Filming Gets Underway on "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them"

Filming Gets Underway on "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them"

BURBANK, California, August 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --



Much-anticipated new film, written by wizarding world creator J.K. Rowling and being


directed by David Yates, starts production 



Principal photography has begun on Warner Bros. Pictures' highly anticipated feature
"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them." The all new adventure is set in the wizarding
world created by J.K. Rowling in her best-selling Harry Potter books, which were adapted
into the highest-grossing film franchise of all time.



Filming started today, August 17, at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden, under the
direction of David Yates, who helmed the last four "Harry Potter" feature films.



Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne ("The Theory of Everything") stars as Newt
Scamander, the wizarding world's preeminent magizoologist, who stops in New York following
his travels to find and document magical creatures.  



"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" also stars Katherine Waterston ("Inherent
Vice") as Tina; Alison Sudol ("Dig," "Transparent") as Tina's sister, Queenie; Tony Award
winner Dan Fogler ("The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee") as Jacob; Ezra Miller
("Trainwreck") as Credence; two-time Oscar nominee Samantha Morton ("In America," "Sweet
and Lowdown") as Mary Lou; Jenn Murray ("Brooklyn") as Chastity; young newcomer Faith
Wood-Blagrove as Modesty; and Colin Farrell ("True Detective") as Graves.



Marking the screenwriting debut of J.K. Rowling, the script was inspired by her
character Newt Scamander's Hogwarts textbook, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.



The film is being produced by David Heyman, producer of all eight of the blockbuster
"Harry Potter" features, J.K. Rowling, Steve Kloves, and Lionel Wigram.



Collaborating with Yates behind the scenes are: Oscar-winning director of photography
Philippe Rousselot ("A River Runs Through It," the "Sherlock Holmes" movies), three-time
Oscar-winning production designer Stuart Craig ("The English Patient," "Dangerous Liaisons,
" "Gandhi," the "Harry Potter" films), three-time Oscar-winning costume designer Colleen
Atwood ("Chicago," "Memoirs of a Geisha," "Alice in Wonderland"), Oscar-winning visual
effects supervisor Tim Burke ("Gladiator," the "Harry Potter" films), Oscar-nominated
visual effects supervisor Christian Manz ("Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1"),
and Yates' longtime editor Mark Day (the last four "Harry Potter" films).



Warner Bros. Pictures has slated "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" for
worldwide release in 3D and IMAX on November 18, 2016.




Warner Bros. Pictures

CONTACT: For additional information, please contact: Jayne Trotman Jayne.trotman@warnerbros.com Rob Deacon Rob.deacon@warnerbros.com Switchboard: +44(0)207-984-5000


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