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“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” will expand from a three-movie franchise to five movies, author and screenwriter J.K. Rowling announced Thursday at a fan event broadcast worldwide on the internet. The first film, due in theaters next month set in the same universe as “Harry Potter,” takes place in 1920s New York and stars Eddie Redmayne as a British magizoologist named Newt Scamander who travels across the pond to hunt for magical creatures. Producer David Heyman also teased that several characters from the Harry Potter films, including Aldus Dumbledore and Grendel, would play roles in “Fantastic Beasts” — and that. »
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