Newt Scamander is a wizard who's always had an interest in monsters and wild, unworldly creatures. Newt inspects as many different species of Beast that he can and keeps some of the rarest ones in order to preserve them and keep them from harm's way whilst also ensuring they themselves don't cause any of the chaos they could so easily cause.
It's 1926 and the wizarding community is under threat. Whilst most muggles (No Maj's) don't have any idea that wizards and witches actually exist, a small yet powerful few are all too aware of them and their powers.
The New Salem Philanthropic Society is headed by a tough woman named Mary Lou Barebone who wants to make sure that all wizarding kind is exterminated.
Newt arrives in New York for the Magical Congress of the United States of America with his magically expanding suitcase and finds himself in the company of many muggles. One of which is called Jacob, though he's a little clumsy, Newt takes a liking toward but when the mysterious murmurings from Newt's suitcase become too hard to resist, Jacob opens one of the buckles on the case and it's enough for some of the Beasts to escape.
Unaware of the damage he's done, Jacob is thrown into a whole new world full of magic and mayhem caused by the Beasts he's released. Newt is helped along the way by a couple of witches and wizards but for the few willing to help safely capture the monsters, there's many more wishing to find a quicker solution.
Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Ezra Miller, Ron Perlman, Jon Voight, Alison Sudol, Carmen Ejogo, Josh Cowdery, Faith Wood-Blagrove, Jenn Murray, Gemma Chan, George Najsarek, Zoe Kravitz, Akin Gazi, Lucie Pohl, Christine Marzano, Kamil Lemieszewski, Kevin Guthrie, Lobna Futers, Ronan Raftery, Lasco Atkins, Peter Breitmayer