Production is currently underway for the first Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them. Set 70s years before the events of Harry Potter, in the 1920s, Eddie Redmayne stars as Newt Scamander, the wizarding magizoologist who is in New York documenting numerous magical creatures. His discoveries would eventually become “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” a textbook that would be used as required reading in the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Now, the spinoff has just added Ron Perlman (Hellboy, Sons of Anarchy) to the cast as a goblin. More on the role in the report below.

The cast of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has just scored a really huge addition. A new report says that True Detective star Colin Farrell is now joining the cast of the first spinoff of the Harry Potter franchise. David Yates is making a return to the wizard world, using a script written by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, who makes her screenwriting debut on the film.

More on the story below.

Eddie Redymane will now be joined by Katherine Waterston in the upcoming Harry Potter spinoff, Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them.

The film, which is to be directed by Harry Potter alum David Yates, who will be using a script written by J.K. Rowling – who makes her screenwriting debut – will focus on Newt Scamander, the magizoologist who has documented numerous magical creatures and wrote about his discoveries in the Hogwarts textbook Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. For more on Waterston’s role in the film, check out the story below.

There is no denying the void that Harry Potter films have left behind. Luckily Warner Bros. has given spinoff movies the green light. The first spinoff will be an adaptation of the classic Hogwarts textbook Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Newt Scamander, a “magizoologist” who writes the textbook for which the film is based on, will be played by Eddie Redmayne. It will be directed by David Yates using script by J.K. Rowling.

Now Fantastic Beasts is looking for some female leads, and a new report says that Saoirse Ronan and Dakota Fanning are among those in the running for one role, while Kate Upton and Elizabeth Debicki are among those up for another. More on the story below.