As we first reported on SFFGazette.com, HBO has released three new character posters for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
Unsurprisingly, the spotlight is put on the show's young leads: Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger, and Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley. Their wands are also front and centre, giving Wizarding World fans a clearer idea of their respective redesigns.
The premium cable network has also shared "motion" versions of the posters, which appear to reveal the first snippet of Hans Zimmer and Bleeding Fingers Music's score for this reimagining of J.K. Rowling's novels.
It remains to be seen whether additional character posters will follow. If so, we'd expect them to highlight the rest of the show's leads, including the students and teachers. Regardless of what follows this latest sneak peek, the actor playing Lord Voldemort is being kept under wraps.
At the very least, we'd expect that actor to have a voiceover role in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone during the Boy Wizard's final confrontation with the Voldemort-possessed Professor Quirrell.
We'll have to wait and see, but with the series set to premiere next month, HBO will likely continue building excitement for the series with more reveals like this.
During a recent interview with TIME, Gangs of London star Paapa Essiedu was asked about the chatter surrounding him playing Severus Snape. "For me, I first came to this story through the books. So people have got a lot of feelings about this," he acknowledged. "Obviously, everyone's got the right to their own opinions about whatever."
"I concentrate on the job at hand, which is to give as much humanity, as much depth, dimensions, layers, complexity to a character that has a lot of that," the actor continued. "That is my job, and it's a privilege, and it's an honor to do it, and I look forward to being able to do it for a long time now."
Check out these new Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone character posters below.
"There is nothing special about Harry Potter - at least that's what his Aunt Petunia always says," reads the synopsis. "On his 11th birthday, a letter of admittance to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry opens up a hidden world for Harry: one of fun, friendship and magic. But with this new adventure comes great risk as Harry is forced to face a dangerous enemy from his past."
The main cast of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone includes 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, and Lox Pratt as Draco Malfoy.
Rounding out the supporting cast are Daniel Rigby as Vernon Dursley, Bel Powley as Petunia Dursley, Paul Whitehouse as Argus Filch, Luke Thallon as Quirinus Quirrell, Katherine Parkinson as Molly Weasley, Amos Kitson as Dudley Dursley, Gracie Cochrane as Ginny Weasley, Leigh Gill as Griphook, and Anton Lesser as Garrick Ollivander.
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.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone premieres on HBO Max on December 25.