HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 22: (L-R) Actors J.K. Simmons, winner of the award for best actor in a supporting role for the film 'Whiplash', Patricia Arquette winner of the award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for 'Boyhood', Julianne Moore winner for the Best Actress in a Leading Role Award for 'Still Alice', and Eddie Redmayne winner of the Best Actor in a Leading Role Award for 'The Theory of Everything' poses in the press room during the 87th Annual Academy Awards at Loews Hollywood Hotel on February 22, 2015 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
Eddie Redmayne has been tapped to play the lead role in the much-anticipated Harry Potter spinoff film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
Redmayne, 33, will take on the part of the wizarding world’s foremost magizoologist, Newt Scamander, in Fantastic Beasts, reported The Hollywood Reporter. In the film, set primarily in 1930s New York City, Scamander will be in search of the world’s most fascinating magical creatures to complete what will become Hogwarts students greatest resource on the subject – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
“Eddie is a fearless actor, brimming with invention, wit and humanity,” director David Yates said in a news release. “I couldn’t be more excited about the prospect of working with him as we start this new adventure in J.K. Rowling’s wonderful world, and I know she feels the same way.”
Author J.K. Rowling penned Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them as a companion book to her 7-book Harry Potter series. She is making her debut as a screenwriter on the film, re-teaming with Yates, who directed the last four Harry Potter films – Order Of The Phoenix, Half Blood Prince, and Deathly Hallows parts one and two.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is slated to hit theaters Nov. 18, 2016.
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