
Finally, the About the Author section no longer says Newt “graduated” from Hogwarts.

They are: The Thunderbird, Wampus, Horned Serpent, Hidebehind, Hodag, and Snallygaster. One of the original selling points of this updated edition was the promise of six new beasts (a few of which come from the movie). Later, Newt references the original release of Fantastic Beasts in 2001, confirming the character is still alive when the Harry Potter books take place. With Newt being so close to Dumbledore, not to mention the upcoming fight between Grindelwald and Albus, it seems likely the latter will be a major player in the rest of the film series. We know Dumbledore will be appearing in the next movie - casting for young Dumbledore is already underway. Rowling is also withholding the secrets because they’ll undoubtedly appear in future Fantastic Beasts movies. But what else is going on between Dumbledore and Newt, who share 16 years of age between them? These secrets must have to do, at least in part, with Grindelwald.

More than this I cannot say without fear of breaching the Official Magical Secrets Act or, more importantly, the confidences that Dumbledore, most private of men, placed in me.” “It is true that I was the first person ever to capture Gellert Grindelwald and also true that Albus Dumbledore was something more than a schoolteacher to me. Newt’s relationship with Dumbledore is a close one: In clearing up other rumors in Rita Skeeter’s report, Newt reveals he was the first person to capture Grindelwald, and Dumbledore is something “more to me” than a teacher:.He doesn’t flatly deny that he was a spy, does he? If true, it would be one hell of a twist in a future movie.

An interest in magical beasts was considered dangerous and suspect, and taking a case full of such creatures into a major city was, in retrospect, a serious mistake.” No undercover wizard would have chosen to pose as a Magizoologist at that period. This, as anyone who lived through the 1920s will know, is an absurd claim.
