J.K. Rowling Completes FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM Script

By: Sally Henry Fuller Nov. 23, 2014

HARRY POTTER author J.K. Rowling has just finished the script for her newest magical spinoff, FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM.

The film's producer, David Heyman of Warner Bros., said, "Jo [Rowling] has written a wonderful script. It's early stages. David Yates is directing and we start filming next year. I'm just really excited about it."

Based on Rowling's short Hogwarts textbook of the same title, the first film in the trilogy is set for a November 18, 2016 release. FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM also chronicles the adventures of the book's fictitious author from the wizarding world, News Scamander, beginning in New York, seven years before Harry received his Hogwarts letter.

The final two films in the trilogy are set for November 16, 2018 and November 20, 2020 releases, respectively.

Source: ComingSoon.net

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