When Is Fantastic Beasts Set?

The film was Rowling's screen writing debut. David Heyman, who produced the Harry Potter films, returned as producer for Fantastic Beasts. The film is set in New York in 1926, sixty-five years before the Harry Potter series, and features Newton Scamander as a main character.

What year is Fantastic Beasts 2 set in?

Set in 1927, it follows Newt Scamander and Albus Dumbledore as they attempt to take down the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald while facing new threats in a more divided wizarding world. A second Fantastic Beasts film was announced in October 2014, and in July 2016 Rowling confirmed she had completed the script.

What year is Fantastic Beasts 5 set in?

Behind the scenes. As J.K Rowling has confirmed that the end of the Fantastic Beast series, which is this film, will happen in the year of 1945, therefore meaning the film will show the end of the Global wizarding war, it is quite likely that this film will feature the legendary duel between Dumbledore and Grindelwald.