Which film series was produced from J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts screenplays?

J.K. Rowling’s screenplays produced the Fantastic Beasts film series.

The series began with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, released in 2016. Rowling wrote the screenplay, making it her screenwriting debut. The film follows magizoologist Newt Scamander in 1920s New York and expands the Wizarding World beyond Harry Potter’s school years.

The story is inspired by the fictional Hogwarts textbook of the same name, which Rowling originally published as a charity companion book in 2001. The film series is not a direct adaptation of that short textbook; it uses the title and magical creatures as a foundation for a new narrative.

Three films were released: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Crimes of Grindelwald and The Secrets of Dumbledore. The films explore the earlier history of Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald.