J.K. Rowling to Host Early Screening of ‘Harry Potter’ Prequel ‘Fantastic Beasts’ at NYC’s Carnegie Hall

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Eddie Redmayne in ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’

For a few lucky fans able to make it to New York City this November, J.K. Rowling will be debuting the latest cinematic adventure based on her works at one of Manhattan’s most hallowed institutions, six days ahead of the film’s proper release.

Rowling, star Eddie Redmayne, and other cast members will be in attendance on Nov. 12 at Carnegie Hall for a preview of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the heavily anticipated first installment of the forthcoming prequel/spin-off trilogy. The screening will precede the film’s proper Nov. 18 theatrical release, and will benefit the Lumos Foundation USA, which strives to keep kids off the streets and with their families.

‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’: Watch a trailer:

The chance to see Fantastic Beasts — focused on the efforts of Redmayne’s Newt Scamander to ease tensions between magical and “no-maj” societies after a collection of dangerous creatures escape his custody in 1926 New York City — won’t come cheap: available tickets at the time of this writing range from $250-$500.

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While scrounging up cash for that special NYC showing of Fantastic Beasts, fans can also bone up on Rowling’s burgeoning mythology surrounding North American wizardry courtesy of a new short story released on her Pottermore website. Titled “Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry,” it details the backstory of the famed educational facility, and is part of Rowling’s new series of “Magic in North America” tales aimed at providing some fictional-history context for Fantastic Beasts.

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Check out an intro video to “Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry” below. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them also stars Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Samantha Morton, Jon Voight, Carmen Ejogo, and Colin Farrell.