Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them

Jude Law Will Play Young Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts 2

We can't wait to see him opposite Johnny Depp's Grindlewald.

Saturday, April 15, 2017 - 16:47

We have huge news from the Potterverse! It's been announced that Jude Law will play the young Albus Dumbledore in upcoming sequel, Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them 2.

He becomes the third star to play everyone’s favourite headmaster on screen, filling the sizeable shoes of Richard Harris and Michael Gambon.

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Having teasingly revealed Johnny Depp’s Grindlewald at the end of the first film, the sequel is set to explore the relationship between the dark wizard and his friend-turned-nemesis, Dumbledore. Hopefully this also means we’ll get another look at dear old Hogwarts…

“Jude Law is a phenomenally talented actor whose work I've long admired and I'm looking forward to finally having the opportunity to work with him,” said director David Yates, “I know he will brilliantly capture all the unexpected facets of Albus Dumbledore as JK Rowling reveals this very different time in his life.”

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It sounds like bang-on casting to us, with Law likely to have some serious drama to get his teeth into, particularly if the film tackles the simmering love affair between Dumbledore and Grindlewald hinted at in the books. We’ll find out how it all pans out when the film opens on 16 November 2018.

- By George Wales @GeorgeWales85

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Harry Potter: Where Are They Now?

Daniel Radcliffe played Harry Potter: The boy wizard who, upon attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, embarks on a fateful seven-year journey with his classmates in a battle against Lord Voldemort.

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Now: It’s only been five years since the series’ final installment, but already the ‘boy who lived’ has successfully reinvented himself in offbeat films like ‘Kill Your Darlings’, ‘Horns’, and ‘Swiss Army Man’; where Dan recently played a magical corpse.

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Clémence Poésy played Fleur Delacour: A French quarter-veela witch who is first introduced to her future husband Bill Weasley whilst working at Gringotts Wizarding Bank.

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Now: The former i-D cover girl and muse to Karl Lagerfeld currently plays Elise Wassermann in gripping detective drama ‘The Tunnel’, which aired its second series earlier this year.

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Domhnall Gleeson played Bill Weasley: Ron’s older brother who develops werewolf tendencies after being attacked by one during the Battle of the Astronomy Tower.

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Now: Domhnall Gleeson hasn’t stopped working since hanging up his cloak and has a whopping seven films due out this year! They include; Star Wars VIII, an untitled Darren Aronofsky film with Jennifer Lawrence, and ‘Peter Rabbit’.

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Matthew Lewis played Neville Longbottom: The awkward, shy, and clumsy classmate who grows up to be an important member of Dumbledore's Army and even manages to destroy the seventh and final Horcrux during the Battle of Hogwarts.

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Now: In 2016 we couldn’t get enough of Matthew on TV, with the actor appearing in multiple epi-sodes of hit shows ‘Ripper Street’ and ‘Happy Valley’. Next up; a starring role in 2017’s much-buzzed-about thriller ‘Terminal’ alongside Margot Robbie.

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Katie Leung played Cho Chang: Harry’s first crush who is still struggling with the death of her boyfriend Cedric Diggory when they first get together.

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Now: After taking a break from acting to study at the University of Arts London and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Leung returned to screens in the miniseries One Child. Next up; a star-ring role in action thriller ‘The Foreigner’ with Jackie Chan.

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Bonnie Wright played Ginny Weasley: The youngest of the Weasley siblings who blossoms over the course of the franchise into an accomplished Quidditch player and important member of Dumbledore’s Army. No wonder Harry fell for her in the end.

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Now: After making her screenwriting and directorial debut with the film 'Separate We Come, Separate We Go', Bonnie started her own production company called BonBonLumiere. Her new short film Sextant is available to watch online now.

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Rupert Grint played Ron Weasley: Harry’s trusted friend who is “always there” when he needs him. His love/hate relationship with Hermoine throughout the series ends on a high with the two marrying.

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Now: Post-Potter Rupert has continued to work in film but kept a relatively low profile compared to his co-stars. Expect that to change this year when he stars in ‘Snatch’, a new TV series based on the 2002 Guy Ritchie crime film starring Brad Pitt.

