According to Nikki Finke, Academy Award Winning director Alfonso Cuarón is in talks to helm J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter prequel/spin-off, Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them.
The news makes some sense as the
director is considered to be responsible for turning the kid friendly Harry
Potter franchise into a more mature and darker film series, with Harry Potter
and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
I hear Alfonso Cuaron ('Gravity', 'HP/Azkaban') deep in talks to direct JK Rowling's Harry Potter spinoff 'Fantastic Beasts'. Perfect pick.
— Nikki Finke (@NikkiFinke) 19 maio 2014
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” will be an original story
and will mark Rowling’s screenwriting debut. It is planned as the first picture
in a new film series. Set in the wizarding world, the story will feature
magical creatures and characters, some of which will be familiar to devoted Harry
Potter fans. “Although it will be set in the worldwide community of witches and
wizards where I was so happy for seventeen years, ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where
to Find Them’ is neither a prequel nor a sequel to the Harry Potter series, but
an extension of the wizarding world,” said Rowling. “The laws and customs of
the hidden magical society will be familiar to anyone who has read the Harry
Potter books or seen the films, but Newt’s story will start in New York,
seventy years before Harry’s gets underway.”
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