Watch the dazzling first trailer for the Harry Potter spinoff ​Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Eddie Redmayne in the trailer for Fantastic Beasts.
(Image credit: Warner Bros. Pictures/Youtube)

After four long Harry Potter-less years, J.K. Rowling's magical world is almost back. Fans still have nearly a year to wait until the spinoff film, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, debuts Nov. 18, 2016, but the first trailer out Tuesday gives a sneak peek. Featuring Eddie Redmayne as "magizoologist" Newt Scamander, Fantastic Beasts takes place 70 years before the Harry Potter series — in New York, no less — and is set to be the first film in a trilogy.

Watch Redmayne lug around a briefcase full of magical creatures below. Becca Stanek

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
Explore More