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Robert Pattinson played Cedric Diggory: Hogwarts Triwizard Champion who meets his end during the Triwizard Cup when he is killed by Peter Pettigrew, at the request of Lord Voldemort.

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Now: From hufflepuff to sparkly teen dream, Pattinson’s life changed overnight once cast as Ed-ward Cullen in ‘The Twilight Saga’. Currently the face of Dior Homme, the actor has no less than five new films in development.

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Emma Watson played Hermione Granger: A sassy know-it-all witch who goes from bookish to one of Gryffindor's bravest during her time at Hogwarts.

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Then: When she’s not doing brilliant work campaigning as a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, Emma continues to light up the big screen. This year the actress captured hearts as Belle in Disney's live-action adaptation of ‘Beauty and the Beast’.

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Evanna Lynch played Luna Lovegood: The spectrespecs wearing witch who insists on wearing shoes to bed (in case she sleepwalks) and reading her magazine’s upside down. It is in her fourth year at Hogwarts that Luna befriends Harry, Ron, and Hermoine.

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Now: Evanna, who is now based in Los Angeles, continues to act and recently starred in Irish film ‘My Name is Emily’.

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James and Oliver Phelps played Fred and George Weasley: Ron’s mischievous twin brothers who co-founded and ran the joke shop Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes

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Now: James and Oliver have focused less on acting since Harry Potter, with the brothers instead concentrating on their hobbies, travelling, sports, and charity work.

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Tom Felton played Draco Malfoy: Hogwarts resident school bully is a typical Slytherin - cunning and devious.

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Now: Yet another Potter cast member unlikely to disappear from our screens anytime soon, Tom most recently starred in critically acclaimed drama ‘A United Kingdom’ and has three films due for release next year.

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Ralph Fiennes played Lord Voldemort: AKA He Who Must Not Be Named

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Now: As well as prepping for the next Bond installment in his recurring role as M, Ralph will voice iconic butler Alfred Pennyworth in next year's animated comedy ‘The Lego Batman Movie’.

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100 Things You Need To Know About Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them

In HP land, 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' was a required textbook at Hogwarts.

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The book details the history of Magizoology and showcases 85 magical species.

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It was written by Newt Scamander after years of travel.

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It was first commissioned in 1918 by Mr Augustus Worme of Obscurus Books.

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By the mid-1990s, AKA the HP years, the book was in its 52nd edition.

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Dumbledore wrote a foreward and says it's an excellent reference for Wizarding households.

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HP author J.K Rowling wrote the actual book in 2001, under the pseudonym of Newt Scamander.

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80% of the price of the book goes to vulnerable children.

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J.K decide to write about magical creatures as it was A) fun B) something she knew lots about #worksmart

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The first idea was a faux documentary about Newt, thankfully J.K wrote a screenplay instead.

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In the film, American wizards say "No-maj" (short for no magic) instead of muggles.

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Ilvermorny is the US equivalent of Hogwarts (though it's not thought to be featured in the film).

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Unlike at Hogwarts, Ilvermory students cannot carry wands outside of school.

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There’s also a Magical Congress of the United States of America (MCUSA) instead of a Ministry of Magic.

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MCUSA is hidden inside the Woolworth Building.

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In the film version, the building's hollowed out all the way to the top floor.

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J.K has said the film isn't a prequel or a sequel to HP, just an extension of the wizarding world.

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The film may feel more modern than HP…

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...Production designer Stuart Craig said that's because it's set in NYC (and not an old Scottish castle).

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The film will be made by Warner Brothers…

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...Rowling said that this film is just the beginning of a new collab between her and the studio.

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J.K has written plenty of books, but this is her screenwriting debut.

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Ex-HP director Alfonso Cuarón showed interest in directing the film…

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...But David Yates, director of the last four Harry Potter films, got the job.

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James Newton Howard will compose the music for it…

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...He's composed scores for The Dark Knight and The Hunger Games series!

