Fantasy Movies“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” opens in 1. Newt Scamander has just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures. Arriving in New York for a brief stopover, he might have come and gone without incident. Rowling, whose beloved Harry Potter books were adapted into the top- grossing film franchise of all time. Her script was inspired by the Hogwarts textbook Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, written by her character Newt Scamander. The film reunites a number of people from the “Harry Potter” features, including producers David Heyman, J. K. Rowling, Steve Kloves and Lionel Wigram.

Collaborating with Yates behind the scenes are: Oscar- winning director of photography Philippe Rousselot (“A River Runs Through It,” the “Sherlock Holmes” movies), three- time Oscar- winning production designer Stuart Craig (“The English Patient,” “Dangerous Liaisons,” “Gandhi,” the “Harry Potter” films), three- time Oscar- winning costume designer Colleen Atwood (“Chicago,” “Memoirs of a Geisha,” “Alice in Wonderland”), Oscar- winning visual effects supervisor Tim Burke (“Gladiator,” the “Harry Potter” films), Oscar- nominated visual effects supervisor Christian Manz (“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1”), and Yates’ longtime editor Mark Day (the last four “Harry Potter” films).“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” is being filmed at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, which was home to the “Harry Potter” films for a decade. Some scenes were also shot on location in Liverpool, England. Warner Bros. Pictures has slated “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” for worldwide release in 2.

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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J. Rowling, 9781408708989, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. Something mysterious is leaving a path of destruction in the streets of 1926 New York, threatening to expose the wizarding community.

The adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York's secret community of witches and wizards seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book in school.

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