Warner Brothers has announced that the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them movie, which is based on the spin-off book of the Harry Potter series, will be shooting in the U.K.

The story of the spin-off book takes place in New York city, seventy years before Harry Potter's steps into Hogwarts. But instead of filming at the Big Apple, the movie will be shot in the U.K., specifically at the Warner Brothers studio in Leavesden.

J.K. Rowling, who wrote the Fantastic Beasts book, will also be writing the the movie's screenplay. If readers of the Harry Potter books will recall, this spin-off book is actually based on the textbookt by Newt Scamander that Harry had to read for school. The book listed the magical creatures that its adventurous wizard author had encountered in his travels.

While there is no news yet on who will be cast for the film, or who the director will be, Warner Bros. has confirmed that there will be three movies that will be produced out of the book.

The film's storyline will take place well-before Harry Potter's time, so this is not expected to be a prequel. The story does not intersect with any of those that take place during the Harry Potter novels. It will revolve around the character of Newt Scamander, and will take place still in the wizarding word of the Harry Potter series.

Fans are still hoping that even if this new movie has no direct relation to the Harry Potter timeline, that some familiar characters from the Harry Potter world might make an appearance in the movie.

One of the more likely characters to pop up in the movie might be Albus Dumbledore, the Hogwarts headmaster who is also a father figure to Harry. Dumbledore would be an adult by the time Fantastic Beasts book was written. And besides. the headmaster actually wrote the book's foreword.

What is sure to be shown on the big screen are the magical creatures that Harry and his friends have encountered: dragons, merpeople, hippogriffs and the like.

The first installment of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has an initial release date of November 18, 2016.