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Thanks to EW, now we have our first look at how J.K. Rowling, Warner Bros, and director David Yates will expand the Harry Potter franchise beyond the previous eight films. Check it out, muggles.

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Eddie Redmayne stars as magical zoologist Newt Scamander in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

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The film will take place in New York City in 1926.

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Alison Sudol plays Queenie Goldstein.

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Porpentina Goldstein (Katherine Waterston) and Newt Scamander walk the streets of New York.

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Those boom operators are gettin’ a workout.

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The film’s central cast, from left to right: Katherine Waterston, Eddie Redmayne, Alison Sudol, and Dan Fogler.

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The crew conjured a magical apple box for Redmayne to stand on for this shot.

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Newt Scamander stands at the entrance of the Magical Congress of the United States of America, which happens to be in the Woolworth Building.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them opens next November, and this Potter nerd is pretty psyched for it.