A fantastic addition to the Harry Potter universe. The Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them screenplay welcomes you to a new era of magic.Set in the 1920s at the heart of the wizarding community of New York, J. K. Rowling crafted a refreshing tale with a more mature set of characters yet a lighthearted narrative.Having watched the film first, I can say that it had an amazing cast. In my opinion, the characters were the strongest element of the script. All of them were beautifully written. From our new hero, Newt Scamander, to the lovely sisters, Tina and Queenie Goldstein, and of course to our charming Muggle-er-No-Maj, Jacob Kowalski; everyone was a pleasure to know.The Queen of Magic never fails to create a world rich in detail. An action-packed plot with the most imaginative creatures, Fantastic Beasts is a story that needs to be told.

Magical Experience!This is the screenplay of the film of the same title, dont confuse with the previously published reference book sharing the same title, and also by J.K. Rowling.A NEW(T) HERO IN THE WIZARDING WORLDIf I am dreaming, please dont wake me! Two new books by J.K. Rowling (this one and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) plus three digital short stories, expanding the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in the same year! Oh, yeah! Wicked! I couldnt ask for something better!The Wizarding World of J.K. Rowling comes to the Americas finally, using New York City as the scenario of the adventure at hand,and I guess that it was something to be happen, sooner or later, but reading in the web about the intentions of using Paris as the next location in this new prequel series, it seems that Harry Potter Magical Universe isnt only coming to USA, but it will reach eventually the whole world!But, meanwhile, let me tell you about the adventure of this bookset in 1926, about 70 years before the beginning of the events of the original Harry Potter literary saga.Harry Potter was the central character of the previous book series,but now the new central character is Newt Scamander, a young adult British Magizoologist (a wizard with a specialization handling magical creatures), who has been traveling around the whole world, saving magical beasts and keeping them with him, thanks to a magical suitcase (who it's bigger on the inside British pop culture pun intended!), that it could use better lockssince soon enough, some of Newts magical animals escape into the big city of New York and mayhem will happenbut there is a secret darkness already in New York, an evil force looking for a powerful being to weaponize it against the whole wizarding community!MUGGLE V. NO-MAJ: DAWN OF NON-MAGIC PEOPLEIn this magical adventure, Newt Scamander will find some allies, a couple of witch sisters anda muggle!!! Sorry, a No-Maj (well, at least thats how the American wizards call to the non-magical people there).I think that its wonderful to have a Muggle (sorry, habits die hard) as one of the main characters since in the original Harry Potter series, all the main characters were wizards (in the worse case, Squibs (people without magic but still born from wizards)) and the non-magical people were basically tertiary characters with hardly any relevance or dialogues, but here you haveJacob Kowalski, potential baker! Oh, yeah!About the witch sisters, the Goldstein sisters, Porpentina aka Tina, demoted Auror in MACUSA (Magical Congress of the United States of America), and Queenie, who is a Legilimens (a witch able to read minds).This unlikely quartet is the best chance for New York against dark menaces from different angles, colliding at the same time, in the city that never sleepsbut a deathly power is awakensand nobody will be safe, wizards and mugmmhno-majs alike!The Wizarding World of J.K. Rowling just got larger!And we are only just beginning!

After the travesty known as Harry Potter and The Cursed Child, I really needed this adventure.So here are some reasons why it succeeded where The Cursed Child failed:1. Its actually funThe Cursed Child is all so very serious. Granted, Harrys life has some pretty dark moments, though it always foregrounded by this idea of friendship and love. The Cursed child just felt depressing. This carries with it all the whimsical humour of the earlier Harry Potter books before things became dark and serious. The plot relayed all the clumsiness members of the wizarding world seem to possess. It made me laugh. 2. A great new character Newt Scamander feels like he belongs in this world. He has all the characteristics of the Hufflepuff house, such as dedication and loyalty which are shown in his devotion to his animals. This seems like an obvious things to say, but when considering the fact that half the characters in The Cursed Child felt out of place, it becomes a necessity. Hes also played by one of my favourite actors in the movie; he seems like a perfect cast for the role. 3. Lack of dependency This could exist on its own. It's a new story in the normal world. If youre one of those strange people who have not yet read or watched the Harry Potter series, youd still easily enjoy this. It does draw on some aspects of the already established universe, but not so much that they define the plot. This felt independent and new. Returning readers will also enjoy the references, but at the same time still be able to enjoy its separateness. So this was rather good even in this form. It would have been nice to see it novelised but I suppose the movie is the real thing in question, this is just a fortunate by-product.