HBO Max has released the teaser for the first season of the new original Harry Potter series, called Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, at the HBO Max UK & Ireland launch event. The series will launch in Christmas 2026 on HBO and will be available to stream exclusively on HBO Max in select markets, including recent ones in Asia Pacific, Germany, Italy, and the UK & Ireland.
There is nothing special about Harry Potter – at least that’s what his Aunt Petunia always says. On his 11th birthday, he receives a letter inviting him to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, revealing a hidden world filled with fun, friendship, and magic. However, this new adventure also brings danger as Harry must confront an enemy from his past.
The series features 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.
Additional cast includes Daniel Rigby as Vernon Dursley, Bel Powley as Petunia Dursley, Paul Whitehouse as Argus Filch, Johnny Flynn as Lucius Malfoy, Bertie Carvel as Cornelius Fudge, Luke Thallon as Quirinus Quirrell, Katherine Parkinson as Molly Weasley, Amos Kitson as Dudley Dursley, Gracie Cochrane as Ginny Weasley, Richard Durden as Cuthbert Binns, Louise Brealey as Rolanda Hooch, Bríd Brennan as Poppy Pomfrey, Leigh Gill as Griphook, and Anton Lesser as Garrick Ollivander.
The series, based on J.K. Rowling’s books, is created and produced by Francesca Gardiner, with Mark Mylod directing several episodes for HBO along with Brontë Film and TV and Warner Bros. Television. Executive producers include J.K. Rowling, Neil Blair, and Ruth Kenley-Letts from Brontë Film and TV, and David Heyman from Heyday Films.
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