LOS ANGELES: The second of the “Fantastic Beasts” movie spinoffs from author J.K. Rowling includes scenes set in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, directly connecting the story to the best-selling “Harry Potter” books and films, a first movie trailer on Tuesday showed. The “Harry Potter” spinoff, which will eventually include five movies, is set some 70 years before Harry Potter went to the British boarding school and learned to become a wizard. The “Crimes of Grindelwald” trailer was the first to show Hogwarts as part of the “Fantastic Beasts” story, which centers around Newt Scamander, a “magizoologist” with a suitcase full of strange creatures. The first movie, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” which was written by Rowling, made $814 million at the global box offices after it was released in November 2016. “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” will be released on Nov. 16, 2018.

Source: New Strait Times March 14, 2018 04:30 UTC