What is the title of J.K. Rowling’s 2016 screenplay about magical creatures?
Answer
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
J.K. Rowling’s 2016 screenplay about magical creatures is titled Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
The film was written by Rowling and directed by David Yates. It is set in 1926, several decades before the main Harry Potter story, and follows magizoologist Newt Scamander after he arrives in New York with a case containing magical creatures.
The title comes from the fictional Hogwarts textbook Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, attributed in the Harry Potter world to Newt Scamander. Rowling had previously published a charity companion book using that fictional title in 2001.
The 2016 film launched a separate film series connected to the wider wizarding world. Its sequel, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, was released in 2018, followed by Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore in 2022.