J.K. Rowling took to Twitter to confirm that American actor and comedian Dan Fogler will indeed play Jacob in her
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them films, and even mentioned meeting him in the U.K. earlier this week.
The
Harry Potter author expressed her excitement on his casting, and mentioned that she will create new wands for all the characters, including Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) for the series.
And this one teaser about one of the characters in the new movie:
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, starring Redmayne, Fogler, Katherine Waterston and Alison Sudol, hits theaters in November 2016.