HARRY POTTER LINKS

Scattered throughout the film are references and bonds to the original Harry Potter series.

The Mirror of Erised features when Dumbledore peers into the glass and sees Grindelwald staring back at him. In Harry

Potter and the Philosopher’s

Stone, Harry looks into the mirror and sees his parents.

Like Harry, Newt must fight dark wizards and is guided by Dumbledore. And we go back to Hogwarts, where Dumbledore teaches a Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson. “Going back to Hogwarts is a very important function of this story,” said director David Yates. Dumbledore teaching class at Hogwarts