As announced yesterday with the release of the first look at the Harry Potter TV series, HBO and Warner Bros. have just shared the first trailer for the highly anticipated small-screen adaptation of the fantasy saga based on J.K. Rowling’s bestselling novels.
The promotional video follows the release of new photos leaked from the Harry Potter set in recent hours, while filming for the series’ first season—based on the first novel in the saga, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone—continues nonstop at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden in the United Kingdom. Mara LePere-Schloop, a production designer known for films such as “Interview with the Vampire” and the acclaimed TV series “Pachinko,” is responsible for the school setting for the new season.
In addition to Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter, the series’ cast includes Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley, Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger, John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, Papa Essiedu as Severus Snape, Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid, and many others.
The HBO adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s famous book series—previously adapted into Warner Bros. Pictures’ acclaimed eight-film saga—is led by showrunner Francesca Gardiner and director Mark Mylod. Executive producers include Rowling, Neil Blair, Ruth Kenley-Letts of Brontë Film and TV, and David Heyman of Heyday Films. The trailer also revealed when the series will premiere on HBO: it’s set to debut at Christmas 2026!
By the way, if it feels like you’ve been transported back to the early 2000s, it’s because Warner Bros. has just announced the new Lord of the Rings film, a sequel/prequel titled The Lord of the Rings: The Shadow of the Past, which will be set 14 years after Frodo’s death.