What was the title of J.K. Rowling’s 2016 screenplay featuring Newt Scamander?
Answer
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
J.K. Rowling’s 2016 screenplay featuring Newt Scamander was titled Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
The film was released in 2016 and marked Rowling’s screenwriting debut. It is set in 1926, decades before the main Harry Potter story, and follows British magizoologist Newt Scamander after he arrives in New York with a suitcase of magical creatures.
The title connects the film to a Hogwarts textbook first mentioned in Harry Potter. Rowling had previously published a short charity book called Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in 2001, credited to the fictional author Newt Scamander. The film expands that fictional reference into a prequel-era story.
The title is sometimes shortened to Fantastic Beasts, but the full 2016 film title includes Where to Find Them. Its sequels are The Crimes of Grindelwald and The Secrets of Dumbledore.