What screenplay title marked J.K. Rowling’s screenwriting debut in the Wizarding World?

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them marked J.K. Rowling’s screenwriting debut in the Wizarding World. The film was released in 2016, with Rowling credited as its screenwriter and as one of its producers.

The story is set decades before the Harry Potter novels and follows Newt Scamander, a magizoologist whose magical creatures escape in New York City. Although the title comes from a 2001 companion book, the film expands that brief textbook concept into an original screenplay and a new cinematic storyline.

The film began a planned series connected with the earlier Wizarding World films. It is not a film adaptation of a full Harry Potter novel, and it should not be confused with Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which was created as a stage play based on a story credited to Rowling and collaborators.