Ezra Miller is in talks to join the cast of Harry Potter movie prequel Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, alongside Eddie Redmayne.
The We Need To Talk About Kevin star is eyeing the role of magical character Kredan, according to Variety, in the film, which is set in New York’s secret magical community around 70 years before Harry arrives at Hogwarts.
In JK Rowling’s story, Kredan is a person with magical powers who encounters magizoologist Newt Scamander – played by Eddie – when he stops in New York City on his travels to find and document magical creatures.
Inherent Vice actress Katherine Waterston will play the witch Tina, short for Porpentina – in the movie.
The film will be directed by David Yates, who also directed the final four Harry Potter films. David Heyman, who produced all eight Harry Potter films, will also produce Fantastic Beasts – the first in a trilogy.
The film will be JK Rowling’s screenwriting debut. The story is adapted from her 2001 book Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, which also features in the first Harry Potter novel as one of the wizarding students’ textbooks.
Two main characters in the film have yet to be cast: Tina’s younger sister, Queenie, and Scamander’s rival, Jacob. David Yates is said to want to cast musician Alison Sudol as Queenie and Josh Gad and Michael Cera have reportedly been approached about the role of Jacob.
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them will be released on November 18, 2016.
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