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The highly anticipated HBO series 'Harry Potter' has unveiled its teaser trailer. It showcases a new facet of the fantasy world. The trailer, which is approximately two minutes and thirty-seven seconds long, features Dominic McLagorlin as the new Harry Potter, portraying an 11-year-old wizard. Previously, this role was played by the well-known actor Daniel Radcliffe.

The teaser allows viewers to once again immerse themselves in the magical world of Hogwarts. This time, the mystical world has been created with the participation of new actors. New actors have replaced the previous cast in the roles of Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger. A radical change will occur in Harry's life in the plot, as he learns that he is not an ordinary child but a wizard possessing knowledge of magical powers.

The trailer shows the moment when Harry heads to Hogwarts. He enrolls at the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Hogwarts, along with Ron and Hermione. Viewers will see the friendship of Harry, Ron, and Hermione, their admission to Gryffindor, exciting Quidditch games, and shared moments from the magical world.

Some scenes from the first 'Harry Potter' film were repeated in the teaser, which may evoke a sense of recognition in viewers. Overall, the new series plans to present the old story using new actors and updated visual effects, evoking nostalgia among fans.

After watching the teaser trailer, fans are awaiting the show's release. The HBO series will be released in the US during Christmas, and Indian viewers can watch it on JioCinema. 'Harry Potter' is one of the major projects scheduled for HBO's release this year. This series is based on the first book, 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,' and the first season will focus on Harry's arrival at Hogwarts and the beginning of his journey there.

It remains to be seen how positively viewers will receive the show with the new characters. Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson made the 'Harry Potter' franchise iconic, and now it is interesting to see how successfully the new actors can continue this legacy.

HBO released the second preview trailer and new official images for 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone,' the series based on books written by J.K. Rowling, this Wednesday (2). This production is scheduled to have eight episodes and will premiere on December 25th on the HBO Max platform.

The promotional material shows Harry Potter when he is 11 years old, the moment he receives the acceptance letter for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. From this point, the young character begins to discover an unknown universe, full of magical elements, new friendships, and adventures, but also confronted with dangers linked to an ancient adversary.

Main Cast

Dominic McLaughlin plays Harry Potter, while Arabella Stanton portrays Hermione Granger and Alastair Stout brings Ron Weasley to life. The cast also includes well-known figures in crucial roles in the narrative. John Lithgow takes on the role of Albus Dumbledore, and Janet McTeer plays Minerva McGonagall. Additionally, Paapa Essiedu will be Severus Snape and Nick Frost will play Rubeus Hagrid.

The plot begins with Harry living outside the magical world. According to the description provided by HBO, his Aunt Petunia insisted that he had no remarkable qualities. However, the arrival of the Hogwarts letter drastically changes this situation, presenting Harry with a completely different reality.

This new phase brings moments of joy, companionship, and magic, but it also exposes the protagonist to threats related to his past. The season, consisting of eight episodes, will be available on HBO Max starting December 25th.

The series is based on J.K. Rowling's books, who also collaborates on executive production. Francesca Gardiner is responsible for the script and serves as an executive producer. Mark Mylod is an executive producer and will direct several episodes for HBO. The production is carried out in partnership with Brontë Film and TV and Warner Bros. Television. Furthermore, Neil Blair and Ruth Kenley-Letts, both from Brontë Film and TV, participate in the executive production, as does David Heyman from Heyday Films, who joins the team as an executive producer.

In the late 19th century, when mobile phones, radio, or television did not exist, telegraph cables were the only way to transmit messages quickly over long distances. During this period, the gaucho priest and scientist Roberto Landell de Moura decided to test something that seemed incredible for that era: making the human voice travel through the air without any wires. He conducted the first public wireless voice transmission via radio waves in São Paulo, which entered history.

Despite creating a revolutionary and ahead-of-its-time technology, the Brazilian neither became wealthy nor famous. He received no financial support from the government or entrepreneurs to produce his equipment; instead, Landell faced the ignorance of people who even broke his equipment, claiming it was a 'demonic thing.'

To understand the scale of Landell de Moura's achievements, it is important to know how the technology functioned at the time. In the late 19th century, inventors around the world were trying to communicate without using wires. As Eduardo Puzada, a professor of telecommunications at Mauá Institute of Technology, notes, 'it was an era when radio waves were experimentally confirmed for the first time in the world by the German Heinrich Hertz.'

The professor explains that many attempts followed to practically apply these waves. 'The question was: what to do with these radio waves that travel almost at the speed of light?' Italian Guglielmo Marconi, for example, managed to transmit signals using Morse code through the air on June 2, 1896. However, transmitting the human voice with clear sound was a much more complex task.

On July 16, 1899, the priest Landell gathered journalists, businessmen, and officials in the Santana College hall in northern São Paulo. He used his own apparatus and spoke into a microphone. Approximately four kilometers away, on the Ponte Grande bridge, people could clearly hear the priest's voice and the National Anthem.

In 1900, he repeated the experiment, increasing the voice transmission distance to about eight kilometers, to Avenida Paulista. Puzada notes: 'The point is that since he was in Brazil, he had to build everything himself. He didn't have a store where he could find raw materials to assemble what he envisioned. He built it brick by brick.'

Landell also documented his inventions to guarantee the authorship of the idea. He obtained a Brazilian patent in 1901 and then traveled to the United States. In 1904, he received three American patents for devices transmitting radio waves, sound using light beams, and wireless telegraphy.

In his notes, the priest even drew sketches of what would later become television and the remote control. If the priest's invention truly worked, why does the world remember the Italian Marconi more than the Brazilian Landell de Moura? The answer lies in the lack of funds and the prejudices of the time.

Marconi came from a very wealthy family and received support from the British government to turn wireless telegraphy into a large business. Meanwhile, Landell was a penniless priest working alone. The Brazilian government of that period rejected funding requests for the production of equipment in the country. The situation was worsened by superstitious people who could not understand how a voice could travel through the air without cables, considering it witchcraft. Religious fanatics even trespassed into the priest's laboratory and destroyed his machines.

Landell de Moura died in 1928 in Porto Alegre (RS), without seeing the mass production of his inventions. Today, historians and scientists consider radio a collective creation made by many researchers over time, but the priest should be noted as a pioneer.

The telecommunications professor states: 'Radio transmissions are analog and will remain so in 2100, 2200, 3000, if humanity still exists.' At a turning point of the century, the Brazilian priest proved that faith and science can go hand in hand, bringing progress to humanity.