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Warner Bros. Entertainment has announced it will work with Harry Potter author JK Rowling on a spin-off film series set in the same wizarding world.
The new films will be inspired by Harry Potter's Hogwarts textbook Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and the adventures of the book's fictitious author, Newt Scamander.
The feature will be an original story and will mark Rowling's screenwriting debut. It is planned as the first in a series. Set in the wizarding world, the story will feature magical creatures and characters, some of which will be familiar to devoted Harry Potter fans.
Rowling said: "Although it will be set in the worldwide community of witches and wizards where I was so happy for 17 years, 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' is neither a prequel nor a sequel to the Harry Potter series, but an extension of the wizarding world.
"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...