Hollywood could learn a lot from the Fantastic Beasts approach to making a spinoff/prequel.
And, in turn, Warner Bros. trusted Rowling to tell that story.
It works well for the now-adult generation who grew up reading Harry Potter… Its central characters are either in school or the parents of adult children.
Past that, Rowling continues to be interested in highlighting the limits of the institution.
They cant even handle the obscuras without a bumbling, disinterested Newt Scamanders help.
Newt Scamander and his new friends are really only tangentially connected, as far as I can tell.
We might look back onFantastic Beastsas an ill start to the larger story of this franchise.
Hollywood, take note.
Its actually surprising thatFantastic Beastsdidnt go the Charles/Erik prequel route with Dumbledore/Grindelwald.
5 Ways Fantastic Beasts Connects to the Harry…bydenofgeek
Now lets compareFantastic BeaststoThe Force Awakens.
The same cannot be said for Newt Scamander and Harry Potter.
