New Harry Potter Movie Trailer: HBO Series Teaser and Every Film

The newest Harry Potter trailer is for a television series and not a film, since no new Harry Potter movie has been announced. The footage people are sharing comes from HBO's adaptation, which began filming at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden in the UK on July 14, 2025. If you arrived looking for a film release, the full picture is on the new Harry Potter movie page, and the series has its own home at Harry Potter TV series.

Yes, the HBO series teaser is the newest official Harry Potter trailer, and it is for a series, not a film. The Hollywood Reporter India says the first teaser confirmed a December 2026 premiere, earlier than the 2027 window HBO announced when filming began. Collider reports that season one, which runs eight episodes, arrives on December 25, 2026 on HBO and HBO Max. TODAY and TheWrap both place the premiere at Christmas 2026, and TODAY and Collider give the exact day, so the day is reported rather than confirmed. Season one is titled Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, according to The Hollywood Reporter India, and it follows a first year at Hogwarts.

The cast has been public for some time. Dominic McLaughlin plays Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton plays Hermione Granger, Alastair Stout plays Ron Weasley, and John Lithgow plays Dumbledore. Janet McTeer is Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu is Severus Snape and Nick Frost is Hagrid. Mark Mylod directs, Francesca Gardiner writes, and Hans Zimmer and Bleeding Fingers were announced as composers on January 14, 2026. One familiar face from the films is Warwick Davis, who played Griphook and Filius Flitwick in Deathly Hallows: Part 2 and is confirmed as Flitwick in the series, according to harrypotter.com.

One rumor linked Cillian Murphy to Voldemort. Deadline carried Murphy's statement that he is categorically not in the series, so the claim stands as denied.

No, there is no Harry Potter film scheduled for 2026, and the eleven theatrical releases to date make up the whole film catalog. That count is eight main films and three Fantastic Beasts spinoffs, and the latest, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, opened in the US on April 15, 2022.

The eleven Harry Potter films opened between November 2001 and April 2022, and each film's US opening date is given with it here. The order follows Harry Potter movies in order, and the full list is on the Harry Potter movies hub.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), directed by Chris Columbus, opened on November 16, 2001 with John Williams scoring and Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson in the lead roles. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), also directed by Columbus, opened on November 15, 2002, introducing Kenneth Branagh as Gilderoy Lockhart and Toby Jones as the voice of Dobby. Richard Harris died on October 25, 2002, shortly after finishing it.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), directed by Alfonso Cuarón, opened on June 4, 2004 with Michael Gambon replacing Harris as Dumbledore and Gary Oldman as Sirius Black. NBC News reported that a trailer leaked online in November 2003 with the June 4 date on it. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), directed by Mike Newell, opened on November 18, 2005, with Ralph Fiennes as Voldemort, Robert Pattinson as Cedric Diggory and Patrick Doyle replacing Williams as composer.

David Yates directed the last four main films. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) opened on July 11, 2007, with Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbridge and Nicholas Hooper composing. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) opened on July 15, 2009 after Warner Bros. moved it from November 21, 2008, according to Screen Daily. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) opened on November 19, 2010, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) opened on July 15, 2011, both scored by Alexandre Desplat.

The spinoffs, all directed by Yates and scored by James Newton Howard, began with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), which opened on November 18, 2016 with Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) opened on November 16, 2018 with Jude Law as Dumbledore and Johnny Depp as Grindelwald. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022) opened on April 15, 2022, and Deadline reported that Mads Mikkelsen replaced Depp as Grindelwald.

In my opinion, the series teaser is best read against the first film, because both begin in the same place. Chris Columbus opened the saga in 2001 with Harry learning from Hagrid that he is a wizard, buying his wand in a hidden London street and boarding the Hogwarts Express. A series that adapts the first book across eight episodes, as Collider describes it, covers that ground at greater length, and viewers will measure every shot of the castle against the Columbus film.

The date history is also worth a comparison. Warner Bros. pushed Half-Blood Prince back from November 21, 2008 to July 2009, whereas HBO moved its series forward, from a 2027 window to December 2026. That being said, a Christmas Day premiere is a gamble of its own, and the trailer cycle has already outrun the usual studio pattern, since the Prisoner of Azkaban footage leaked in November 2003 with its June 4 date, more than six months before release.

The Dumbledore casting is the clearest thread through all of it. Richard Harris played him in the first two films and died on October 25, 2002, Michael Gambon took over for Azkaban, Jude Law played the younger man in two Fantastic Beasts films, and John Lithgow now carries the role. Nick Frost succeeds the late Robbie Coltrane's Hagrid in the same way. It could be argued that the returning Warwick Davis, who appeared as Griphook and Flitwick in Deathly Hallows: Part 2, is the one link between the film cast and the new one.

If you want to watch the films themselves, where to watch Harry Potter lists the current streaming services in the US, UK and Australia.