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Filming started on August 17th 2015 and wrapped up on January 28th 2016.

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Filming took place at Warner Bros. studios in Leavesden.

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The New York docks scenes were filmed in Cardington Hangars in Bedfordshire, UK.

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Some scenes were filmed in Liverpool - they used fake snow and classic cars to transform the city into 1920s New York.

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The video game Lego Dimensions is scheduled to release a 'story pack' based on the film.

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Fortunately for wizarding fans everywhere, this is the start of a trilogy.

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David Yates said Rowling had written the screenplay for the second film and has ideas for the third.

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The next instalment is set to come out November 16, 2018, followed by the third on November 20, 2020.

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Where HP has a trio of heroes, Fantastic Beasts has four.

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At the heart of the film is Newt - an slightly eccentric English magizoologist wizard.

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Matt Smith (Dr. Who) was considered for the role of Newt.

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As was Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max, X-Men).

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Ultimately Eddie Redmayne (Les Mis, The Danish Girl) scored the role.

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Porpentina "Tina" Goldstein is an ambitious worker at the Magical Congress of the United States of America.

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She's relegated to an office well below her abilities and longs to fight for what's right.

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Model and actress Kate Upton (The Other Woman) was considered for the role of Tina.

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Aussie actress Elizabeth Debicki (Everest) was also considered.

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In the end Katherine Waterston (Steve Jobs) was cast as Tina.

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Queenie Goldstein is Tina's younger sister.

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She's a free-spirit "legilimens" and she can read minds.

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The role of Queenie is is played by Alison Sudol, but plenty of other actresses were considered too.

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Two-time Academy Award nominee Saoirse Ronan (Atonement, Brooklyn) was considered.

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As was everyone's favourite child-turned-adult actress Dakota Fanning (I Am Sam, Now Is Good).

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Twilight star Kristen Stewart was also considered for the role.

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As was model and actress Lili Simmons (Banshee).

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Jacob Kowalski is a No-Maj factory worker who learns of the wizarding world when he meets Newt.

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Jacob is the first Muggle main character in any HP franchise.

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Michael Cera was considered for the role of Jacob, but passed on this film role to voice the animated The Lego Batman Movie

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Josh Gad (Frozen) was also considered for the role

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The role eventually when to stand-up comedian and actor Dan Fogler (Kung Fu Panda).

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Colin Farrell (In Bruges) plays Graves: he's the right-hand man of the American wizarding world's president.

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Samantha Morton (Decoding Annie Parker) plays Mary Lou, she's the leader of a group looking to expose and destroy the wizarding community.

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Samantha Morton and Colin Farrell both appeared in Minority Report (2002).

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The duo also appeared together in Miss Julie (2014) as John and Kathleen.

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Ezra Miller plays Credence, Mary Lou's troubled adopted son.

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Ezra Miller was the brother of Emma Watson in 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower.' Emma Watson, of course, played Hermione.

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Ezra Miller is a self-confessed HP fanboy.

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He won't take the sorting hat quiz because: "If I didn’t get Gryffindor, I wouldn’t know who I was anymore."

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British actress and singer Carmen Ejogo (The Purge: Anarchy) plays President Seraphina Picquery, President of the MCUSA.

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Modesty is a haunted young girl who can see deep into people.

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Faith Wood-Blagrove was cast as Modesty.

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The 10-year-old was chosen from thousands of girls who attended an open audition.

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This will be Faith's film debut.

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Jon Voight (24: Redemption) plays Henry Shaw Sr., a US senator.

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Ron Perlman (Sons of Anarchy) plays Gnarlack, a gangster who owns a speakeasy nightclub.

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The film is rooted in real American history.

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The Salem witch trials are used to show how nervous our wizards were at the time.

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The fear of being found out looms over the wizarding community - with good reason too.

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Fantastic Beasts will be more grown-up than previous movies.

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As director David Yates said: “there are no kids in this movie.” ...Not as main characters, anyway.

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The film is set in 1926 New York.

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It begins with Newt Scamander who has completed a global excursion to find and document an array of fantastic beasts.

