Warner Bros. Announces New Series of Harry Potter Films, to be Written by J K Rowling:
The series will revolve around Rowling’s book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. On the subject, she has said;
‘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.”