Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne is said to be in talks for Warner Bros. planned Harry Potter prequel FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM. The film is based on the book of the same name by Potter author J.K. Rowling, and an official offer is said to have been sent to Redmayne to appear in the film as the character Newt Scamander.
The movie’s title refers to a book written by Scamander, a book used by Harry Potteat the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Rowling has adapted her own work, and the film, set 70 years before Harry Potter, is one in a brand new, and indeed lucrative series for the studio.
Here’s some more info about the book on which the film will be based:
[quote_box_center]As featured in the first year set texts reading list in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is an extensive introduction to the magical beasts that exist in the magical, non-Muggle world. Some of the animals featured in the A-Z you will have already met in the existing Harry Potter books: for example Hippogriff, Flobberworm, Kappa – others you certainly won’t: read on to find out exactly what a Chizpurfle is, or why one should always beware of the sinister Lethifold …As Albus Dumbledore says in his introduction, this set text book by Newt Scamander has given the perfect grounding to many a Hogwarts student. It will be helpful to all Muggles out there too …On reading the book you will also find that Harry, Ron and (in one instance) Hermione – couldn’t resist grafittiing the book, and adding their own personal hand-written opinions.[/quote_box_center]
David Yates, who of course worked on the Potter series, will direct the film with Potter and PADDINGTON producer David Heyman producing.