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He is only in New York for what should've been a brief stopover.

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But thanks to Jacob, a misplaced magical case and the escape of some of his fantastic beasts this is not the case.

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Miss Dobby? Get excited, because there will be house elves (-ish creatures)!

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The name Newt Scamander appears on the Marauder's Map in the movie Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

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Newt also has his own Chocolate Frog Card in the HP franchise.

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Newt's story starts seventy years before Harry gets underway, on the other side of the globe.

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Scamander became a magizoologist at the encouragement of his mum, a Hippogriff breeder.

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At Hogwarts, Newt was sorted to Hufflepuff house.

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His contributions to Magizoology earned him an Order of Merlin, Second Class in 1979.

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The real-world book says Newt Scamander retired to Dorset, UK, in 1979.

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Scamander himself does not appear in any of the seven Harry Potter books.

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Newt was expelled from Hogwarts for ‘endangering human life with a beast’. Oops.

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Newt's grandson Rolf married Luna Lovegood.

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Of getting to pick Newt's wand Eddie said: "The most exciting moment of this job is the moment of getting a wand"

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It's a simple, modest wand with some sort of carving.

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There is a Funkto toy of Newt available for hardcore fans!

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Eddie has a leather case just like Newt's IRL.

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HP's very own Daniel Radcliffe admitted he's very excited to see the film.

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However he is envious of Eddie's wardrobe: "I got jeans and a zip top for 10 years and you’ve got a great coat already?"

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Emma Watson has said she'd deffo be up for a cameo.

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And during an interview J.K said she'd consider putting the trio in - even if only in the background in heavy make-up!

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The movie's out on 18 November 2016 - put in your calendar!

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26 Celeb Couples Who Fell In Love On Set

Emma Stone & Andrew Garfield - Andrew’s spidey senses were definitely tingling when Hollywood’s are-they-aren't-they couple met during a screen test for The Amazing Spider-Man: “It was like I woke up when she came in". Our hearts are melting.

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Kristen Stewart & Robert Pattinson - It was apparently their "electric" chemistry that sealed Robert’s role in the Twilight saga, where work turned into real-life dating and Robsten was born. Sadly they split in 2013 after Kristen was caught cheating.

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BLAKE LIVELY & RYAN REYNOLDS - Blake was dating her Gossip Girl co-star Penn & Ryan was married to Scarlett Johansson when the pair met on the set of Green Lantern. After Ryan’s divorce, they became a thing & have been giving us couple envy ever since.

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TAYLOR SWIFT & TAYLOR LAUTNER - Taylor caught the pop star’s eye when the pair met in a dressing room for rom-com Valentine's Day. It wasn’t the longest of relationships, but it was believed to be documented by Swifty in her song ‘Back To December’.

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Nina Dobrev & Ian Somerhalder - The pair were bitten (er, we mean smitten) on the set of Vampire Diaries in 2009 and became the TVD power couple that fans swooned over for three years. It didn't last, but at least they've stayed friends!

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MILEY CYRUS & LIAM HEMSWORTH - They first met on the set of The Last Song and started dating soon after. They’ve had their fair share of breakups (including a called-off engagement), but thankfully they’ve come out the other side. We ship Liley forever.

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Vanessa Hudgens & Zac Efron - We knew it could be the ‘Start Of Something New’ when they duetted in High School Musical, and eventually their love story on screen translated into real-life luuuurve. We’re still mourning Zanessa since their 2010 split.

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ANGELINA JOLIE & BRAD PITT - Ange confessed they ‘fell in love’ on the set of Mr. and Mrs Smith while Brad was married to Jen Aniston. After a decade of what we assumed was wedded bliss, Brangelina shocked us all when they called time on their love.

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CHANNING TATUM & JENNA DEWAN-TATUM - After all that dancing up against each other in Step Up, we weren’t surprised to see the couple hitting it off. We guess the rest is just #RelationshipGoals because they’re now happily married with a daughter.

