Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

2016
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
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Title: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Original Title: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Year: 2016

Info

Release Dates

  • UK: November 18 2016
  • United States: November 18 2016

Plot

'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' is the story of Newt Scamander, a British eccentric magizoologist (a magic zoologist) who travels to New York with his trusty weathered case. This is a special case, inside Scamander keeps a collection of rare and endangered magical creatures from his travels around globe. When Newt arrives in New York, he finds a new wizards' lifestyle. In United States, the American wizards are fearfully hiding from Muggles (who are called No-Maj). Public exposure of magic is a threat and is an even greater concern than in his country. Scamander will have to deal with American muggles' wizard phobia and rush to find all the dangerous magical creatures that have escaped. 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' is a textbook owned by Harry Potter and written by Newt Scamander. The movie stars Eddie Redmayne, Colin Farrell, Ezra Miller and Katherine Waterston. The movie is directed by David Yates.

Awards

  • 2017 Academy Awards (Oscars): 2 1
  • 2017 BAFTA Awards: 5 1

Cast

Director:

David Yates David Yates

Lucie Pohl

Lucie Pohl

Secretaria

Eddie Redmayne

Eddie Redmayne

Newt Scamander

Katherine Waterston

Katherine Waterston

Tina Goldstein

Dan Fogler

Dan Fogler

Jacob Kowalski

Colin Farrell

Colin Farrell

Percival Graves

Ezra Miller

Ezra Miller

Credence

Christine Marzano

Christine Marzano

Exterminator

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Trivia

Original book

First film in the Harry Potter film franchise not to be based on one of the major novels. The book was created for Comic Relief in the UK and is inspired by the fictional textbook of the same name featured in the Harry Potter novels.

Actors

Matt Smith and Nicholas Hoult were considered for the lead role of Newt before Eddie Redmayne was cast.

Screenplay

Screenwriting debut of J.K. Rowling.

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