--- description: The first film in a new Harry Potter trilogy based on other J.K. Rowling books arrives in 2016 title: New Harry Potter Movie Based on 'Fantastic Beasts' Gets Release Date image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [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 # Harry Potter Spin-Off Film Gets 2016 Release Date  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 13, 2014 11:11 PM CUT  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 13, 2014 11:11 PM CUT Seven books and eight movies later, Harry Potter fans still aren’t done with J.K. Rowling’s magical world and its titular boy wizard. Fortunately for them, new films are on their way: an adaptation of Rowling’s book _Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them_ [will hit theaters](http://www.vulture.com/2014/05/harry-potter-spinoff-gets-release-date.html?mid=facebook%5Fvulture "undefined") on Nov. 18, 2016, as the first film in an upcoming spin-off trilogy. “The film will take place 70 years before the _Potter_ stories and follow Newt Scamande, a Magizoologist,” _Vulture_ reports. With a box-office debut more than two years away, Muggles have plenty of time to reread _all_ the books — for the umpteenth time. \[[_Vulture_](http://www.vulture.com/2014/05/harry-potter-spinoff-gets-release-date.html?mid=facebook%5Fvulture "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/98465/harry-potter-spinoff-film-fantastic-beasts-release-date/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/98465/harry-potter-spinoff-film-fantastic-beasts-release-date/"},"headline":"Harry Potter Spin-Off Film Gets 2016 Release Date","datePublished":"2014-05-13T23:11:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:49:14.560Z","description":"An adaptation of British author J.K. Rowling's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the first film in the highly anticipated Harry Potter trilogy that follows the life of a so-called Magizoologist, will reportedly hit theaters in the fall of 2016","url":"https://time.com/98465/harry-potter-spinoff-film-fantastic-beasts-release-date/","keywords":["movies","Harry Potter"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"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/98465/harry-potter-spinoff-film-fantastic-beasts-release-date/","name":"Harry Potter Spin-Off Film Gets 2016 Release Date"}}]}] ```