Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)

Fantastic Beasts
and Where to Find Them

Teaser poster
Directed by David Yates
Produced by
Written by J. K. Rowling
Based on Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 
by J. K. Rowling
Starring
Music by James Newton Howard
Cinematography Philippe Rousselot
Edited by Mark Day
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
  • 18 November 2016 (2016-11-18) (United Kingdom and United States)
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, or simply Fantastic Beasts, is an upcoming 2016 British fantasy drama film written by J. K. Rowling as her screenwriting debut and inspired by Rowling's book of the same name. A spin-off/prequel of the Harry Potter film series and directed by David Yates, the film will be the first installment of a trilogy. Rowling is also producing the film alongside David Heyman, Steve Kloves, and Lionel Wigram. The film stars Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Ezra Miller, Carmen Ejogo, Faith Wood-Blagrove, Jon Voight and Ron Perlman. Principal photography commenced on 17 August 2015, at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is scheduled to be released on 18 November 2016 worldwide in the 3D and IMAX 4K Laser format.

Synopsis

In 1926, Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America (MACUSA), for a meeting with an important official. At this meeting is a magically expanded briefcase which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the American wizarding authorities after Newt, and threatens to strain even further the state of magical and non-magical relations. The mistake has a devastating effect on the state of Wizarding/No-Maj (the American term for a non-magical person) relations in New York City's community of wizards and witches, which is already in a dangerous place, due to the threatening presence of the fanatical New Salem Philanthropic Society, an extremist organisation dedicated to the eradication of wizard-kind. Newt battles to correct the mistake, and the horrors of the resultant increase in violence, fear, and tension felt between magical and non-magical peoples (Muggles).

Cast

Additionally, newcomer George Najsarek has been added to the cast as an undisclosed character created by Rowling for the film.

Production

Development

Warner Bros. Pictures announced in September 2013 that J. K. Rowling would be making her screenwriting debut with the first of a planned series of films based upon Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, part of an expanded creative partnership with Rowling. Rowling stated that the films, which will focus on the life of Newt Scamander, will neither be a prequel nor sequel to the Harry Potter series, though will be set in the same world as the book series. The first film will be set seventy years prior to the Potter films, in 1920s New York.[15] David Heyman, who produced all the Harry Potter films, will come back to work again with the series.[16]

In March 2014, Warner Bros. confirmed that the story would be released as a trilogy.[17][18] Three months later, they announced shooting would take place at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden in Hertfordshire.[19] After Alfonso Cuarón declined involvement,[20] Warner Bros. announced that David Yates would direct at least the first installment of a planned trilogy.[21] On 23 November, producer Heyman reported that Rowling had completed the script and Yates would start filming in 2015.[22]

On 20 January 2015, Heyman confirmed that Yates and Steve Kloves had been working with Rowling on the screenplay.[23] Kloves previously wrote the screenplays for seven of the eight Harry Potter films. Philippe Rousselot will be the director of photography.[24]

On April 7, 2016 it was officially announced that James Newton Howard will compose the score.[25]

Pre-production

In April 2015, Variety reported that Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne was the top choice for the lead role of Newt Scamander.[26] Matt Smith and Nicholas Hoult were also considered.[26][27] For the role of Queenie, a witch, the studio was deciding between Saoirse Ronan, Dakota Fanning, Lili Simmons, and Alison Sudol, while Kate Upton, Katherine Waterston, and Elizabeth Debicki were being considered for the role of Queenie's older sister, Tina.[28] Greg Silverman announced Redmayne had been cast as Newt Scamander, the Wizarding World's preeminent magizoologist, in June 2015.[1] After the studio announced they had officially cast Waterston to play the witch Tina,[2] Ezra Miller was reported to be in talks for the role of Credence, a magically powered person whom Scamander meets.[10]

