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Fantastic Beasts: New trailer for Harry Potter spin-off teases some previously unseen magical creatures

'I want to be a wizard'

Jack Shepherd
Monday 15 August 2016 10:50 BST
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With the excitement from the eighth Harry Potter story, Cursed Child, having somewhat died down, attention has turned to JK Rowling's next adventure in her wizarding world, Fantastic Beasts.

The film’s impending release has led to marketing being maximised, numerous trailers hitting the internet revealing more and more about Eddie Redmayne’s adventure in New York.

Thanks to the Olympics, we have our fourth major trailer, showcasing some of the titular beasts that have seemingly escaped Newt Scamander’s briefcase.

“I want to be a wizard,” Dan Fogler’s character Jacob says at the end, summing up how every Harry Potter fan feels every day.

Recently, Rowling hinted that the Fantastic Beasts trilogy will likely be linked more closely to the core Harry Potter series than previously thought, saying: "It's more preview-y I think than people realise.”

Alongside Redmayne and Fogler, Fantastic Beasts stars Colin Farrell, Katherine Waterston, Ezra Miller, Samantha Morton, Jon Voight and Ron Perlman. The film hits cinemas 18 November.

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