As if the new trailer for “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” hasn’t got us excited enough, WB announced today that it will host a Global Fan Event at participating theaters, featuring a live Q&A with cast and never-before-seen footage from the film!
Hosts Eleanor, Megan, and Shannen are here with a special guest, “SpeakBeasty” listener Allie, for Episode 21! Tune in as we discuss the new information revealed in interviews with the cast of “Fantastic Beasts” and whether or not Harry Houdini was a wizard. Catch us at New York Comic Con this October!
Readers of MuggleNet, we must admit to you today that we’ve been keeping a secret from you – a rather big one. We’ve wanted to tell you for a long time, but as Secret Keepers for Warner Bros., we knew we had to wait until the time was right. Today, it finally is. Last December, along with several other online news outlets, MuggleNet visited the set of “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” at Leavesden Studios in London. What we saw there was amazing, and we want to share it with you.
When you think of the “Harry Potter” films, there are a lot of names that come to mind – J.K. Rowling, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson probably topping the list. But while Rowling created the world, and our Harry, Ron, and Hermione trio imbued it with life onscreen, it is another person who is responsible for ushering “Harry Potter” to the big screen, and that person is David Heyman.
Dan Fogler comes straight from set when it’s time for our interview, having just finished filming the last scenes of “Fantastic Beasts” that will be shot today, which means he’s still in costume as No-Maj Jacob Kowalski. Fogler makes an excellent diplomat for the non-magical community, cheerfully sharing with a mix of earnestness and humor what information he can about his character.
It’s fitting that the star of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is the first of our cast interviews for the day. When Redmayne enters the room, he is, to our delight, dressed in his Scamander garb – the outfit first debuted on the cover of Entertainment Weekly that has doubtlessly already launched a thousand cosplays.
Passing through security to get into Leavesden Studios is like crossing a border, since calls are made and your identity checked and re-checked before you’re allowed through. It’s no wonder – beyond this inconspicuous guard stand lies the stronghold of secrets literally millions of fans are desperate to know, for only a few yards away, just out of sight, are the sets where “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” is being filmed.
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 reminded by Eddie Redmayne, Newt Scamander himself, that there were only 100 days to go until the film was released in theaters.
“SpeakBeasty” hosts join for Episode 17 to break down the official trailer from San Diego Comic-Con, discuss a TON of exciting news, and talk prohibition and the SUPER creepy Gytrash.
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