Now I'm going to admit something I may get some flack for: I have never in my life read a Harry Potter book, nor have I seen any of the films, despite having a couple friends who are fans of it. But today, something was announced that's so big for the movie, and the nerd industry, that I had to blog about it. J.K Rowling herself has announced plans to make her screenwriting debut with a film series based on the book "Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them", which by seeing the "Property of Harry Potter" sticker on the cover, proves this is a spinoff of the movie and book series itself. Here is what J.K had to say:
"Although it will be set in the worldwide community of witches and wizards where I was so happy for seventeen years, ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ is neither a prequel nor a sequel to the Harry Potter series, but an extension of the wizarding world.
"The laws and customs of the hidden magical society will be familiar to anyone who has read the Harry Potter books or seen the films, but Newt’s story will start in New York, seventy years before Harry’s gets underway."
No release date or production date has been announced, and it is too early to tell who has been casted - if anybody has been casted at all - but this begs an important question: What do the fans think? Well, a lot of them have been taking the news well, but don't expect to see Harry or his friends anywhere in the film series, as from what I've heard, this movie takes place in New York, a good 70 years before Harry's adventures begin!
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