Harry Potter's school years in book and film form were incredibly successful. As author J.K. Rowling put an end to the adventures of the sorcerer's apprentice after volume 7, the reliably lucrative box office results of the franchise failed to materialise. So a new corner was reached for, and the fictional encyclopaedia of mythical creatures became the story basis for a new film series. Rowling had already published the two small volumes "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" and "Quidditch Throughthe Ages" under a pseudonym in 2001; she wrote the animal encyclopaedia under the author's name Newt Scamander. Both books are standard reading at Hogwarts School in the Harry Potter novels. Rowling wrote the story of the creation of the encyclopaedia about Newt Scamander and his magical creatures, which is set 70 years before Harry's lifetime, in screenplay form. The first "Fantastic Beasts" part was released in cinemas in Germany on 16 November 2016; the film was released on DVD and Blur...
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