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