HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ Reboot Officially Reveals New Look at the Golden Trio

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.”

• You speak up in the room where it costs you something.
• You would rather be wrong and brave than right and silent.
• People come to you when something needs facing.

• Dominic McLaughlin takes over as Harry in HBO’s series, which arrives in 2027 after
  filming through 2025 and 2026.
• Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson were all cast in 2000, aged eleven, ten and
  ten.
• The Sorting Hat on screen was a practical puppet before any digital work went near it.

• You think three moves ahead and say one of them out loud.
• You are loyal to a small circle and ruthless about the rest.
• Being underestimated has always suited you.

• Alan Rickman knew Snape’s ending from Rowling years before the films got there, and
  played it accordingly.
• Tom Felton read for Harry and for Ron before landing Draco.
• Paapa Essiedu takes the role of Snape in HBO’s series.

• You are the one who remembers, and who follows through.
• You do the unglamorous part nobody volunteers for.
• Your word has never needed a backup.

• Robert Pattinson played Cedric Diggory in Goblet of Fire a year before he was cast in
  Twilight.
• Eddie Redmayne’s Newt Scamander put a Hufflepuff at the center of five Fantastic Beasts
  films.
• The common room sits beside the kitchens, which is the most Hufflepuff detail in the books.

• You would rather be corrected than comfortable.
• You notice the thing nobody else in the room noticed.
• You have never been able to leave a question alone.

• Evanna Lynch was cast as Luna from an open call of roughly fifteen thousand girls, having
  written to Rowling as a fan.
• The tower door asks a riddle rather than a password, so a Ravenclaw can be locked out by
  thinking too slowly.
• Luna, Flitwick and Rowena Ravenclaw are all originals, which is rather the point of the
  house.

Who Else Is Joining HBO’s New ‘Harry Potter’ Series?

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.

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Harry Potter is HBO’s adaptation of the iconic Wizarding World book series by J.K. Rowling. The first season, The Philosopher’s Stone, follows the titular Harry Potter as he discovers his magical potential, enrolls at Hogwarts, and begins to uncover a sinister force.