Film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Harry Potter universe film)

Yeah, I've seen some people complaining about the fact that it doesn't follow Harry's story, but...why would you want it to? His story is over and wrapped up nicely (a bit too nicely in my opinion, but eh, whatever. At least Harry's happy). Focusing on Harry again would mean Rowling would have to bring some exciting conflict into his life once more, and after everything he's been through, do we really want that for him? Especially now that he's a married man with a family and has even more to lose.

I'm really curious about JK Rowling's screenwriting skills and how much will carry over from her prose. They're such different mediums. Plenty of people are good at both, but others have trouble crossing over.

The article also says there will be "characters familiar to devoted readers," so I'm hoping for some really cool minor characters to show up, or at least be hinted at. There are plenty of characters that were touched on in the series that had the potential for so much interesting exploration.

 

What i find interesting in this, is that we will finally see wizards in the U.S since the movies will take place, i assume mainly, in N.Y. At the same time i have to admit that when i first read about it, it slightly bothered me since i dont know how the U.S will fit into a world which this far we have only experienced in England and in other parts or Europe.

Aside from the obvious milking of the HP universe, even in the announcement it is pretty much stated as so, i do not understand how can such a tiny instruction book be made into a series of films. I really don't want to experience another Hobbit. The fact that Rowling herself is the screenwriter gives me a lot of hope as she will be comletely free to explore her universe and do as she please but on the other hand if there is a pressure for more than one films i can oly wonder how far can she explore the story of Newt, the writer of a book. I assume we will see the adventures of sir Scamander as he is trying to collect information on the various magical species to write his book and along the way surely Dumbledore will make an appearance, but still the source material seems a bit poor for a series of films.

 

I'm actually a bit upset to learn Redmayne was cast in the lead role. I've never been fond of him, but that aside, I'd have liked to see a lesser known actor play the lead while saving some of the big names for secondary roles, like how the Harry Potter film franchise was. Granted, that may not have been an intentional choice so much as one forced by the story (Harry & co. had to be fairly young, and there aren't many well-known child actors).

Glad to see I'll have plans for my 22nd birthday, though. :B

 

I'm pretty excited for this. The Harry Potter series was nothing short of magical, and though it went through its number of directors, I was impressed with J.K Rowling's handling of the studio. This should be nothing but gold, considering how well done the fifth, sixth and seventh Harry Potter books were. Who better to write the movie then the author of the universe herself?

And if her twitter is anything to go by, she has thought out every possible plot hole.

 

Really like the logo, not digging much else about the screens. The outfits aren't quite as thrilling as I hoped and I'm upset by how white the cast seems, especially considering it will be set during the 1920s (and therefore hopefully go into flappers and jazz).

 

I'm getting a serious Doctor Who vibe off of those myself. Though it is hard to judge much yet as only one of those looks like it might be a screenshot (the rest being promos or behind-the-scenes dealies) still plenty excited.

 

Oh yeah, Redmayne's outfit definitely resembles Matt Smith's during S7 of Who:

 

Sadly, I haven't expressed as much interest in this new series as I really should, seeing that Harry Potter is definitely one of my favorite franchises. Though that probably has to do with me seeing barely any trailers and I still will definitely go see it when it comes out. From what I have seen, I am impressed with the CGI and premise! Definitely looking forward to seeing how Rowling handles this. Hope she does great as a screenwriter, this could be some new breakout role for her or something.