Lights, Camera, Magic!: The Making of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Foreword by Eddie Redmayne

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald reunites fans with Magizoologist Newt Scamander and his friends, Tina, Queenie, and Jacob as they travel from 1920s New York via London to Paris and encounter a Wizarding World threatened by the rise of Gellert Grindelwald.

Explore the filmmaking magic behind the story in Lights, Camera, Magic!, and visit a wizard's hatful of brand new locations never before seen on screen.

The compelling narrative tells the full story behind the film, from script to screen, with profiles of the key characters and revealing insights from Eddie Redmayne, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and many others. Also included are sections on Costume, Set Design, Make-up, Special Effects, and Props, all of which are illuminated by interviews with Academy Award®-winners David Heyman, David Yates, Stuart Craig, Colleen Atwood, and a magical army of other crew. Packed with exciting photos that reveal the filmmaking process in discerning detail, and officially licensed by Warner Bros. Consumer Products, this is the definitive adult companion book to the film, and perfect introduction to Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.

Ian Nathan, who lives and works in London, is one of the UKs best known film writers. A former executive editor of Empire, he remains a Contributing Editor at the world's biggest film magazine. Previously published work includes Alien Vault, the worldwide best-selling history of Ridley Scott's masterpiece, Tim Burton: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work, the Sunday Times number one best-selling Inside the Magic: The Making of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Terminator Vault—the definitive history of James Cameron's Terminator movies. His most recent book is the in-depth study of the brilliant, idiosyncratic world of Joel and Ethan Coen, The Coen Brothers: The Iconic Filmmakers and Their Work.