JK Rowling teases a ‘Fantastic Beasts’ sequel
J. K ROWLING has teased the script for a ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ sequel.
The ‘ Harry Potter’ author took to Twitter to share a photo of a document which contained the typed words “written by J. K. Rowling” along snippets of the text “confidential” and “Warner Bros. Pictures” — the studio which is responsible for bringing the magical movie to the big screen and the ‘ Harry Potter’ franchise.
Rowling further whipped fans into a frenzy of excitement by captioning the image: “Having a Beastly day.”
One fan wrote, “Oh my lawdy ( sic”, while others asked what the sequel will be called — with one suggesting it could be ‘ Beastly Day’ and another couldn’t contain their excitement by posting, “OMG THE SCRIPT FOR THE NEXT FANTASTIC BEASTS MOVIE (sic)”.
The fi rst fi lm was written by Rowling — based on her book of the same name — and directed by David Yates, who was also at the helm of the fi nal four fi lms in the Potter franchise.
First Academy award
It starred Oscar-winning actor Eddie Redmayne as the “Magizoologist” Newt Scamander, Inherent Vice’s Katherine Waterson as a witch named Tina and Colin Farrell as wizard Graves.
At the Academy Awards held on Sunday the fi lm scooped the Oscar for Best Costume Design, which went to Colleen Atwood — and marks the fi rst Academy Award for the ‘ Potter’ franchise.
Not much is known about the second instalment other than that Johnny Depp will make an appearance as dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald when the movie opens in cinemas in November 2018.
It is the fi rst of four planned sequels by Warner Bros. and 51-year- old Rowling. — BANG Showbiz