“Fantastic Beasts” Roundup: The One with 100 Days to Go!

by · August 13, 2016

Another month over and another month closer to the release of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in November. Just this week, we were excited to learn that there were only 100 days to go until the film was released in theaters, helpfully reminded by Eddie Redmayne, Newt Scamander himself.

 

 

Tickets are available to book for UK viewers now.

Meanwhile, Colleen Atwood, costume designer for Fantastic Beasts, spoke about working with Eddie Redmayne.

He’s very physical, Eddie, in how he creates the body and the movement for his clothes. It was really important to him that his stuff had a shape and a movement and it went with what he was doing.

She also reflected on how she went about preparing to take on the Fantastic Beasts wardrobes.

I saw the Harry Potter films, but I didn’t go back and revisit them. I didn’t really want to do that, and I didn’t really need to because it’s the world, but it’s 1926. It’s a really fresh take on it.

Last month saw San Diego Comic-Con take place, and the Fantastic Beasts cast was there to promote the film. While there, the cast took part in several interviews and promotions for the film. You can check out some highlights here. MTV recently released some interviews with the cast, where they talk about their amazement at the reaction to the new footage. Check them out below.

 

 

 

It’s safe to say that we all share Ezra Miller’s excitement over seeing that many people raising their wands in unison!

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Elsewhere on the site: 

Funko POP! revealed its Newt Scamander figure.

The first Fantastic Beasts T-shirts were available for pre-order.

A new Fantastic Beasts poster was revealed.

MuggleNet announced the Fantastic Beasts 5K run with Hogwarts Running Club and FeltBeats – hurry, there’s not long left to register!

Eddie Redmayne handed out wands to Hall H at SDCC.

Alison Sudol talked about Queenie.

The Noble Collection announced a merchandise partnership with Warner Bros.

Several book release tie-ins were announced by various publishers, including Bloomsbury UK, Walker Books, and HarperCollins.

The release date for the sequel was confirmed, along with the information that David Heyman and David Yates would be returning.

Zoë Kravitz joined the cast for the sequel.

More information about Ezra Miller’s character was released.

New stills from the film were released, as well as the cover of Entertainment Weekly’s fall special.

Katherine Waterston talked about her audition.

Plus, don’t forget to check out MuggleNet’s Fantastic Beasts podcast, SpeakBeasty, with new episodes every two weeks!

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Phew! That’s it for this roundup. We’ve certainly got a lot of information to be going on, and we can’t wait for November to get here! Have you booked your tickets yet?  What has been your highlight of recent Fantastic Beasts news? Let us know in the comments.