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Eddie Redmayne Cast As Newt Scamander
Warner Bros has officially announced that Oscar Winner Eddie Redmayne will be Newt Scamander in their upcoming film Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them. Based in the world of Harry Potter, Scamander is the Wizarding World's preeminent magizoologist, who in his travels has encountered and documented a myriad of magical creatures, ultimately leading to his penning the Hogwarts School textbook Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
J.K. Rowling will be making her screenwriting debut with this movie and it will be helmed by David Yates who directed the last four Harry Potter films.
Redmayne won his Oscar for last years The Theory Of Everything. He has also recently appeared in Jupiter Rising and Les Misérables.
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them is set to be in theaters November 18th, 2016.