J.K. Rowling’s foray into the American wizarding world, the upcoming movie “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” is getting more and more exciting as we find out more.
The movie stars Eddie Redmayne as famed British magizoologist Newt Scamander, who heads to 1926 America.
The official description that’s been released is as follows:
Eccentric magizoologist Newt Scamander (Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne) comes to New York (for a reason we won’t disclose) with his trusty weathered case. This case is one of those way-way-way-bigger-on-the-inside magical devices, and within are expansive habitats for a collection of rare and endangered magical creatures from Newt’s travels around globe. He discovers the American wizarding community is fearfully hiding from Muggles (who are called “No-Maj” in the States, more on that here) and the threat of public exposure is an even graver concern than in the UK (remember the Salem witch trials?). Fantastic Beasts is the story of what happens when this uniquely skilled English wizard travels to wiz-phobic America and a variety of his creatures, some quite dangerous … get out of their case.