--- title: J.K. Rowling Says the 'Dawn of the Age of Hufflepuff' Has Finally Arrived description: The latest Hufflepuff to make waves is Newt Scamander, the author of 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.' canonical: https://time.com/4028693/jk-rowling-hufflepuff/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-09T23:25:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T10:48:51.603Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: J.K. Rowling Says the 'Dawn of the Age of Hufflepuff' Has Finally Arrived og:description: The star of of 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' is from Hufflepuff og:url: https://time.com/4028693/jk-rowling-hufflepuff/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: J.K. Rowling Says the 'Dawn of the Age of Hufflepuff' Has Finally Arrived twitter:description: The star of of 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' is from Hufflepuff twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # J.K. Rowling Says the 'Dawn of the Age of Hufflepuff' Has Finally Arrived by [Megan Daley / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Megan Daley / Entertainment Weekly Sep 9, 2015 11:25 PM UTC by [Megan Daley / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Megan Daley / Entertainment Weekly Sep 9, 2015 11:25 PM UTC Move over Gryffindor, there’s a new house in the spotlight. Hufflepuff is the Hogwarts house to watch, according to _Harry Potter_author J.K. Rowling. The author tweeted on Wednesday, “This is starting to feel like the dawn of the Age of Hufflepuff.” > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/641608420664152064) The latest Hufflepuff to make waves is Newt Scamander, the author of _Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them_. He’ll be making his way to the big screen in the upcoming film of the same name, starring Eddie Redmayne. Shooting for the film [began](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/17/fantastic-beasts-and-where-find-them-begins-filming) last month in England. Hufflepuffs are known to be loyal, true, and hard-working, with famous members including founder Helga Hufflepuff, Cedric Diggory (R.I.P.), and Nymphadora Tonks. The author recently [revealed](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/01/james-sirius-potter-teddy-lupin-hogwarts-houses) Tonks’ son with Remus Lupin, Teddy Lupin, had followed in his mother’s footsteps and was sorted into Hufflepuff, eventually becoming Head Boy of the House. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/09/harry-potter-jk-rowling-hufflepuff?hootPostID=ded2d220926b798891bd319122d75c56) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/09/harry-potter-jk-rowling-hufflepuff?hootPostID=ded2d220926b798891bd319122d75c56) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4028693/jk-rowling-hufflepuff/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4028693/jk-rowling-hufflepuff/"},"headline":"J.K. Rowling Says the 'Dawn of the Age of Hufflepuff' Has Finally Arrived","datePublished":"2015-09-09T23:25:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:48:51.603Z","description":"Newt Scamander, the main character of the upcoming Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them movie, is from Hufflepuff","url":"https://time.com/4028693/jk-rowling-hufflepuff/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Daley / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"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/4028693/jk-rowling-hufflepuff/","name":"J.K. Rowling Says the 'Dawn of the Age of Hufflepuff' Has Finally Arrived"}}]}] ```