--- title: 'Harry Potter' Spinoff 'Fantastic Beasts' Eyeing Ezra Miller description: The 22-year-old actor may be joining Eddie Redmayne in the latest cinematic offering from J.K. Rowling canonical: https://time.com/3935392/ezra-miller-harry-potter/ author: Eric Dodds article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-25T12:15:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T08:31:58.334Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Ezra Miller reportedly in talks for 'Harry Potter' spinoff og:description: He may join Eddie Redmayne in 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' og:url: https://time.com/3935392/ezra-miller-harry-potter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt56a6cabd9392dfaf/698858443c163931ba4588c2/ezra-miller-harry-potter.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Ezra Miller and Olivia Thirlby at the Sundance Film Festival in 2015. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ezra Miller reportedly in talks for 'Harry Potter' spinoff twitter:description: He may join Eddie Redmayne in 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt56a6cabd9392dfaf/698858443c163931ba4588c2/ezra-miller-harry-potter.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ezra Miller Reportedly in Talks for Role in _Harry Potter_ Spinoff by [Eric Dodds](https://time.com/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Jun 25, 2015 12:15 PM UTC  Ezra Miller and Olivia Thirlby at the Sundance Film Festival in 2015. Ezra Miller and Olivia Thirlby at the Sundance Film Festival in 2015.Joe Scarnici—Getty Images by [Eric Dodds](https://time.com/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Jun 25, 2015 12:15 PM UTC According to a report [published in _Variety_](http://variety.com/2015/film/news/ezra-miller-eyes-harry-potter-spinoff-fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-exclusive-1201527280/), Ezra Miller is eyeing a role in _Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them_, a spinoff of J.K. Rowling’s wildly popular eight-film _Harry Potter_ franchise. Miller would be joining Oscar-winner Eddie Redmayne, who has already been cast in the lead as Newt Scamander, and Katherine Waterson (daughter of _Law & Order_ actor Sam Waterson). The 22-year-old actor, who was recently cast as _The Flash_ and will make his debut in the role in _Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice_, will be playing Kredan, an American with magical powers. _Fantastic Beasts_ will be set in New York approximately 70 years prior to the events of the _Harry Potter_ series, and is based on a textbook taught at Hogwarts. David Yates, who helmed the final four _Potter_ films, will direct and Rowling will write the script, The movie is currently slated for release on November 18, 2016. \[[_Variety_](http://variety.com/2015/film/news/ezra-miller-eyes-harry-potter-spinoff-fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-exclusive-1201527280/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3935392/ezra-miller-harry-potter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3935392/ezra-miller-harry-potter/"},"headline":"Ezra Miller Reportedly in Talks for Role in Harry Potter Spinoff","datePublished":"2015-06-25T12:15:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:31:58.334Z","description":"The 22-year-old actor may be joining Eddie Redmayne in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them","url":"https://time.com/3935392/ezra-miller-harry-potter/","keywords":["movies","Harry Potter"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt56a6cabd9392dfaf/698858443c163931ba4588c2/ezra-miller-harry-potter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eric Dodds","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eric-dodds/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt56a6cabd9392dfaf/698858443c163931ba4588c2/ezra-miller-harry-potter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ezra Miller and Olivia Thirlby at the Sundance Film Festival in 2015.","caption":"Ezra Miller and Olivia Thirlby at the Sundance Film Festival in 2015.","creditText":"Joe Scarnici—Getty Images","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/3935392/ezra-miller-harry-potter/","name":"Ezra Miller Reportedly in Talks for Role in Harry Potter Spinoff"}}]}] ```