Admit it, your heart just jumped in joy!
J.K. Rowling is working on a sequel to the highly anticipated Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them! Warner Bros. Pictures has announced plans to return to J.K. Rowling’s wizarding world for the next film in the series.
J.K. Rowling will be scripting the sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them where they will delve deeper into an increasingly dark time for the wizarding world, and where Newt and our other heroes have to decided on their allegiances. It’s slated for worldwide release on November 16, 2018.
Director David Yates, from the final four Harry Potter films, will be back to direct the sequel. And the new film will also reunite producers David Heyman, J.K. Rowling, Steve Kloves and Lionel Wigram.
With the success of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two, unprecedented sales for the book, and record crowds at Harry Potter theme parks, there’s no stopping this Harry Potter train.
No doubt, there’s more on the horizon for the wizarding world of J.K. Rowling!
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them hits theaters November 18, 2016.