--- description: He stars in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the followup to Harry Potter that takes place in America in the 1920s. title: Watch Eddie Redmayne Hand Out Wands to Everyone at Comic-Con image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt068e34537f64a376/6988992d656a3f0c80bcc071/eddie-redmayne-fantastic-beasts.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Eddie Redmayne Handed Out Wands to Everyone at His Comic-Con Panel  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jul 23, 2016 9:08 PM CUT  Jaap Buitendijk—Warner Bros.  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jul 23, 2016 9:08 PM CUT To promote [_Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them_](http://time.com/4288046/fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-footage-mtv-movie-awards/ "undefined"), star [Eddie Redmayne](http://time.com/4099501/jk-rowling-harry-potter-spinoff-fantastic-beasts/ "undefined") walked through the massive Hall H and handed out wands to a crowd of thousands during San Diego Comic-Con. The panel itself, including [Colin Farrell](http://time.com/4324923/colin-farrell-the-lobster/ "undefined") and director David Yates, remained tight-lipped about movie details. “There’s going to be a hole that opens up and he’ll drop in,” Farrell said of co-star Dan Fogler when the latter almost gave away even the most minor of clues. But they all shared their enthusiasm for being able to join the world of Harry Potter. “It’s like getting your Hogwarts letter way late in the game,” said Ezra Miller. > [](https://twitter.com/Fandango/status/756951859114287104) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4420651/eddie-redmayne-fantastic-beasts-comic-con/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4420651/eddie-redmayne-fantastic-beasts-comic-con/"},"headline":"Eddie Redmayne Handed Out Wands to Everyone at His Comic-Con Panel","datePublished":"2016-07-23T21:08:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:29:47.039Z","description":"He stars in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them","url":"https://time.com/4420651/eddie-redmayne-fantastic-beasts-comic-con/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt068e34537f64a376/6988992d656a3f0c80bcc071/eddie-redmayne-fantastic-beasts.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt068e34537f64a376/6988992d656a3f0c80bcc071/eddie-redmayne-fantastic-beasts.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM","caption":"Eddie Redmayne in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them","creditText":"Jaap Buitendijk—Warner Bros.","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4420651/eddie-redmayne-fantastic-beasts-comic-con/","name":"Eddie Redmayne Handed Out Wands to Everyone at His Comic-Con Panel"}}]}] ```