00:00The first official teaser trailer for HBO's new TV adaptation of Harry Potter has dropped
00:07and the first season will premiere this December.
00:10The two-minute promo gives us a look at the rebooted Wizarding World
00:15with scenes of Harry being bullied and meeting Hagrid for the first time.
00:20Early reactions have been broadly positive,
00:22even if some are complaining about the lack of magic in the trailer.
00:26The series will reimagine J.K. Rowling's seven fantasy novels by adapting each book into a season.
00:33The entire production is expected to take ten years to complete in total.
00:38Harry Potter will be played by Dominic McLaughlin alongside Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger
00:45and Alistair Stout as Ron Weasley.
00:47With a supporting cast that includes Papa Esiedou as Severus Snape,
00:52who revealed that he received racist death threats over his casting,
00:56The controversy adds to previous criticism over the upcoming series,
01:01as Rowling has repeatedly come under fire for her comments about gender,
01:06with many accusing her of transphobia.
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