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Sophia Bush & Chad Michael Murray - They went from co-stars to couple on the set of One Tree Hill, but much like their characters Brooke & Lucas, they weren’t meant to be. Following their divorce, Sophia said: “We were two stupid kids”. Heart = broken.

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JENNIFER LAWRENCE & NICHOLAS HOULT - The X-Men: First Class co-stars began dating in 2010. They were always private about the whole shebang, but after their breakup they had nothing but good things to say about each other which we think is very mature.

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AMBER HEARD & JOHNNY DEPP - Being on-screen lovers in Rum Diary brought the pair together, but they didn’t end up dating until years later. It all came to a dramatic end after Amber accused Johnny of domestic abuse & filed for divorce.

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RYAN GOSLING & RACHEL MCADAMS - For a couple who had a ridiculous amount of chemistry on-screen (that make-out sesh in the rain, GAH), it would have been weird if these two didn’t get it on IRL. And they did, for several years. We still ship them.

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KALEY CUOCO & JOHNNY GALECKI - Penny and Leonard secretly dated for almost two years whilst filming The Big Bang Theory, showing that the science geek and the pretty girl from across the hall really do have a chance with each other IRL.

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BEN AFFLECK & JENNIFER GARNER - “We met on Pearl Harbor, which people hate, but we fell in love on Daredevil”, confessed Jen, who first started dating Ben in 2004. For 10 years we shipped Bennifer & were too shocked to even shed tears when they divorced.

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BLAKE LIVELY & PENN BADGLEY - We all know how Gossip Girl ended (SPOILER ALERT: Serena & Dan lived happily ever after) but the co-star's real-life relationship didn’t last. But good news - Blake is now married to Ryan Reynolds & Penn recently got hitched.

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RYAN GOSLING & EVA MENDES - It was because of Ryan that Eva got the part in The Place Beyond The Pines after telling the director to meet with her. What he didn’t know was that years later, they’d be married with two children. Dreamy, right?

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DEV PATEL & FRIEDA PINTO - The pair met on the set of Slumdog Millionaire & broke up after six years dating. Luckily, Dev admitted they’re both still best friends: “We shared a very beautiful experience together. I’ll always have great respect for her”.

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EMILY VANCAMP & JOSHUA BOWMAN - It's interesting to hear how one of the most dramatic on-screen couples (try being shot by your husband) manages to leave all that Revenge drama aside. Emily revealed: “We’re actors. None of that lives in any of us!" Phew.

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JENNIFER ANISTON & VINCE VAUGHN - Ironically, the pair became close while filming The Break-Up, where they played a couple with marriage issues. Vince confessed the reason for their own break up was spending his time trying not to be drawn into the media.

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RACHEL BILSON & ADAM BRODY - Rach dated total heartthrob & on-screen bae Adam during the 1st season of The OC & they were together for 2 years. Since then, Adam decided that he liked Gossip Girl more & married Leighton Meister/ Blair Waldorf instead.

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MEGAN FOX & SHIA LABEOUF - Rumours circulated about Shia & Megan getting it on whilst working together in Transformers. He admitted to them hooking while she was potentially still involved with Brian Austin Green, who she married in 2010. Eeeek.

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KIT HARINGTON & ROSE LESLIE - Ever since playing lovers on Game Of Thrones, Kit and Rose drove fans crazy over their are-they-aren’t-they relationship. Their PDA-filled red carpet outings make our insides melt.

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JENNIFER ANISTON & JUSTIN THEROUX - Jen didn’t have great first impressions of Justin: ”I remember thinking he was very dark. At first you think he could be like a serial killer, but he is actually the nicest person in the world." Happily ever after.

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ANNA PAQUIN & STEPHEN MOYER - They met during the auditions for True Blood & kept their off-screen relationship a secret for nearly 2 years. Stephen’s character (SPOILER ALERT) died in the series finale & Anna found someone else, but they’re married IRL.

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DANIEL CRAIG & RACHEL WEISZ - Rachel got the hots for Dan when they acted as husband and wife in the ghost story, Dream House. Yet they had known each other since their early twenties. She's still his real-life Bond girl for lyf.

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