While this is not the
first time that the name of the Academy Award winning actor came up in
connection with Warner Bros. Harry Potter prequel, Fantastic Beasts & Where
To Find Them, Deadline claims that Redmayne has been offered the lead role of Newt Scamander in the upcoming film.
According to the news outlet,
Warner Bros. has sent out a formal offer to the actor and negotiations have
begun now that J.K. Rowling's script is more advanced.
Set 70 years before the events of the Harry Potter
films, Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them is the title of a Hogwarts
textbook written by Newt Scamander, a magiczoologist whose studies on magical
creatures take him on various adventures.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry
Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Parts 1 and 2 director David Yates is on board to helm Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them.
Source - Deadline
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