What is the name of J.K. Rowling’s first published screenplay?
Answer
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was J.K. Rowling’s first published screenplay.
The screenplay was published in 2016 alongside the film of the same name, which Rowling also wrote. The story is set in the wizarding world decades before Harry Potter’s time and follows the magizoologist Newt Scamander in 1926 New York. Eddie Redmayne played Newt in the film.
The title originated as a Hogwarts textbook attributed to Newt Scamander and mentioned in the Harry Potter novels. Rowling’s screenplay expands that fictional book into a cinematic story rather than adapting a conventional prose novel. The film began a planned series that continued with Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.