Rejoice, muggles: The time has come for J.K. Rowling to Apparate us back into the world of wizards. The author of the Harry Potter series is collaborating with Warner Bros. to develop a screenplay based on her novel Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was published in 2001 under the pseudonym Newt Scamander. The book was based on a textbook mentioned in the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
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The new film is neither a prequel nor sequel to the Harry Potter books; it's a standalone "extension of the wizarding world," Rowling said in a press release.
“The laws and customs of the hidden magical society will be familiar to anyone who has read the Harry Potter books or seen the films, but Newt’s story will start in New York, seventy years before Harry’s gets underway," she said in the release.
If we're lucky, maybe we'll get a namedrop of Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore or a battle between a Hippogriff, Thestral and Basilisk.
Rowling said Warner Bros. approached her about turning the book into a film, but she felt wary of another writing producing it.
"Having lived for so long in my fictional universe, I feel very protective of it and I already knew a lot about Newt," Rowling said. "As hard-core Harry Potter fans will know, I liked him so much that I even married his grandson, Rolf, to one of my favorite characters from the Harry Potter series, Luna Lovegood."
It will be Rowling's screenwriting debut and the first film in a series.
BONUS: The Hogwarts Houses for Your Favorite TV Characters
Gryffindor is the house known for bravery. It's also Harry Potter's house, so all the cool kids want in.
Jon Snow desperately wants to prove himself worthy, but he also values helping the weak and the mistreated.
Joan is ambitious, but it's her desire to help the less gifted secretaries and her pride in seeing them succeed that makes her a Gryffindor.
Daenerys is so fiercely ambitious she could definitely fit in sitting in the Slytherin common room, but it's her sense of justice, her desire to help people on her way up that makes her a lion.
Sometimes seen as the dumb one Brittany is a gleek who rises to a challenge or stands up to an injustice without fear.
Gryffindor is the chivalrous house, and therefore the only house for Manny.
John Watson has thrown himself in the line of danger to save his friends on multiple occasions, he's quiet but extremely brave.
There should be no judging the individual houses, but you can definitely judge anyone who dubs Hufflepuff the dumb house. Qualities associated with the house of the badger include honesty, loyalty, and a strong value on friendship.
At the end of the day, Phil just wants to make his family and friends happy. Sometimes his cheerfulness and optimistic outlook on life can make him seem a little addled, but that's really because he's so often surrounded by sarcasm.
Penny is a good, patient friend. Like, really patient.
Cam is on the edge of Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, but came up a little short as far a bravery goes (but he made up for it with a high level of friendliness).
All Troy really wants from life is to hang out with his best friend, and help him when he can.
Jessica Day is kind of the epitome of Hufflepuff. To show off her house spirit she would probably keep a badger as a pet (naming it Helga after the founder of course).
Jesse might be a meth dealer, but when you push past that he's just a sweet, friendly guy.
Nick Miller would be a hard one to sort; he doesn't have the good work ethic of your average Hufflepuff, but he is loyal to his core group of friends.
Piper might be terrified in prison, but her first response is to befriend her fellow inmates. Gestures like using her commissary money to buy another inmate makeup shows that her demeanor isn't the sense of self-preservation a Slytherin would have, it's a genuine warmth.
Let's get this out of the way first -- Slytherins are not all evil. Therefore, inclusion in this house does not denote evil-ness. Slytherins are ambitious. They see what they want and they go for it.
Don wants success and money (and possibly love). He's going to charge towards them all mercilessly, only sometimes caring about who gets in his way.
It's not that Tom doesn't love his friends, it's just that he loves fancy clothes and his ability to buy more fancy clothes.
Arya's "thirst to prove herself," as the sorting hat would say, has morphed into an endless drive for vengeance. It's a bloodier ambition than most of the Slytherins on this list have, but it's still the trait that has come to define her.
Schmidt's drive towards perfection (and nice suits) can sometimes hurt his ability to connect and be there for his friends.
Sue reminds us that while Hufflepuffs are identified by their loyalty, Slytherins can be fiercely loyal to those they care about most. She might not care about crushing the entire glee club on her path to a Cheerio victory, but she was willing to give up everything to protect Becky.
Not all Slytherins are evil, but some are. And Walter's need to build an empire has twisted him into an evil person.
Santana looks out for Santana, and loved ones who are currently on her good side. She's not going to spare someone's feelings if she feels they need to see the truth of a situation.
Jeff is a Slughorn Slytherin, a genuinely nice guy who will help you out eventually, but first you'll have to get past his instinct to save himself. If left to his own devices he'd use his talents to live a comfortable life. But when someone calls him out, he'll try to do the right thing.
Alex showed ambition when she was running her drug ring, and spite when she named Piper at trial.
Ravenclaws are super smart, but they're not going to rub your nose in it. They know how to use their intelligence for practical purposes, but they also enjoy the pursuit of knowledge.
Peggy's ambition has developed over the years, and her loyalties have often changed or wavered, but no one can say she's not smart.
Abed finds comfort in his encyclopedic knowledge of entertainment trivia, but it's not just his Scene It skills that make him a Ravenclaw -- it's also a house that values wisdom, and for all his ineptitude with social norms, he often figures out the lesson of an episode before the rest of the study group.
With his reliance on logic, reason, and knowledge, Sherlock is a "hat barely touched his head" Ravenclaw.
Sheldon could have been in Slytherin with his thirst to be the top of his field, but in the end he doesn't want to be the most powerful person in the room, just the smartest.
Ron's extreme problem solving skills would earn him a spot in Ravenclaw.
Shoshanna takes a logical reproach to everything -- after all she has a mathematical mind.
Without any of the redeeming qualities the four founders prized Hannah would break the sorting hat. She would then be banished to the dark forest, where she'd write a book about the experience.
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