Actor Eddie Redmayne has signed on to star in the forthcoming Harry Potter prequel, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the Warner Bros. studio announced Monday. Redmayne will play Newt Scamander, the magizoologist of the wizarding world, who was introduced in J.K. Rowling’s best-selling series. The movie will be directed by David Yates, who was also behind the final four installments of the Harry Potter series. Fantastic Beasts is slated for release on Nov. 18, 2016, in 3-D and IMAX.
