Harry Potter Harry Potter Spinoff Movie - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

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Warner Bros. announced on 12th September 2013 that J.K. Rowling would be making her screenwriting debut with 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them', the first in a new film series which is part of their expanded creative partnership with J.K. Rowling. The films will be inspired by Harry Potter’s Hogwarts textbook of the same name, and will feature the book’s fictitious author, Newt Scamander.

“It all started when Warner Bros. came to me with the suggestion of turning 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' into a film. I thought it was a fun idea, but the idea of seeing Newt Scamander, the supposed author of 'Fantastic Beasts', realized by another writer was difficult. Having lived for so long in my fictional universe, I feel very protective of it and I already knew a lot about Newt. As hard-core Harry Potter fans will know, I liked him so much that I even married his grandson, Rolf, to one of my favourite characters from the Harry Potter series, Luna Lovegood.

As I considered Warners’ proposal, an idea took shape that I couldn’t dislodge. That is how I ended up pitching my own idea for a film to Warner Bros.

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. 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.

I particularly want to thank Kevin Tsujihara of Warner Bros. for his support in this project, which would not have happened without him. I always said that I would only revisit the wizarding world if I had an idea that I was really excited about and this is it.”

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I don't know about anyone else, but this sounds really good. I've seen many two of the Harry Potter films and I'd see this.

 

[e39042]

Not going to complain about Rowling expanding the HP world. Not really excited by it either though.

 

[tigros40208]

Not going to complain about Rowling expanding the HP world. Not really excited by it either though.

Point. Hopefully she has grown somewhat as a writer and can do it with out having to retcon half the books.

 

[shiki]

Considering that it is a spin-off about awesome creatures it would be pretty damn hard to retcon anything.

I just hope the movie has some dragon fighting and basilisk slaying with a bit of vampire jokes on the side.

 

[troutpeoples]

Also, it starts in New York. Not any sort of modern New York, but apparently 70 years before Harry - so that would put it around 1910, I think? History class was so long ago, I've no idea what was going on in the early 1900s, but...different country, different time period? It's such a big breakaway from events of Canon that I can't help but feel more positive towards this announcement than negative (which really, really surprises me).

 

[tigros40208]

Also, it starts in New York. Not any sort of modern New York, but apparently 70 years before Harry - so that would put it around 1910, I think? History class was so long ago, I've no idea what was going on in the early 1900s, but...different country, different time period? It's such a big breakaway from events of Canon that I can't help but feel more positive towards this announcement than negative (which really, really surprises me).

Another Point. And when you go back and think about it the weakness in the HP books was more about how they interconnected and the piss poor characterization towards the end. A one shot movie really does play to her strengths.