The plot of
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them's first movie has finally been revealed! Do note that this is more of how the film starts and isn't the entire plot, but at least finally gives an idea of what's to come.
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Eccentric magizoologist Newt Scamander (Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne) comes to New York (for a reason we won’t disclose) with his trusty weathered case. This case is one of those way-way-way-bigger-on-the-inside magical devices, and within are expansive habitats for a collection of rare and endangered magical creatures from Newt’s travels around globe.
He discovers the American wizarding community is fearfully hiding from Muggles (who are called “No-Maj” in the States, more on that) and the threat of public exposure is an even graver concern than in the UK (remember the Salem witch trials?). Fantastic Beasts is the story of what happens when this uniquely skilled English wizard travels to wiz-phobic America and a variety of his creatures, some quite dangerous … get out of their case.
Warner Bros. original idea was this, but Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling shut it down by writing her own script, which is now the current production.
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Well, you make a faux documentary about the book’s “author” Newt Scamander tracking all sort of magical beasties.