A prequel to Harry Potter, this new adventure
of Magizoologist Newt Scamander marked the start of a five - film series to be written by the author.
Penned by JK Rowling herself, the film will follow the story
of magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne), this time in the city of Paris.
His fantastic beasts, under the protection
of magizoologist Newt Scaramander, can be found on the cinema from this weekend.
Not exact matches
In the second installment
of the Fantastic Beasts series,
magizoologist Newt Scamander joins forces with young Albus Dumbledore to prevent Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) from raising pure - blood wizards to rule over the muggles.
But Redmayne recently revealed in a new interview that before he donned the
magizoologist's robes, he longed to play member
of the massive Weasley family, which in the films included Harry Potter's best friend Ron (Rupert Grint), future wife Ginny (Bonnie Wright), twins Fred and George (James and Oliver Phelps), Percy (Chris Rankin) and Bill (Domhnall Gleeson).
Redmayne plays
magizoologist Newt Scamander, keeper
of a well - used magical suitcase housing those fantastic beasts (like Doctor Who's TARDIS, it's bigger on the inside than it is on the outside).
«Fantastic Beasts» follows preeminent
magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne), who arrives in 1926 New York City, where something mysterious leaves a path
of destruction through the streets, threatening to expose the wizarding world to the Second Salemers, a radical group
of No - Majs (the American term for Muggles) determined to eradicate them.
Rowling's debut as a screenwriter is inspired by a same - named, catalog - style textbook that is supposed to be the work
of a «
magizoologist» and Hogwarts alum named Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne in eccentric shy - guy mode).
Two new Fantastic Beasts clips have been released online by the studio, and they both offer up some interesting new details about our lead character,
magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne), as well as one
of the creatures in his possession.
All these and others fall under the beady care
of Newt Scamander, a so - called
magizoologist who wanders about the planet caring for endangered species.
Set in 1920s New York, «Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them» is an expansion
of the «Harry Potter» universe that centers on
magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne), whose textbook is later used by Harry, Ron, Hermione and the other students at Hogwarts.
What do you get when you mix a paranoid American wizarding community and an English
magizoologist with a dangerous collection
of creatures?
Directed by David Yates from a script by J.K. Rowling, «Fantastic Beasts» is set in 1926 — 70 years before the events
of «Harry Potter» — as preeminent
magizoologist Newt Scamander stops in New York City following his travels to find and document magical creatures.
Our guide to Rowling's Roaring»20s is Newt Scamander himself (Eddie Redmayne), a world - traveling British «
magizoologist» in a peacock - blue coat who specializes in the study, collection and care
of magical creatures.
Eddie Redmayne returns to star as
magizoologist Newt Scamander, and the rest
of the key cast is back: Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Carmen Ejogo, Zoe Kravitz, Ezra Miller, Alison Sudol.
That puts the setting somewhere around 1921, featuring
Magizoologist and credited author
of the book Newt Scamander (Redmayne, if he signs).
In Rowling's tale, wizard and
magizoologist Scamander must team up with others to harness the power
of the fantastic beasts — and avoid being restrained by Percival Graves and his shadowy forces.
Seventy years before Harry Potter's story begins,
magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) is wandering the streets
of New York City with a suitcase full
of trouble.
· Characters o The
Magizoologist o The Goldstein Sisters o The New Salemers o The No - Maj Baker o The President and the Auror · Creatures o Meet the Fantastic Beasts o Bowtruckle o Demiguise o Erumpent o Niffler o Occamy o Thunderbird · Design o Shaping the World
of Fantastic Beasts (360 °) o New York City (360 °) o MACUSA (360 °) o Newt's Magical Case (360 °) o The Shaw Banquet o The Blind Pig (360 °) · Deleted Scenes (11 scenes)
Directed by David Yates from a script by J.K. Rowling, «Fantastic Beasts» is set 70 years before the events
of «Harry Potter,» with Eddie Redmayne starring as preeminent
magizoologist Newt Scamander, who stops in New York following his travels to find and document magical creatures.
Based on JK Rowling's 2001 tie - in novel, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is directed by HP alumni David Yates and stars Eddie Redmayne as
magizoologist Newt Scamander, who arrives in New York having completed a global excursion to discover and document as array
of magical creatures.
But after Newt's creatures escape, the British
magizoologist must recruit a ragtag team
of helpers to aid in their recapture: Tina (Katherine Waterston), her sister Queenie (Alison Sudol) and Jacob (Dan Fogler), a war veteran and muggle, or no - maj as they're known in the States.