Date 11/04/2015 - News People
Warner Bros. has zeroed in on Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne for the lead role for its Harry Potter spinoff, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
Harry Potter author JK Rowling is heavily involved in the project and is writing the script.
Director David Yates is on board with the feature project, which is set 70 years before the events of the Potter series, and centers on a fictitious author named Newton Artemis Fido Scamander.
In Potter lore, Scamander compiled a reference guide to magical beasts, and the movies will follow his adventures after he is commissioned to write the tome.
Redmayne , who would play Scamander, has no offer at this stage but is the studio?s top choice.
Warners had no comment.??