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NEW YORK, April 26 (UPI) -- Scholastic announced Tuesday that it will publish the screenplay for the upcoming Harry Potter spinoff film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in the United States and Canada. The hardcover edition of the script will be available on Nov. 19, 2016, a day after the movie is released in theaters.
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The ebook version of the screenplay will be published by Pottermore, the global digital publisher of J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World, simultaneously with the print edition in collaboration with Scholastic in the United States and Canada and Little, Brown Book Group in the United Kingdom.
"With any new writing from J.K. Rowling, we know that we are not only engaging her vast fan base, but are also building a new generation of readers," Ellie Berger, president of Scholastic's U.S. Trade Division, said in a statement. "The much anticipated release of the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them movie marks another magical and exciting moment for film lovers and readers everywhere, and we are absolutely delighted to publish J.K. Rowling's screenplay debut."
The movie will star Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Ron Perlman and Colin Farrell.
