Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Also known as Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them I
2016 film directed by David Yates
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"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" is a 2016 fantasy film directed by David Yates that serves as a spinoff prequel to the Harry Potter series, set in 1920s New York. The film follows a magical zoologist as he searches for escaped magical creatures, introducing viewers to a new era and location within the Harry Potter universe.
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7.3In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the American wizarding authorities after Newt, and threatens to strain even further the state of magical and non-magical relations.
Released: 2016-11-16133 minDir: David YatesFantasy, AdventureBudget: $180MBox office: $809MPart of: Fantastic Beasts Collection
Cast
- Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander
- Katherine Waterston as Porpentina 'Tina' Goldstein
- Dan Fogler as Jacob Kowalski
- Alison Sudol as Queenie Goldstein
- Colin Farrell as Percival Graves
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a 2016 fantasy film directed by David Yates and written by J. K. Rowling in her debut as a screenwriter. It is the first instalment in the Fantastic Beasts film series and the ninth overall in the Wizarding World franchise, serving as a spin-off of and prequel to the Harry Potter film series. Newt Scamander's guide book of the same name—written by Rowling under the pen name in 2001 for the charity Comic Relief—inspired the film. It features an ensemble cast including Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Samantha Morton, Jon Voight, Carmen Ejogo, Ron Perlman and Colin Farrell.
A new Wizarding World film series was first announced in September 2013, two years after the final Harry Potter film—Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2—was released. The following month, it was also announced that producer David Heyman and writer Steve Kloves, who were both Potter film franchise veterans, will return in the new film series. In August 2014, Warner Bros. announced that Yates would direct at least one film of the planned trilogy, after rumors in which Alfonso Cuarón would direct, of which he refuted three months earlier. Filming took place from August 2015 to January 2016, at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, and also on location in England.