Fantastic Beasts and Where to To Find Them's production will officially begin this coming Monday, August 17, 2016, as confirmed by various sources include cast member Dan Fogler (Jacob) as noted below.
Warner Bros. may likely make a formal announcement of filming on Monday, which may even include more confirmed cast and crew.
For now,
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them's first film, written by Harry Potter author J.K Rowling, and starring Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander, Katherine Waterston as Tina Goldstein, Alison Sudol as Queenie Goldstein, Fogler as Jacob, Colin Farrell as Graves, Faith Wood-Blagrove as Modesty, and Ezra Miller and Jenn Murray in undisclosed roles, hits theaters in November 2016.