Warner Brothers and author J.K. Rowling have announced a new Harry Potter spin-off movie series based on Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
The new movie series is "neither a prequel nor a sequel to the Harry Potter series, but an extension of the wizarding world," Rowling said in a statement. Warner Brothers explained that Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them will focus on an original story and will be the first in a new film series. The movies will mark Rowling's first foray into screenwriting.
Warner Brothers says the series will focus on the character Newt Scamander, the fictional author of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them -- which was a book characters in the Harry Potter series referenced. It was later published as a companion book to the series, as well.
Rowling explains that Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them will take place in New York about 70 years before the start of the Harry's story -- and while it will not be about Harry Potter, it takes place in the same wizarding world that fans have come to know and love.
"I always said that I would only revisit the wizarding world if I had an idea that I was really excited about," Rowling said, "and this is it."
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