THERE is not long to go until JK Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them hits UK cinemas and to get you just that bit more excited filmmakers have released character posters teasing details including a subtle Harry Potter connection.
Featured in the artwork are Eddie Redmayne’s Newt Scamander, Katherine Waterston’s Tina Goldstein, Ezra Miller’s Credence Barebone and Colin Farrell’s Percival Graves.
The Potter-tastic reference is that Graves’ poster includes a necklace with the Deathly Hallows symbol on it.
Meanwhile Credence’s poster suggests that Newt has been unto no good as it shows that he’s wanted for a bank robbery.
The story follows young wizard Newt in 1920s New York as he battles to hunt down a mysterious and magical case.
If he doesn’t, it could spell a world of trouble for both the magical and muggle – or no-maj, in America – population as their worlds could collide.
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As a self-confessed Harry Potter fan, someone who couldn’t be more excited to be a part of FBAWTFT is Redmayne.
He exclusively told Popcorn: “I read the [Harry Potter] books and I then started watching the films and it was just like the most wonderful escapism.
“When the films came out, I’d look forward to it so much, coupled with the fact that there was an entire family of gingers! And I never got to audition for it. I was bereft. When I heard they were making a new film, I was like: ‘Please can I be a part of it?'”
And he got his wish.
The 34-year-old Oscar-winning star explained: “I met [director] David Yates about a year before work on Fantastic Beasts started and it was all quite clandestine. I didn’t know anything about [the film]. It was in a club in Soho. We sat by a fire and he just started telling me these stories.
Basically, he was like: ‘JK Rowling is writing the script. At some point I would like you to read it and there’s a list of actors we’re meeting.’
“Eventually I sat down to read it and the script completely superseded all of out expectations
The film is the first of a trilogy by the famous author, while this is her screenplay debut.
David Yates, who worked on the final four Harry Potter films, directs.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them hits UK cinemas on 18 November.