What is the name of J.K. Rowling’s 2016 screenplay set before Harry Potter’s era?

J.K. Rowling’s 2016 screenplay set before Harry Potter’s era is Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

The film was released in 2016 and marked Rowling’s screenwriting debut. It follows Newt Scamander, a magizoologist whose magical creatures escape in New York City in 1926. Rowling also wrote the screenplay for the film, which expanded the Wizarding World beyond Harry’s school years.

The title echoes the fictional Hogwarts textbook mentioned in the Harry Potter books. A 2001 charity companion book with the same title is a fictional textbook attributed to Newt Scamander, while the 2016 film is a separate narrative. The film began a planned series centered on Newt and the history of Gellert Grindelwald and Albus Dumbledore.