It’s been 25 years since Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint first introduced audiences to Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley, and seeing new people in those Hogwarts robes is going to be hard to process because, for an entire generation, they’re simply what the Golden Trio looks like. But with HBO preparing to bring J.K. Rowling‘s books back to the screen, a new generation of young actors is getting ready to make those roles their own, and they look more than up for it themselves.
On the day that the City of London will officially turn on its Harry Potter-themed Christmas lights, HBO has given us an early Christmas present in the shape of brand new posters for their adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, giving us new looks at Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger, and Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley. The posters arrive ahead of the series’ December 25 premiere on HBO and HBO Max, with each image featuring one of the young stars holding their wand vertically in front of their face beneath the tagline, “The First Year Begins.”
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Alongside McLaughlin, Stanton, and Stout, the series stars John Lithgow (The Crown) as Albus Dumbledore, Janet McTeer (Ozark) as Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You) as Severus Snape, Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead) as Rubeus Hagrid, Lox Pratt (Lord of the Flies) as Draco Malfoy, Warwick Davis (Willow) as Filius Flitwick, and Katherine Parkinson (The IT Crowd) as Molly Weasley. The cast also includes Tristan Harland as Fred Weasley, Gabriel Harland as George Weasley, Johnny Flynn (Emma.) as Lucius Malfoy, Bel Powley (The Diary of a Teenage Girl) as Petunia Dursley, and Daniel Rigby (Eric and Ernie) as Vernon Dursley. Stars joining for the second season include Rafe Spall (Shaun of the Dead) as Arthur Weasley and Kit Harington (Game of Thrones) as Gilderoy Lockhart.
Francesca Gardiner (Succession) serves as showrunner, while Mark Mylod (The Last of Us) directs multiple episodes. The series is being produced by HBO in association with Brontë Film and TV and Warner Bros. Television, with David Heyman, who produced the original movies, also involved.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone premieres December 25, 2026, on HBO and HBO Max.
via Collider