"Harry Potter" spinoff "Fantastic Beasts" confirmed for trilogyOctober 16, 2014 - 14:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Warner Bros. officially announces the making of a new movie trilogy based on "Harry Potter" side story "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them". The studio reveals in a press release that the second and third movie will arrive in 2018 and 2020 respectively, after the first one hits theaters on November 18, 2016, AceShowbiz said. Marking Rowling's screenwriting debut, the spinoff is set in an extension of her familiar wizarding world, featuring magical creatures and characters inspired by Harry Potter's Hogwarts textbook and its fictitious author, Newt Scamander. David Yates, who directed the last four Harry Potter movies, is set to sit behind the lens. No cast has been announced as Rowling is still working on the script. "Very busy at the moment working on a novel, tweaking a screenplay and being involved in @lumos campaigns. Back when I've finished something!" she recently tweeted. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |