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Potter-philes can
attend coordinated events to see early footage from "Fantastic
Beasts" at select IMAX theaters around the world in cities
including Rome, Sao Paulo, Mexico City and New York. The free
events are open to the public on a first-come, first-served
basis.
The screening will include a question-and-answer session with
the cast in London and Los Angeles that will be broadcast at the
same time in all the theaters.
Not much is known about the plot of "Fantastic Beasts," which is
set to open in theaters next month. The movie marks the
screenplay debut of British author Rowling.
The Warner Bros film, which stars Oscar-winner Eddie Redmayne as
"magizoologist" Newt Scamander, is a spinoff from the Potter
stories with new characters and plot, set in New York City in
1926.
A trailer released at San Diego's Comic-Con gathering in July
showed Scamander arriving in New York with a case of magical
creatures that escape, wreak havoc and face threats from the
nonmagical humans in the city.
"Fantastic Beasts" revives the Potter film franchise that
officially concluded with "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:
Part 2" in 2011. It cemented the end of Rowling's seven-book
series which has sold more than 450 million copies worldwide.
Potter fans who had grown up with the book series tearfully said
goodbye to the orphaned boy wizard and his magical universe. But
earlier this year, a new London play, "Harry Potter and the
Cursed Child," cast a spell all over again.
The sold-out play is both a critical and commercial hit, while a
book version of the script has become a best-seller.
(Editing by Matthew Lewis)
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