Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

From J.K. Rowling's wizarding world.

Last modified: May. 13, 2017

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Release Date: Friday, November 18, 2016 Theaters

Set in New York roughly seven decades before Harry Potter’s saga starts, Fantastic Beasts is based on the Hogwarts textbook of the same name and follows the adventures of its author, Newt Scamander

Director: David Yates

Starring: Eddie Redmayne • Katherine Waterston • Ezra Miller • Alison Sudol • Dan Fogler

PG-13 Adventure 2 hrs, 12 m

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Plot – What's the story about?

Plot: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them opens in 1926 as Newt Scamander has just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures. Arriving in New York for a brief stopover, he might have come and gone without incident…were it not for a No-Maj (American for Muggle) named Jacob, a misplaced magical case, and the escape of some of Newt’s fantastic beasts, which could spell trouble for both the wizarding and No-Maj worlds.

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Who stars in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Cast List

Eddie Redmayne
... Newt Scamander

Les Misérables, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Katherine Waterston
... Tina / Porpentina

Fackham Hall, They Listen
Ezra Miller
... Credence

The Flash, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
A
Alison Sudol
... Queenie

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, The Last Full Measure
Dan Fogler
... Jacob

Juliet & Romeo, Juliet & Romeo
S
Samantha Morton
... Mary Lou

The Odyssey, Anemone
J
Jenn Murray
... Chastity

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
F
Faith Wood-Blagrove
... Modesty
Colin Farrell
... Graves

The Gentlemen, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
G
Gemma Chan
The Creator, Raya and the Last Dragon
C
Carmen Ejogo
Alien: Covenant, Selma
Zoe Kravitz
Caught Stealing, The Batman

Who is making Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Crew List

A look at Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director David Yates last helmed Pain Hustlers and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore. The film's writer J.K. Rowling last penned Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.

Director: David Yates
Screenwriter: J.K. Rowling
Producers: David Heyman
Steve Kloves

Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures

Production – What we know about the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Key Facts

POSSIBLE SPOILERS: Features a cameo by a young Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grendelwald, characters from the original Harry Potter movies (Warner Bros, 10/13/16).
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them will be a five-film franchise (Warner Bros, 10/13/16).
Collaborating with director David 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).
The film is being produced by David Heyman, producer of all eight of the blockbuster Harry Potter features.
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.
Being directed by David Yates, who helmed the last four Harry Potter feature films.
Besides Newt Scamander, there are four other main roles
Newt Scamander is described as a “magiczoologist,” which in the Harry Potter realm is a person who studies magical creatures.
The first installment of the new Harry Potter spinoff franchise, which is being planned as a trilogy.
Spun-off from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001).
Based on her book "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," which was inspired by Harry Potter's Hogwarts textbook.

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Oct 2016

Completed

Changed Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Jan 2016

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

Aug 2015

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. Filming started August 17, 2015 at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden. Some scenes were also shot on location in Liverpool, England.

Aug 2014

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in 'development hell.'

Sep 2013

Announced

Changed the movie production status to Announced. Warner Bros. is working on a film based on a Harry Potter-themed spin-off.

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for some fantasy action violence
Runtime: 2 hrs, 12 m
Tagline: From J.K. Rowling's wizarding world.
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Release Date: When was the film released?

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, November 18 , 2016. There were nine other movies released on the same date, including Bleed For This, The Edge of Seventeen and Manchester by the Sea. Additional information: 3D/2D; IMAX.