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This feeds into belief that Scamander’s story is not merely a money-spinning contrivance for Warner Bros to continue a series that stands behind the Marvel superhero films as the second highest-grossing franchise of all time.

Her Pottermore site is filled with original writing on the North American wizarding world, its native beasties, peculiar witchy culture and history of conflict between the magical and non-magical populations. There may have been wobbles along the way – including the rather embarrassing moment when the British author found herself accused of cultural appropriation by a blogger on Native American culture – but Rowling’s attention to detail in the buildup to Fantastic Beasts’ release has gone way beyond Hollywood’s usual standards. But there are witchy flappers – in tribute to the new film’s setting 1920s New York – zillions of Newt Scamanders (Eddie Redmayne’s nerdy, bright-eyed oddball hero and owner of the titular monsters) and even a few dressed up as Jacob Kowalski, the portly “No-Maj” (the American version of the Muggle) played by Dan Fogler.Įddie Redmayne – AKA Newt Scamander – attends the fan event. Looking around in the auditorium of the plush Cineworld Empire Imax in Leicester Square, it’s apparent that pretty much nobody is dressed up as Potter. The biggest takeaway from last night’s global Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them fan event – more than a dozen cities around the world vying to outscream each other in a satellite-linked outpouring of devotion to a movie no one has seen yet – might just be that the Boy Who Lived was not, after all, the star of the show. Indeed, the new stories would not even be set in the UK, a location that always seemed perfect for Rowling’s very British blend of Blytonesque boarding school whimsy and darkling magical intrigue. No, there would be no more adventures for Harry himself, nor Ron, nor Hermione (at least on the big screen).

Yes, she would deliver more stories set in the wizarding world of Harry Potter for a new trilogy of movies. You can just imagine the looks on Warner Bros executives’ faces when JK Rowling presented them with the curate’s egg that is Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

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