Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
 

JK Rowling's book Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find them is being turned into a movie TRILLOGY. It's set some 70 years before Harry Potter and is about magiczooologist Newt Scamander.

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/j-...gy-1201150069/

OMFG! I hope it's gonna be good. Trilogy worth of material in that tiny book, eh....

Yep, I heard about this, too. Sounds like it might be interesting. I'd love to check it out and see what transpires.

Hobbit syndrome.

It's NOT EVEN Hobbit syndrome. The Hobbit has tons of stuff implied that you can flesh out. This book is almost non-existent!

Glad we're going to be treated to more of the HP universe. I feel Harry's story has been told, but will gladly step back into Rowling's wizarding world to be entertained by other characters and situations. Looking forward to this trilogy.

And we have a Newt Scamander! Eddie Redmayne has been cast in the role! :D

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/new...e-to-find-them

Awesome. Sure, the book is tiny, but I heard Rowling herself is writing the script, so it should be really good as there's much you can do to expand the world and the book itself.

This is a great thing, BUT... is it in the same canon as the books OR the movies? Can't be both.

It's based on a book Hermione read. The physical book WAS released in book stores a couple years back. So it's based on a book that was featured in a book....

I'd imagine the movie(s) are set in the HP movieverse, but who cares when it's not going to affect that storyline. I think it's going to be quite the ride seeing Newt and his adventures.

I'd love it if the movie showed Hermione reading the book to her and Ron's young children, so then you'd have like a couple shots of Emma Watson looking a little bit older (though not near as old as she was in the epilogue of the final movie) and then you hear her narrating certain parts.

Narration. Ding!

No, the book Hermione read was The Tales of Beedle the Bard. This movie is based off of one of Harry's schoolbooks by Newt Scamander. Rowling released a copy of it along with Quidditch Through the Ages, which is another book mentioned in the series.

Katherine Waterston has been cast as Newt Scamander's wife (or future wife) Porpentina, an American witch. Wonder who they'll get to play her sister, Queenie?

http://comicbook.com/2015/06/15/-fan...erine-waterst/

I still can't figure out what this movie is about.

Fantastical beast and where to find them of course. :lol:

But what does that mean? Am I going to watch three movies about some dope searching for creatures tangentially related to Harry Potter?

This seems like little more than a qwik cash-grab scheme. David Yates is directing, too, which kills my interest entirely.

Yes, it's about Newt Scamander and how he finds certain beasts related to the Harry Potter world. I don't know much about how it will be, but I'd certainly rather see a prequel movie about Dumbledore or the Marauders rather than this. Ah, well, I'll still go see it and if it doesn't suit me, then I won't see the rest.

That would be pretty cool.

Yes, and there would be more of a plot than what this is turning out to be.

Trailer coming on Tuesday

These trailers announcing there's gonna be a trailer are getting a bit annoying...

It has just been confirmed that Eddie Redmayne will be showing some new footage at the MTV Movie Awards.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/tra...wards#/slide/1

Finally a real trailer.

I'm looking forward to this. Having an expansion on the Wizarding world is great, but looking at the American side of wizarding should be better.

The book itself is just the analysis of animals, with little notes and doodles made by a very young Harry and Ron that would be expected from 12-14 year olds in the early 90s. Basically they're MST3K-ing their book.

http://beingindian.com/wp-content/up...016/03/5-2.jpg

http://beingindian.com/wp-content/up...016/03/6-2.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5vXxVyJbzZ...0/78813-_5.jpg


The best ones are jabs at Hagrid's expense, in the "Has Hagrid read this book?/no one has told Hagrid about this" department.

I can't find a snapshot of Harry and Ron putting in about ten or so more "x"s in the danger rating of Arcromantulas, which originally had a four stars in the danger rating.

As much as I love the HP movies, I think I'll sit this one out.

Here's a new Comic Con Trailer

Another one I can't wait to see.

I misread this thread as "fantastic breasts and where to find them"

The movie is not out yet and Warner Bros just announced a sequel for it.
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fantas...sequel-a144175

It was said awhile ago that it is planned to be a trilogy.

It'll make money because the people who dont really pay attention to movie sites will think it's Harry Potter after seeing it's in the same universe as such.

Fantastic Beats and Where to Find Them is a pretty dope title for an LP.

I'm sure the sequels will have different titles, Fantastic Beasts and insert whatever here.

Fantastic Beasts and How to Catch Them

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand you just opened the door to, like, ALL the Pokemon jokes. :trazz: