'Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them' is an upcoming action-adventure and fantasy film based on the J.K. Rowling book of the same name. A new exclusive featurette was recently revealed showing footage from behind-the-scenes as well as cast interviews.
According to The Independent, a new exclusive featurette was recently released and showed behind-the-scenes footage of J.K. Rowling's newest live-action book adaptation. It showed various filming sets recreated to show 1920s New York, cast and crew interviews and sneak-peak footage of all the action behind the camera. The almost three-minute teaser was shown to audiences at Universal Studios' Harry Potter theme park in Florida for 'A Celebration of Harry Potter 2016'.
Oscar-winner Eddie Redmayne, who plays the lead protagonist Newt Scamander, expressed his amazement at the fictional magical world the cast and crew have created for the new film during an interview in the featurette.
According to Business Standard, he exclaimed, "This world, it's been a wonder really. It's unlike anything I've ever been a part of ... It's like imagination taken to the extreme."
Redmayne plays an eccentric young wizard under the employ of the British Ministry of Magic who traveled around the world to study and collect magical creatures. Before he becomes the famed Magizoologist and author of wizardry textbook 'Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them', he goes through a series of adventures and misadventures after he opens the magical case accidentally releasing some of the various creatures contained within.
Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol and Dan Fogler join Redmayne as his on-screen group of friends. They play witch siblings Porpentina and Queenie Goldstein and No-Maj factory worker Jacob Kowalski, respectively.
According to i09, David Yates of 'Harry Potter' fame is helming the film with J.K. Rowling herself serving as screenwriter. It is produced by David Heyman, Steve Kloves, J.K. Rowling and Lionel Wigram with Neil Blair, Tim Lewis and Rick Senat executive producing.
'Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them' is an upcoming live-action adaptation of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter companion book of the same name. It is scheduled to be released on November 18, 2016.
