Warner Bros. has announced that production has begun on the upcoming Harry
Potter spinoff, Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them. Set seventy years before
the events of the first Harry Potter movie, Fantastic Beasts follows Eddie Redmayne as
Newt Scamander, "the wizarding world’s preeminent magizoologist, who stops
in New York following his travels to find and document magical creatures."
Fantastic Beasts opens on November 18, 2016, and also
stars Samantha Morton as Mary Lou, Katherine Waterston as Tina, Alison Sudol as Tina’s sister Queenie, Colin Farrell as Graves, Dan Fogler as Jacob, Ezra Miller as Credence, Jenn Murray as Chastity, and Faith Wood-Blagrove as Modesty.
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“FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM”
Much-anticipated new film, written by wizarding world creator J.K. Rowling and
being directed by David Yates, starts production in England
BURBANK, CA – August 17, 2015 – Principal photography has begun on Warner
Bros. Pictures’ highly anticipated feature “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find
Them.” The all new adventure is set in the wizarding world created by
J.K. Rowling in her best-selling Harry Potter books, which were
adapted into the highest-grossing film franchise of all time.
Filming started today, August 17, at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden, under
the direction of David Yates, who helmed the last four “Harry Potter” feature
films.
Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne (“The Theory of Everything”) stars as
Newt Scamander, the wizarding world’s preeminent magizoologist, who stops in
New York following his travels to find and document magical creatures.
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” also stars Katherine Waterston
(“Inherent Vice”) as Tina; Alison Sudol (“Dig,” “Transparent”) as Tina’s
sister, Queenie; Tony Award winner Dan Fogler (“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”) as Jacob;
Ezra Miller (“Trainwreck”) as Credence; two-time Oscar nominee Samantha Morton
(“In America,” “Sweet and Lowdown”) as Mary Lou; Jenn Murray (“Brooklyn”) as
Chastity; young newcomer Faith Wood-Blagrove as Modesty; and Colin Farrell
(“True Detective”) as Graves.
Marking the screenwriting debut of J.K. Rowling, the script was inspired by
her character Newt Scamander’s Hogwarts textbook, Fantastic Beasts and
Where to Find Them.
The film is being produced by David Heyman, producer of all eight of the
blockbuster “Harry Potter” features; 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).
Warner Bros. Pictures has slated “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
for worldwide release in 3D and IMAX on November 18, 2016.
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