Looking around in the auditorium of the plush Cineworld Empire Imax in Leicester Square, it’s apparent that pretty much nobody is dressed up as Potter. The biggest takeaway from last night’s global Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them fan event – more than a dozen cities around the world vying to outscream each other in a satellite-linked outpouring of devotion to a movie no one has seen yet – might just be that the Boy Who Lived was not, after all, the star of the show. ![]() Indeed, the new stories would not even be set in the UK, a location that always seemed perfect for Rowling’s very British blend of Blytonesque boarding school whimsy and darkling magical intrigue. No, there would be no more adventures for Harry himself, nor Ron, nor Hermione (at least on the big screen). Yes, she would deliver more stories set in the wizarding world of Harry Potter for a new trilogy of movies. ![]() You can just imagine the looks on Warner Bros executives’ faces when JK Rowling presented them with the curate’s egg that is Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
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