Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

The adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York's secret community of witches and wizards seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book in school.

It's the spin-off of the Harry Potter franchise.

 Them tells us that Scamander had been travelling the world in research of magical creatures since 1918, culminating with the publication of his masterpiece in 1927

It jumps back in time to explore the wizarding world of 1926 New York, which is being threatened by both mystical acts of destruction and a group of extremist No-Majs (the American term for Muggles, i.e. those unable to use magic).

Author Newton (Newt) Scamander  Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) had been travelling the world in research of magical creatures since 1918, culminating with the publication of his masterpiece in 1927 but he gets caught up in this conflict when some of the magical creatures in his care are accidentally released.