What screenplay did J.K. Rowling write for the 2016 film about magical creatures?

J.K. Rowling wrote the screenplay for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, released as a film in 2016.

The movie expands the wizarding world beyond Harry Potter and is set mainly in New York in 1926. Its central character is Newt Scamander, a British magizoologist whose case of magical creatures is accidentally opened in the city. Eddie Redmayne plays Newt, with Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler and Alison Sudol in major roles.

The title comes from a fictional Hogwarts textbook attributed to Newt Scamander. Rowling had previously published a 2001 charity companion book with the same title, written as a reproduction of a school text. The film is not a direct adaptation of that short reference book; it uses the title and character as foundations for a new story.

The film was directed by David Yates and produced by David Heyman, who also worked on the Harry Potter films.