HBO’s New ‘Harry Potter’ Trailer: The Sorting Hat, Quidditch and Snape Dissing Harry
HBO released a new trailer for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone featuring a much more detailed look at the cast and Potter’s first year at Hogwarts.
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Harry, Ron and Hermione and their core professors all get speaking lines in this new footage (below), which shows some iconic moments from J.K. Rowling’s first novel — such as Harry under the Sorting Hat, the Quidditch pitch, and Harry being dissed by Professor Snape.
The production values and special effects, it should be said, look high quality and cinematic — similar to the Warner Bros. films instead of looking overtly “TV.” Gone is the muted, desaturated color palette from the first teaser trailer that was widely criticized by fans.
HBO also released a new description for the season: “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.
The series stars Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter, 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.
The series, based on J.K. Rowling’s beloved books, is written and executive produced by Francesca Gardiner. Mark Mylod will executive produce and direct multiple episodes of the series for HBO in association with Brontë Film and TV and Warner Bros. Television. The series is executive produced by J.K. Rowling, Neil Blair and Ruth Kenley-Letts of Brontë Film and TV, and David Heyman of Heyday Films.
The series will debut Dec. 25 on HBO.
