Eddie Redmayne also cast as main character in movie!
[dropcap size=small]T[/dropcap]he main story of Harry Potter is over, but that won’t stop other side stories from being told. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them will be the latest movie installment based off of the book Fantastic Beasts by J.K. Rowling, who will be making her screenwriting debut. Fantastic Beasts will be directed by David Yates.
Sudol will play Queenie, the younger sister of Tina (played by Katherine Waterson), who runs into Newt Scamander (played by Redmayne) in New York City where he travels to discover and archive new magical creatures. Warner Brothers also cast Dan Fogler as Jacob, a non-magical person who joins Scamander on his journey in New York. Josh Gad and John Krasinski were also considered for the role of Jacob.
The plot is set in New York about seven decades before the Harry Potter series begins. Fantastic Beasts is based on the Hogwarts textbook, “Fantastic Beasts and How to Find Them”, and follows the adventures of Scamander. Scamander job title is a magiczoologist, someone who studies magical creatures.
Harry Potter has given us plenty of creatures that we could guess will be in this movie, such as werewolves, unicorns, centaurs, the list keeps going from there with what could be featured in this spinoff. Fan-made movie posters have consistently shown a hippogriff and a dragon featured in the background. It will be interesting to see what will be seen in this movie!
Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them is set to be released on November 18, 2016!