HBO Max has randomly dropped the first full clip from its “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” TV series which debuts on Christmas Day.
The clip shows the Start-of-Term Banquet scene in the Great Hall on Harry’s first night at Hogwarts and sees students loudly chant for Dumbledore (John Lithgow) who fills the four house tables with food at the snap of his fingers.
It also boasts a moment neither in the book or previous film – a private chat between Dumbledore and Janet McTeer‘s Professor McGonagall about Harry and his resemblance to his father.
The clip has already drawn reaction online – some complaining about the lighting and food quantity compared to the Chris Columbus-directed film.
The series stars 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, Warwick Davis as Filius Flitwick and Sirine Saba as Pomona Sprout.
Production is already underway on the show’s second season already.
