Project Detail

Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them

Synopsis

The adventures of writer and magizoologist Newt Scamander in New York's secret community of witches and wizards, seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book in school.
Adaptation of the first of J.K. Rowling's 'Fantastic Beasts' trilogy.

Details

Year: 2016
Type of film: Features
Running time: 133 mins
Director: David Yates
Producer: David Heyman, Steve Kloves, J.K. Rowling, Lionel Wigram
Executive Producer: Neil Blair, Tim Lewis, Rick Senat
Editor: Mark Day
Screenwriter: J.K. Rowling (novel and screenplay)
Director of Photography: Philippe Rousselot
Production Designer: Stuart Craig, James Hambridge
Principal cast: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Ezra Miller, Colin Farrell, Ron Perlman, John Voight, Gemma Chan, Samantha Morton, Carmen Ejogo, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler

Genre

Horror Children’s Fantasy Sci-Fi

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

UK, US coproduction

Heyday Films (UK), Warner Bros. (US)

Heyday Films

5 Denmark Street
London
WC2H 8LP

Sales Company

Warnes Bros.

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www.warnerbros.com

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