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Fantastic Beasts trilogy will be 'more grown-up' than Harry Potter
Though director David Yates promises the films to be a continuation of the same world, and "equally as magical"
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Director David Yates has revealed the upcoming trilogy of films will take on a more mature air than its predecessor, the Harry Potter movies; telling BT News at the premiere of his newest film The Legend of Tarzan, "Fantastic Beasts is a continuation of that world that [J.K. Rowling] created. It’s a whole set of new characters. It’s a little bit more grown-up than Potter but it’s equally as magical."
Indeed, the film promises to thematically fit in perfectly with J.K. Rowling's existing Potter universe; Fantastic Beasts marks the author's screenplay debut, with Rowling having also already completed writing on the trilogy's second installment. We've already been offered a glimpse into this extended world with her new writing on Pottermore; which centres on the American Hogwarts, Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
"It deals with themes that resonate with us now in our current world which is what I love about Jo," Yates further teased. "She’s not afraid to explore quite interesting themes that mean something to us in this magical universe and that’ll be evident in the first and second films."
The film centers on Eddie Redmayne's young wizard Newt Scamander; who arrives in 1920s New York with a sense of adventure in his heart, and an obsession with magical creatures. It also stars Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Samantha Morton, Jon Voight, Ron Perlman, Carmen Ejogo, Jenn Murray, Faith Wood-Blagrove and Colin Farrell.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them hits UK cinemas 18 November.
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