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Harry Potter spin-off trilogy officially announced

JK Rowling’s “Potter” prequel “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” will be the first of a three-film act, Warners announced this week :

The Studio will release three pictures, in 2016, 2018 and 2020, based on best-selling author J.K. Rowling’s original story and screenwriting debut, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.”   Set in an extension of her familiar wizarding world, featuring magical creatures and characters inspired by Harry Potter’s Hogwarts textbook and its fictitious author, Newt Scamander, “Fantastic Beasts” will be directed by David Yates, who directed the last four Harry Potter movies, and reunite the filmmaking team of David Heyman, J.K. Rowling, Steve Kloves and Lionel Wigram.
A recent tweet from Rowling suggested she’s adapting the screenplay for the first film.

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