The Potterverse takes Manhattan in this exciting prequel to J.K. Rowling’s wizarding saga. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is an adaptation of Harry’s textbook of the same name. Wait, no… that’s not it. Actually, the film details the adventures of that textbook’s author, magizoologist Newt Scamander, in New York City in 1926. Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) stops in the city that never sleeps while on a journey to study magical creatures for his book. But his detour takes a turn when he loses his magically charmed luggage – and a few of those fantastic beasts he was keeping inside. With the state of magical and non-magical relations in the United States at risk of being upended, Newt joins forces with a No-Maj (American for “Muggle”) named Jacob (Dan Fogler) and a witch named Tina (Katherine Waterston) to recover the creatures before they draw too much attention. Unfortunately there are more threats loose in New York City than a few lost creatures… The film also stars Samantha Morton, Ezra Miller, and Colin Farrell, and is directed by David Yates (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows). J.K. Rowling herself wrote the script for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, marking her screen writing debut.