Magical grand banquet in surprise first clip from Harry Potter HBO TV series
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The show, launching at Christmas, has been adapted from JK Rowling’s first novel Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone.
US TV network HBO has released a sneak peek first clip from its Harry Potter television series.
The show, launching at Christmas, has been adapted from JK Rowling’s first novel, Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone.
Two months after the trailer was released, a 90-second clip has been shared on social media showing a magical banquet scene at the Hogwarts boarding school.
The series stars Dominic McLaughlin, Alastair Stout and Arabella Stanton as young wizards Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, respectively.
The clip begins with students chanting the name “Dumbledore” while hitting their hands on the empty tables before the headmaster is seen laughing.
Harry then asks whether Dumbledore, played by John Lithgow, is “a bit mad.”
Dumbledore then clicks his fingers and bountiful plates of food magically appear on the tables in front of the excited students.
As they tuck into the feast, Harry – who has grown up in difficult circumstances after the death of his parents, James and Lily, when he was a baby – looks pleased as he eats a chicken drumstick.
The Hogwarts headmaster turns to Minerva McGonagall (Janet McTeer) to ask whether she is pleased that Harry is in the Gryffindor school house she presides over.
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