In July 2015, Sudol was confirmed for the role of Queenie. This will be her feature film debut.[4] After the studio met with Josh Gad and Michael Cera,[10] comedian Dan Fogler was cast as Jacob, a non-magical person whom Newt befriends, and Miller was cast as Credence.[9] Cera passed on the Fantastic Beasts role to voice the animated The Lego Batman Movie.[29] In August, Colin Farrell was cast in the film to play a wizard named Graves with whom Scamander meets in New York.[6] Following thousands of auditions in an open casting call, a ten-year-old British girl named Faith Wood-Blagrove was chosen for the part of Modesty.[11] Later that month, Irish actress Jenn Murray signed on to star as Chastity,[14] and Samantha Morton was cast as Mary Lou.[7] In October 2015, The Hollywood Reporter has reported that Jon Voight, Gemma Chan, Carmen Ejogo and Ron Perlman were cast in unnamed roles.[12][13]

Filming

Principal photography on the film commenced on 17 August 2015, at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden,[7][8][30][31] scenes were also shot in London.[32] On 20 October, filming began in Liverpool at the St George's Hall, where the crew was covering the location with fake snow and placing classic cars on the road to transform the city into 1920s New York.[33] Filming concluded on 28 January 2016.

Release

The film will be released on 18 November 2016, in 3D and the new IMAX 4K Laser system.[1][34]

Marketing

On 10 December 2015, it was announced that an "announcement trailer" would be released five days later, on 15 December.[35] Along with the one-minute trailer, a teaser poster was released.[36][37]

Rowling has also released 4 pieces of writing exclusively as an introduction to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, titled History of Magic in North America.[38][39]

On 10 April 2016, the first "teaser trailer" was released during the MTV Movie Awards.[40]

Sequels

In October 2014, the studio announced the film as a trilogy. The second installment is set to be released on 16 November 2018, followed by the third installment on 20 November 2020.[41][42]

References

  1. 1 2 3 McMillan, Graeme (1 June 2015). "Eddie Redmayne Officially Cast in 'Harry Potter' Prequel 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 Kroll, Justin (15 June 2015). "'Fantastic Beasts': Katherine Waterston Lands Female Lead in 'Harry Potter' Spinoff". Variety. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  3. ↑ J.K. Rowling [jk_rowling] (15 August 2015). "Well, I think it's widely known that that characters of (Porpen)tina and Queenie are sisters, but not that their surname is Goldstein." (Tweet). Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  4. 1 2 Kroll, Justin (9 July 2015). "'Fantastic Beasts': Alison Sudol Joins Eddie Redmayne in 'Harry Potter' Spinoff (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Pottermore - Everything we've learned about ‘Fantastic Beasts'". Pottermore. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  6. 1 2 Ford, Rebecca (5 August 2015). "Colin Farrell Joins Harry Potter Spinoff 'Fantastic Beasts' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 "David Yates-Helmed 'Fantastic Beast' Filming Starts Up". Deadline.com. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
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  9. 1 2 Fleming Jr, Mike (10 July 2015). "Dan Fogler Cast In 'Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them' As Jacob: Comic Con". Deadline.com. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  10. 1 2 3 Kroll, Justin (24 June 2015). "Ezra Miller Eyes 'Harry Potter' Spinoff 'Fantastic Beasts' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  11. 1 2 "Fantastic Beasts actress chosen from open auditions". BBC. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  12. 1 2 Kit, Borys (5 October 2015). "'Harry Potter' Spinoff 'Fantastic Beasts' Casts Jon Voight (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
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  14. 1 2 Sneider, Jeff (6 August 2015). "J.K. Rowling's 'Fantastic Beasts' Casts 'Brooklyn' Actress Jenn Murray (Exclusive)". TheWrap. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
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  23. ↑ "X-Men’s Jane Goldman Joining Fables Film Writing Team, Updates on Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts". The Mary Sue. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  24. ↑ "Below-the-Line Bookings, Signings and News". Variety. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  25. ↑ "James Newton Howard to Score ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’". Film Music Reporter. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  26. 1 2 Kroll, Justin (10 April 2015). "Eddie Redmayne the Frontrunner to Star in 'Harry Potter' Spinoff (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
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  29. ↑ Sneider, Jeff (16 July 2015). "Michael Cera Passes on 'Fantastic Beasts' to Voice Robin in 'Lego Batman'". TheWrap. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
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  37. ↑ Fantastic Beasts [FantasticBeasts] (15 December 2015). "The Announcement Trailer for #FantasticBeasts is here. t.co/kVFBnSN3b7" (Tweet). Retrieved 15 December 2015.
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