Coming Soon To A Theater Near You: Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them

This is "Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them," a textbook that exists in the wizarding world of Harry Potter. It was released physically to our muggle world before all seven of J.K. Rowling's famous novels were even published. More importantly, it's been known that this is becoming a screenplay for a soon to be trilogy! 

The goddess herself Ms.Rowling is the obvious trusted screenwriter for this project. The story will take place 70 years before Harry receives his Hogwarts letter. However, it's salient to mention that this is not a prequel nor sequel to the Harry Potter franchise, it simply is inspired by and branches off of the world introduced by the wizarding world. We'll follow Newt Scamander, the author of this beast book, as he is among fellow witches and wizards in a New York City underground magic community. Supposedly, three films are to come from this, below is the teaser that's been released:

Apparently, it was Warner Bros who suggested the idea in the first place. For that, I couldn't thank them more. I crave the expansion of this fictional magical world. Personally, I'm excited for the time period these films will be taking place in. The protagonist, Newt, was theoretically born in 1897. I'm interested to see Rowling write for/around this period. Assumedly, it'll be wonderfully executed. But you never know, right? 

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Another aspect my fingers are crossed for to be covered is Newts name appearing on the Mauraders Map in the 3rd film, Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban. (Anyone else notice that?) I can safely assume it has something to do with Hagrid and his hippogriff. Perhaps Dumbledore will make an appearance within the trilogy. Perhaps hints at familiar aspects of this world will pop up a number of times. I'm not sure what to expect, but riddle me stoked.

David Yates, a Potter alum, has confirmed to direct the first installment which is expected to be released November 18th,  2016. The rest will follow in 2018 and 2020. Buckle your seat belts folks, we're about to be hit with some history of this wizarding world that hasn't even been consumed by Hermione Granger herself. 

Authors and Movie Adaptations of their Novels

The film industry has been adapting novels to the big screen for many years. Most of these movies become big successes in the industry but surprisingly some of the best movies have been disliked by the authors who wrote the original idea. Most of the reasons why the authors dislike the film adaptations of their novels is because the director may tend to leave some things out of the book or not follow the story exactly as it was written. The author of Mary Poppins, P.L. Travers, had some heated debates with the producers as his script edits were mostly disregarded. Steven King had said he was largely disappointed with Kubrick's The Shining because he didn't like Jack Nicholson's performance and also because Kubrick couldn't grasp the concept of the evil of the Overlook Hotel. Because the producers of Forrest Gump omitted plot points and downplayed sex and violence in the movie, The author, Winston Groom, started his sequel with the lines "don't ever let anyone make a movie of your life story". Even the author of The Clockwork Orange regretted writing the book in the first place because the movie made it seem it was all about sex and violence.
These are all movies that have become hits in the film industry. It is hard for me to decide whether the authors or the producers are the right ones with the right decisions in the movie making process. Although I see how most film adaptations aren't completely "puritan" to the novels, they end up becoming hits and become some of the most beloved films in our society.