'Harry Potter' Spinoff 'Fantastic Beasts' Gets Magical Release Date

The first film in the planned Harry Potter spinoff trilogy will arrive in theaters on Nov. 18, 2016, a Warner Bros. spokesperson confirmed to Mashable on Tuesday

Author J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. first revealed the spinoff in September when she announced she was writing the screenplays for a series of films based on Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, her 2001 book set in the Harry Potter universe. In March, we learned the series would be a trilogy

Rowling, who released seven main Harry Potter books between 1997 and 2007 and inspired eight films based on those novels, is adapting Fantastic Beasts to create the trilogy Read more...