Which 2016 film screenplay by J.K. Rowling begins the Fantastic Beasts franchise?
Answer
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is the 2016 film screenplay by J.K. Rowling that begins the Fantastic Beasts franchise.
Released in 2016, the film follows magizoologist Newt Scamander in 1920s New York after magical creatures escape from his case. Eddie Redmayne plays Newt, while the story expands the wizarding world beyond Harry’s school years.
Rowling wrote the screenplay, making it her screenwriting debut. The film takes its title from a fictional Hogwarts textbook that also exists as a short companion book published in 2001.
The film launched a planned prequel series connected to Albus Dumbledore and the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald. Its two sequels are The Crimes of Grindelwald, released in 2018, and The Secrets of Dumbledore, released in 2022.