Fantastic Beasts Film Series

The *Fantastic Beasts* film series is a prequel to the Harry Potter saga, set in the Wizarding World several decades before the events of the original books. The story primarily follows the adventures of Magizoologist Newt Scamander and is centered around the global rise of the Dark Wizard Gellert Grindelwald and the efforts of a young Albus Dumbledore and his allies to oppose him. The series significantly expands the known Wizarding World, exploring magical communities in North America and Europe during the 1920s and 1930s. All information within this entry is sourced from the film series itself and related official materials, as these events do not occur in the original seven novels.

The film series was inspired by the 2001 in-universe reference book, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a textbook written by Newt Scamander that was mentioned in the Harry Potter novels. J.K. Rowling made her screenwriting debut with the first film, expanding the brief guide into a full narrative. The series was originally announced as a five-film saga that would span nineteen years of wizarding history, culminating in the legendary 1945 duel between Dumbledore and Grindelwald (J.K. Rowling interview).

• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016): (film) Set in 1926, the story begins with Newt Scamander's arrival in New York for a brief stopover. When his magical case is misplaced and some of his fantastic beasts escape, he is drawn into a conflict involving the [[Mag