New 'Harry Potter' spinoff trilogy will be based on 'Fantastic Beasts And Where to Find Them,' a 54-page book

In the Fall of 2013, we learned that Harry Potter scribe J.K. Rowling was penning a film adaptation of her 54-page book based on a textbook featured in the wizard tale. So we knew for a little bit that Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them would be coming to the big screen in the near future, but this week we learned that it would be split into three films for a grandiose movie trilogy for Warner Bros.

A recent New York Times profile on Warner Bros. CEO Kevin Tsujihara turned into the official announcement for this new project. The New York Times profile revealed:

That is when Warner announced that Ms. Rowling had agreed to adapt for the big screen her "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," a 2001 book billed as one of Harry Potter's Hogwarts textbooks. Three megamovies are planned. The main character will be a "magizoologist" named Newt Scamander. The stories, neither prequels or sequels, will start in New York about seven decades before the arrival of Mr. Potter and his pals.

J.K. Rowling's Facebook page has the official press release for this new film project.  Here is an excerpt: "It all started when Warner Bros. came to me with the suggestion of turning 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' into a film. I thought it was a fun idea, but the idea of seeing Newt Scamander, the supposed author of Fantastic Beasts, realized by another writer was difficult. Having lived for so long in my fictional universe, I feel very protective of it and I already knew a lot about Newt. As hard-core Harry Potter fans will know, I liked him so much that I even married his grandson, Rolf, to one of my favourite characters from the Harry Potter series, Luna Lovegood ..."

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