Surely, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a movie that Harry Potter fans are looking forward to, but it may take quite some time before its release date. Warner Bros. has announced that Fantastic Beasts will have its theatrical release on November 18, 2016. The film is based on the J.K. Rowling book of the same name, which takes place within the Harry Potter universe but doesn’t involve any of the main characters from the insanely popular book series. Development of the project is moving along quietly. Rowling herself is penning the screenplay for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, but a director has yet to be attached. Alfonso Cuaron, who directed Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, was initially attached to direct this project, but has denied these reports.
While speaking with Spanish news agency EFE (via Digital Spy), Cuaron stated that he will not be directing Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Cuaron's quote goes:
“[Directing Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban] was a very beautiful experience for me. I have a lot of love for that universe and I tremendously admire JK Rowling, but today, for the present, projects based around lots of visual effects don’t attract me. I’m coming out of a five-year process of doing visual effects and now I sort of want to clean my palate of that a little bit.” [hit the jump to continue]
