;
Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger;
Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley;
Emmy Awards winner John Lithgow (The Crown) as Albus Dumbledore;
Golden Globe Awards winner for Best Actress Janet McTeer (Tumbleweeds) as Minerva McGonagall;
Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You) as Severus Snape;
Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead) 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;
Sirine Saba as Pomona Sprout
There is nothing special about Harry Potter - or so his Aunt Petunia tells him. But when a mysterious letter of admission to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry arrives, it opens the door to a hidden world of magic, friendship and adventure. Yet behind Hogwarts’ enchanted walls lie dark secrets. Harry must find the courage to prove himself against the darkest wizard of all.
Although the series premiere is still over three months away, HBO is already preparing for Season 2. The network has tapped Game of Thrones star Kit Harington to play Gilderoy Lockhart, the charming and narcissistic wizarding professor. The second season will adapt the second novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, with filming expected to begin this fall. Season 1 writer Jon Brown has been promoted to serve as co-showrunner alongside Season 1 showrunner Francesca Gardiner.
The Harry Potter series was created by J. K. Rowling, with seven novels published between 1997 and 2007. Prior to this television adaptation, the series was also adapted into eight films, released between 2001 and 2011. Subsequently, Warner Bros. also released the spin-off film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in 2016, followed by two sequels in 2018 and 2022. This spin-off series was originally planned for five installments, but due to the lukewarm reception and box office performance of the sequels, Warner Bros. appears to have abandoned the final two films. The total box office revenue for these two film series is close to ten billion dollars, ranking fourth among film series in film history. Let’s see if the television series would generate similar excitement when it premieres later this year.
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