Which 2016 film was the screenplay debut of J.K. Rowling?
Answer
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was J.K. Rowling’s screenplay debut, released in 2016.
The film is set in 1926, decades before the Harry Potter story, and follows magizoologist Newt Scamander in New York City. Magical creatures escape from his case, drawing him into a wider conflict involving the wizarding community and the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald.
Rowling wrote the screenplay, while David Yates directed the film. Its title echoes the fictional Hogwarts textbook associated with Newt Scamander, but the movie is an original prequel story rather than a direct adaptation of the short textbook-style book. The film launched a series planned around Newt and the earlier history of the wizarding world.