Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay.

ROWLING, J.K.

Item Number: 137014

London: Little, Brown, 2016.

First edition of Rowling’s screenwriting debut. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover and book design by Minalima.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them marks the screenwriting debut of J.K. Rowling, author of the beloved and internationally bestselling Harry Potter books, and is now a major movie starring Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander. Set over fifty years before Harry's story begins, and featuring as cast of remarkable characters, this tale of friendship, magic, and mayhem is epic, adventure-packed storytelling at its very best. The film adaptation of the same name opened in theatres worldwide on November 18, 2016 and was nominated for five British Academy Film Awards, including Best British Film, and won for Best Production Design. It was nominated for two Academy Awards and won for Best Costume Design, becoming the first Wizarding World film to win an Academy Award.