In fact, the Fantastic Beasts spin-off from ‘Harry Potter’ was supposed to be completely different.

Fantastic monsters It turned out to be a welcome return to the magical world of writer J.K. Rowling. But since 2019, Rowling has done her best to spoil fan experiences.

brochure Fantastic monsters and where to find them It is based on a fictional textbook by Rowling’s work, which was used at Hogwarts to teach students about the creatures of wizards. the film Fantastic monsters It tells the story of Newt Scamander in the 1920s in the United States as he meets a well-known dark wizard.

However, the original plan of the movie was completely different!

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Producer David Heyman revealed during an interview with Collider that the original plan was to make a documentary. So it was never set up as a movie series that delves into the rise and fall of Gellert Grindelwald.

But JK Rowling wasn’t on board and so the producers didn’t want to go ahead right away.

“We were thinking about what to do, and Lionel Wigram, one of the producers of this and the guy I sent Harry Potter to in early 1997, thought we could make a documentary about Newt. But Joe eventually heard and we wanted not to make it without Joe’s permission.”

It turns out that the writer already has a ready-made text, but it is completely different from what the inventors had in mind.