J.K. Rowling to Pen 'Harry Potter' Spinoff Screenplay

Rejoice, muggles: The time has come for J.K. Rowling to Apparate us back into the world of wizards. The author of the Harry Potter series is collaborating with Warner Bros. to develop a screenplay based on her novel Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was published in 2001 under the pseudonym Newt Scamander. The book was based on a textbook mentioned in the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

The new film is neither a prequel nor sequel to the Harry Potter books; it's a standalone "extension of the wizarding world," Rowling said in a press release Read more...