Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Movie, 2016, Fantastic Beasts, Set in 1926
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is #9 of 11 in release order and #1 of 11 in chronological order in the Wizarding World.
The story
In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the American wizarding authorities after Newt, and threatens to strain even further the state of magical and non-magical relations.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them recap
In 1926, the British magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York with a suitcase full of magical creatures. Some escape after a mix-up with Jacob Kowalski, a No-Maj (non-magical) baker, and demoted Auror Tina Goldstein arrests Newt. Tina's sister Queenie, a mind reader, falls for Jacob. The American magical government, MACUSA, is hunting the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald, and something invisible is destroying parts of the city. MACUSA official Percival Graves pressures Credence Barebone, the abused son of an anti-magic preacher, to find a child who is an Obscurial, carrying a destructive force created by repressed magic. Newt and Tina are sentenced to death and escape.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them ending explained
Credence is the Obscurial and wrecks Manhattan; MACUSA Aurors appear to destroy him. Newt exposes Graves as Grindelwald in disguise and he is arrested. Newt's Thunderbird spreads an obliviating rain over the city, and Jacob's memory is wiped, though he opens a bakery full of creature-shaped pastries and Queenie walks in. A scrap of Credence's Obscurus survives, setting up the sequel.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is streaming on Peacock, YouTube TV, and HBO Max in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 74%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, before Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.
- Chronological order: first, before Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.
What to watch before Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
In release order, 8 Wizarding World essentials come before Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011). Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them itself is optional in the Wizarding World order.
Cast
- Eddie Redmayne as Newt
- Katherine Waterston as Porpentina 'Tina' Goldstein
- Dan Fogler as Jacob Kowalski
- Alison Sudol as Queenie
- Colin Farrell as Graves
- Jon Voight as Shaw Senior
- Ron Perlman as Gnarlak
- Ezra Miller as Credence Barebone
- Samantha Morton as Mary Lou Barebone
- Carmen Ejogo as Seraphina Picquery
- Josh Cowdery as Henry Shaw Jnr / Senator Shaw
- Johnny Depp as Grindelwald
Directed by David Yates.