FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM

The film is an upcoming British drama fantasy actions film directed by David Yates and written by J.K.Rowling(in her screenwriting debut), inspired by Rowling's book of the same name. I

A spin-off, the film will be the first instalment of a series of five films. It is intended to be the ninth film instalment (and the tenth overall, including the two-part stage play Harry Potter and the cursed child) in J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World, a new entertainment brand and cinematic universe founded by Rowling and acquired by Warner Bros., showcasing different genres, and depicting different cultures, time periods, political conflicts, and wars in various Wizarding societies around the globe. Principal photography commenced on 17 August 2015, at Warner Bros.

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

Synopsis

There are growing dangers in the wizarding world of 1926 New York. Something mysterious is leaving a path of destruction in the streets, threatening to expose the wizarding community to the Second Salemers, a fanatical faction of No-Majs (American English for Muggles) bent on eradicating them. And the powerful, dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald, after wreaking havoc in Europe, has slipped away, and is now nowhere to be found.