Brooke Bunny
Oscar Winner Eddie Redymayne (“The Theory of Everything”) is Warner’s top choice to star in “Harry Potter” spin-off “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”, says The Hollywood Reporter.
Redmayne, who worked with the studio on the Wachowski’s “Jupiter Ascending”, would play a fictitious author named Newton Artemis Fido Scamander. In the “Potter” movies, Scamander compiled a reference guide to magical beasts; the film will follow his adventures after he is commissioned to write the tome.
Author JK Rowling is writing the script, and David Yates (“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”) is directing the film.
The script is still being worked on, and Redmayne won’t commit to the film until he’s read it.
