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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the American wizarding authorities after Newt, and threatens to strain even further the state of magical and non-magical relations.
2016 · Directed by David Yates · 133 min · Fantasy · Adventure · Screenplay in the scene database · 14 frames
Tagline
Explore a new era of J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World.
Plot
In 1926, British wizard and "magizoologist" Newt Scamander arrives in New York City. He observes Mary Lou Barebone, the non-magical ("No-Maj" or "Muggle") head of the New Salem Philanthropic Society, preaching that witches and wizards are real and dangerous. Attempting to recapture a Niffler that escapes from his suitcase of magical creatures, Newt bumps into No-Maj Jacob Kowalski, an aspiring baker, and unwittingly swaps suitcases. Porpentina "Tina" Goldstein, a demoted Auror of the Magical Congress of the United States (MACUSA), spots the Niffler and arrests Newt for breaking magical law. Since the suitcase Newt holds contains only Jacob's baked goods, he is released. At home, Jacob opens Newt's suitcase, inadvertently freeing several creatures into the city, and is bitten by one.
Tina and Newt follow a trail of wreckage and track down an ill Jacob and the case. To cure Jacob, Tina takes them both to her apartment and introduces them to Queenie, her Legilimens sister. Jacob and Queenie are mutually attracted, though it is illegal for wizards and witches to have any social relationship with No-Majs in America. To cure Jacob, Newt takes him inside his magically expanded suitcase, which houses various creatures, including an Obscurial of a deceased girl, a parasite that develops inside magically gifted children when their abilities are suppressed; those afflicted rarely live past the age of 10.
After Newt and Jacob recapture two of the four escaped beasts, Tina grabs and returns the suitcase to MACUSA, but all three are arrested. Officials believe the Obscurial in Newt's case is responsible for the spate of destruction, including the killing of Senator Henry Shaw Jr., when instead the destruction was caused by a second Obscurial already in the city. The Director of Magical Security, Percival Graves, accuses Newt of conspiring with the infamous dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald, and decides to destroy Newt's case and its contents, and obliviate Jacob's recent memories. Newt and Tina are sentenced to death. Upon sensing this, Queenie rescues Jacob and helps Newt and Tina escape and retrieve the case before the sentences can be carried out. Later, in a speakeasy dive bar, a tip from Tina's goblin informant Gnarlak leads the four to recapture the last two escaped creatures.
Plot summary from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
Crew
- Written by: J.K. Rowling
- Cinematography: Philippe Rousselot
- Edited by: Mark Day
- Music: James Newton Howard
- Production design: Stuart Craig
- Produced by: Steve Kloves, Lionel Wigram, J.K. Rowling, David Heyman
Cast
- Eddie Redmayne as Newt
- Katherine Waterston as Porpentina 'Tina' Goldstein
- Dan Fogler as Jacob Kowalski
- Alison Sudol as Queenie
- Colin Farrell as Graves
- Jon Voight as Shaw Senior
- Ron Perlman as Gnarlak
- Johnny Depp as Grindelwald
- Zoë Kravitz as Lestrange
- Ezra Miller as Credence Barebone
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Heyday Films, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget: $180,000,000
- Box office: $809,342,332
- Themes: witch, new york city, robbery, escape, teleportation, magic, suitcase, mistake, spin off, subway station
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