No, this isn’t a mean joke, J. K. Rowling really is returning to the wizarding world with her screenwriting debut!
Rowling has teamed with Warner Brothers to make a series of films inspired by the Hogwarts textbook, FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM and its author, Newt Scamander!
“Although it will be set in the worldwide community of witches and wizards where I was so happy for seventeen years, FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM is neither a prequel nor a sequel to the HARRY POTTER series, but an extension of the wizarding world,” Rowling explained. “The laws and customs of the hidden magical society will be familiar to anyone who has read the HARRY POTTER books or seen the films, but Newt’s story will start in New York, seventy years before Harry’s gets underway.”
We are so excited about this we don’t know what to do with ourselves!