'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' release date, spoilers, cast news & update: see Eddie Redmayne in set photos from J.K. Rowling's spinoff movie!

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Get your first look on the magical set photos of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them."

8 magical exclusive first photos of @FantasticBeasts: https://t.co/Wvca1ZtmTt pic.twitter.com/Ae9eJDYDcl

— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) November 4, 2015

"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" have been released. We see the film protagonist Newt Scamander (portrayed by Eddie Redmayne), a famous magizoologist along with his friends and supporting characters. The first official photos were revealed by Entertainment Weekly on their website plus they released their November issue with Redmayne as Scamander at the cover. The "Harry Potter" spinoff movie is set in 1926 New York.

Your exclusive first look at the #HarryPotter prequel @FantasticBeasts is finally here! https://t.co/EBmfNj1oXE pic.twitter.com/cOUMTG2Bbv — Entertainment Weekly (@EW) November 4, 2015

EW revealed that Scamander is standing "inside the entrance of the majestic art deco-influenced Magical Congress of the United States of America (or MACUSA)," that is in New York "which is the American version of the Ministry of Magic that's housed inside the Woolworth Building in the film."

The first photos from #FantasticBeasts are absolutely enchanting: https://t.co/R7GdVWEULJ pic.twitter.com/oh61Lq7ATj — Entertainment Weekly (@EW) November 4, 2015

There were a total of eight photos of Redmayne with his co-stars Katherine Waterston (Porpentina "Tina" Goldstein) and Alison Sudol (Queenie Goldstein) who will play sisters and Dan Fogler (Jacob Kowalski) who will play a muggle.

According to Business Standard, joining them will be Ezra Miller who will be playing a wizard named Credence and Collin Farrell as Graves. The actual plot for the movie is tightly kept under wraps since the book of the same name by Rowling was "more of a collection of actualy beasts" rather than a "character-driven story," Los Angeles Times reports.

The revealed images spurred burning questions that fans of followers of the books and series want to know. Cinema Blend raised interesting questions such as: Where do American witches and wizards attend school. We all know that Jo has given prior clue to that school is not in New York at all, according to some of her Twitter responses. The news was also reported in Pottermore where they asked: what Scamander's wand is made of and what is in his suitcase.

.@tannerfbowen No, but he's going to meet people who were educated at [name] in [not New York]. — J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 6, 2015

Furthermore, Rowling revealed that American wizards have a different word for "Muggle," a term used by UK wizards to refer to non-magical folk. Huffington Post reports that "Jazz Age New York" wizards refer to people without magic as "No-Maj," literally no magic.

"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" will be coming to theaters on Nov. 18, 2016.