The all new adventure is set in the wizarding world created by J.K. Rowling in her best-selling "Harry Potter" books, which were adapted into the highest-grossing film franchise of all time. Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne ("The Theory of Everything") stars as Newt Scamander, the wizarding world’s preeminent magizoologist, who stops in New York following his travels to find and document magical creatures.

"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them also stars Katherine Waterston ("Inherent Vice") as Tina; Alison Sudol (“Dig,” “Transparent”) as Tina’s sister, Queenie; Tony Award winner Dan Fogler (“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”) as Jacob; Ezra Miller ("Trainwreck") as Credence; two-time Oscar nominee Samantha Morton ("In America," "Sweet and Lowdown") as Mary Lou; Jenn Murray ("Brooklyn") as Chastity; young newcomer Faith Wood-Blagrove as Modesty; and Colin Farrell (“True Detective”) as Graves.

MOVIE REVIEW

Full of magical creatures but not the magic that made the Harry Potter movies so excellent, J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a moderately entertaining but notably darker and less enjoyable spinoff.
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