Fantastic Beasts: David Yates on J.K. Rowling's Screenwriting Process
Having directed the back half of theHarry Potterfranchise, few filmmakers know the world ofJ.K. Rowlingas well asDavid Yates, and wisely, he decided to return to that world for Rowling’s latest ventureFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Set in New York in 1926,Fantastic BeastsfollowsEddie Redmayneas Newt Scamander, a “magizoologist,” who arrives in the city to help the Magical Congress of the United States of America (MACUSA) track down a mysterious entity loose on the streets that risks revealing the existence of wizards to the “No-Majs” (i....