First photos of Eddie in 'Fantastic Beasts in this weeks Entertainment Weekly preview

Full article on 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' in the new issue of Entertainment Weekly 

will be on newsstands Friday and you can bye it here too. You find a preview here.

So what’s this movie actually about? What are the characters? How will Fantastic Beasts differ from the Potter films? What creatures can we expect? And what are American wizards like, anyway? We’ll have all that, interviews with the cast and producers, plus first photos from the set, and more. Behind-the-scenes (and spoiler-free) look at the film.

This Week's Cover: Inside the magical world of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Exclusive: Inside J.K. Rowling's newest magical world - BY JAMES HIBBERD • @JAMESHIBBERD

Entertainment Weekly cover photo - First look Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander (x)

and the photo without text below

First look at a dashing Eddie Redmayne as magiczoologist Newt Scamander in Fantastic Beasts.(x) via

Gallery on Entertainment Weekly website - Closer look via

In Entertainment Weekly’s new issue, we go on the set and deep inside the chamber of secrets of 

J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Here’s your first look at Katherine 

Waterston as Porpentina “Tina” Goldstein, Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander, Alison Sudol 

as Queenie Goldstein, and Dan Fogler as Jacob Kowalski. (x) Image Credit: Jaap Buitendijk

Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol  and director David Yates filming 

Fantastic Beasts and where to find them - Set photos in the EW gallery

For more Beasts coverage coming online, follow@jameshibberd for the latest scoop.

Because I love J.K. Rowling's ability to create amazing words for names, spells, places, etc this next post is a particular fav..

— James Hibberd (@JamesHibberd) November 4, 2015

American wizards have a completely different word for “Muggle.” Next year’s Harry Potter prequel film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is set in 1926 New York, where the wizarding community uses another term entirely for people without magical power
In shifting the franchise away from the U.K., author J.K. Rowling — who also wrote the movie’s screenplay — is poised to introduce several new words into the Potterverse lexicon, and the most significant might be what Stateside wizards say instead of Muggle: “No-Maj” (pronounced “no madge,” as in “no magic”). (x) via

Fantastic Beasts toothy title design revealed (via)

Next Gen 2015: 'Steve Jobs'' Katherine Waterston on Being J.K. Rowling's Next Franchise Star https://t.co/1c0RpyjdyT pic.twitter.com/3vZWgOczKv

— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) November 4, 2015

"I just auditioned for it, and like most things, I thought they were going to pick someone else," says
the London-born, U.S.-reared actress, who has a deal in place for three Fantastic Beasts films.
"I was really surprised when they gave it to me."

Harry Potter costar Evanna Lynch is excited for Fantastic Beasts

Updated on 5th November, 2015, 20:18