A U.S. School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Will Be Introduced in FANTASTIC BEASTS
As you know, Hogwarts isn’t the only school of witchcraft and wizardry in the Harry Potter universe. There are schools all over the world, and Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling has revealed that there are eleven across the globe. Until now, we weren’t sure whether or not there was a school located in the United States, but now it looks like the name and location of the one in the U.S. will be revealed in the upcoming film trilogy Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
The news was found at a Potter website called SnitchSeeker, which found the following tweets from Rowling about this intriguing development. Here are a few of them that offer us the teasing intel, which reveals that it will be relevant to Native-American Culture.
.@jgrahamhutch The Salem Witches' Institute isn't a school, but a joke on the Women's Institute in the UK.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 6, 2015.@MrBanankartong That information will be revealed in due course.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 6, 2015.@tannerfbowen No, but he's going to meet people who were educated at [name] in [not New York].
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 6, 2015.@loonyloolaluna If I answer that fully it will reveal the location of the school, but you can take that as a yes!
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 7, 2015.@loonyloolaluna Oh wait - did you mean the NAME is of American Indian origin? It isn't. The name is of immigrant origin.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 7, 2015.@loonyloolaluna However, indigenous magic was important in the founding of the school. If I say which tribes, location is revealed.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 7, 2015I’m especially curious to see how the school ties into the Native-American culture. That’s something that could prove to be incredibly fascinating.
Newt Scamander is the name of the main character in the story. The character will be played by Eddie Redmayne and is a“magizoologist” whose writings on magical creatures would go on to become required reading for Hogwarts students. The film will be set in New York City around the year 1920, which is about seventy years before the events of the Harry Potter series.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is being directed by Potter-alum David Yates, and the first film is set to be released on November 18th, 2016. The other two installments will hit theaters in 2018 and 2019.
Just in case you’re wondering about the other schools, here’s what Rowling revealed on Pottermore:
• Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Scotland)
• Beauxbatons Academy of Magic (France)
• Durmstrang Institute (Northern Europe)
• Mahoutokoro (Japan)
• Koldovstoretz (Russia)
• Uagadou School of Magic (Africa)
• An unnamed school in Brazil
• One in the United States to be revealed in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• 3 other unnamed schools and locations (presumably outside of Europe since the first three listed were those mentioned as the main in that continent by Hermione Granger in Goblet of Fire)