Wednesday, November 4, 2015

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.
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

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







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.
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




"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

Monday, November 2, 2015

Producers about making of TToE

Fade In interview with Lisa Bruce and Anthony McCarten (via)
Interesting description of the long filmmaking process - Excerpt:
...Finding the right actor to portray Stephen Hawking was daunting because we knew if we missed by even a few degrees, the movie wouldn’t sail. For a few years, we had had a short-list for who could play Stephen, and while the odd name dropped off and a new one was added, the word “short” is apposite. Quite simply, not many actors could have done it. We needed someone with the requisite chameleon gifts, looked passably like Stephen and was English. Eddie Redmayne ticked all the boxes, plus he knew that exact world, because he had studied at Cambridge University, as Stephen had. And when James spoke with the small number of contenders, Eddie’s passion for the role filled the room, head and shoulders above the others. We went with the passion. In fact, it suddenly seemed that there was no other choice in the world. If finding our Stephen was a daunting task, the act of actually playing him and pulling it off with incredible compelling truthfulness was exponentially so, and to watch Eddie transform his body, his face, his movements and his emotions through a twenty-five-year span of this man’s life was one of the most remarkable acting achievements I can ever hope to be part of and witness.


Sunday, November 1, 2015

Apollo Magazine cover - New photo for Instyle - Hollywood Film Awards

New cover for Eddie Redmayne on APOLLO MAGAZINE, Fall Issue 2015
Photo by Jeff Vespa - I think the photo was taken on 2 Feb.5 at the Oscar Luncheon

New photo - Eddie Redmayne by Jens Langkjaer for Instyle magazine. (x) Sept.13, 2015
Jens Langkjaer attended the Toronto International Film Festival for Instyle US magazine shooting
a portfolio consisting of 50 or so portraits. To view more of Jens work click here. (x)

Other recently posted photo with Eddie and Tom Hooper from Toronto

 Lee Barratt with Eddie and Tom Hooper at TIFF on  Sept.13, 2015 (x)

Alicia Vikander and Tom Hooper will receive Hollywood Awards tonight for The Danish Girl. 
Eddie Redmayne received the Breakthrough Award last year. Not televised now for low ratings.

Amber Heard, Tom Hooper and Alicia
Vikander will sit at the same table

Eddie Redmayne and Jared Leto at last year's event (x)