Neither a sequel nor a direct prequel to the Harry Potter story, the films will center on Fantastic Beasts writer Newt Scamander, and will incorporate the familiar laws and customs of the hidden wizarding world that exists in Rowling's Harry Potter series. The story will begin in New York seven decades before Harry Potter arrives at Hogwarts. We know that WB is planning three mega-movies based on the book, the first of which is expected to arrive in theaters November 18, 2016. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (opens in new tab) is actually a reference guide in the form of a Hogwarts school textbook, written by the fictitious Newt Scamander, an adventurous wizard who traveled the word studying magical beasts well before Harry Potter's time.Īt this point, the studio update is the latest piece to the puzzle as we await news on casting and a director for the first film. Rowling, who wrote the book on which these movies are based. The screenplay is to be penned by Harry Potter author J.K. has confirmed that Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them will shoot at their studios in the U.K. Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.Variety posted the update today, stating that Warner Bros. Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. “He doesn’t have a coat and that makes him look vulnerable, and his clothes have little mends and patches on them that you don’t see, so he had a ’20s comic look,” Atwood said. When he goes to the bank for a loan, he wears a suit that was borrowed from a couple of friends. Kowalski, by contrast, was dressed very humbly. It looks like Jimmy Walker meets Joan Crawford.” He has a dark, flashier suit than the rest, and I gave him a coat that really pushed the period. He always looked smart and on the edge of style. “I thought it was an interesting take on the period and he was quite a dresser. However, for Colin Farrell’s Percival Graves, president of the Magical Congress, Atwood studied footage of the legendary New York mayor, Jimmy Walker. “He was kind of my poster child for the character,” she added. So I designed it a little shorter and made it longer in the back.” “But also the shape wasn’t too big so Eddie could move around quickly from sitting to standing still. “The color has the vibe of some of his fantastical creatures,” she said. Speaking of Scamander, when it came to designing his costume, Atwood conjured an ill-fitting suit and a turquoise coat. But that proved expensive and was eventually abandoned. Because it was fantastical with infinite space to protect his magical creatures, Craig and his team designed different environments for each creature (such as desert, snow, and forest). The toughest part, however, was the suitcase owned by Newt Scamander the introverted magician played by Eddie Redmayne. But Jacob’s bakery, just with light blue and gray, gave it a romantic air and it was rather pretty,” Craig said. “The color of the set is very dark with lots of atmospheric pollution, which they had at that time. This became the model for the tenement where aspiring baker Jacob Kowalski (Dan Fogler) lived. Because it was not restored, Craig could glimpse the structure of the building and beyond the period wallpapers where it’s torn. The Tenement Museum proved useful as well. Featuring a cast of remarkable characters, this is epic, adventure-packed storytelling at its very best. Rowling, author of the beloved and internationally bestselling Harry Potter books. “It was heavily nicotine-stained, with water permeating through the molten joints in the brick, and it was as dirty as we could possibly make it,” added Craig. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them marks the screenwriting debut of J.K. “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”įor the seedy Blind Pig bar with the singing Goblin, Craig drew on memories of a London club he frequented in the ’60s.
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