J.K. Rowling's five-film Fantastic Beasts adventure series continues with the original screenplay for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald At the end of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald was captured in New York with the help of Newt Scamander. But, making good on his threat, Grindelwald escapes custody and sets about gathering followers, most unsuspecting of his true agenda: to raise pure-blood wizards up to rule over all nonmagical beings. In an effort to thwart Grindelwald's plans, Albus Dumbledore enlists Newt, his former Hogwarts student, who agrees to help once again, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world. This second original screenplay from J.K. Rowling, illustrated with stunning line art from MinaLima, expands on earlier events that helped shaped the wizarding world, with some surprising nods to the Harry Potter stories that will delight fans of both the books and films. This second original screenplay from J.K. Rowling expands on earlier events that helped shaped the wizarding world, with some surprising nods to the Harry Potter stories that will delight fans of both the books and films Over 1 million copies of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay have been sold – including 420,000 copies through BookScan TC M in the UK, and 150,000 copies through BookScan TC M in Australia Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald will be a major global movie release on 16th November 2018, starring Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander, with the original screenplay publishing simultaneously The Harry Potter series, published between 1997 and 2007, has sold over 500 million copies worldwide, is distributed in more than 200 territories and translated into 80 languages, and has been turned into eight blockbuster films