'Harry Potter' spin-off film gets a release date, Universal ride details revealed
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鈥淗arry Potter鈥 fans recently got more details on the upcoming projects set in the world created by J.K. Rowling.
Warner Bros., the studio behind the upcoming 鈥淧otter鈥 spin-off series 鈥淔antastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,鈥 recently announced that the first film in the planned trilogy will be released on Nov. 18, 2016.
The script for the movie is being written by Rowling and is based on the book of the same name by the author. 鈥淔antastic鈥 is a short book that bills itself as a textbook assigned to students at the magic school Hogwarts and was written by a man named Newt Scamander. 鈥淔antastic鈥 will focus on the life of Newt and will reportedly be set 70 years before Harry Potter appeared on the scene, according to The .
In addition, new descriptions of the ride that will debut in the new section of the 鈥淗arry Potter鈥 park at Universal Studios Orlando in Florida have been released. The ride will reside in the new section of the park that鈥檚 built to resemble Diagon Alley, the wizarding shopping center located in London in the 鈥淧otter鈥 books, and that area of the park will open this summer, according to .
The roller coaster that will be found in the new Diagon Alley section is reportedly titled 鈥淗arry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts鈥 and is based on a section of the final book in the 鈥淧otter鈥 series, 鈥淗arry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,鈥 in which characters Harry, Ron, and Hermione must get out of the wizarding bank (and in the book, they do so by flying out on a dragon).
The ride reportedly adds a few more perils. First, according to , riders will see Bill Weasley, older brother of Harry Potter鈥檚 friend Ron, who says hello and inquires if anyone is looking to open a Gringotts account. Then Harry, Ron, and Hermione bust into the bank, looking for a Horcrux as they are in the books, and riders get onto the roller coaster, putting on 3-D glasses. Riders then brave a waterfall, trolls, dragons, and the villain Voldemort and his henchwoman Bellatrix Lestrange.