Alfonso Cuaron To Direct Fantastic Beasts?

As Warner Bros. plunges headlong back into the world of Harry Potter with prequel spin-off Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, the studio recently announced a 2016 release date for the first planned film. To help it reach cinemas, Fantastic Beasts will need a director, and it appears Warners is turning to one of the former Harry helmers, with Alfonso Cuaron reportedly in talks.

Cuaron, who scored a huge hit and a mantelpiece-troubling haul of awards for Gravity, was responsible for giving the Potter franchise a stylish new breath of life with The Prisoner Of Azkaban 10 years ago. His return to the wizarding world – albeit for an adventure that takes place decades before the young hero ever arrives at Hogwarts – would be welcome, as he’s shown he has a clear grip on the material and can bring what he’s since learned to the film.

Of course, since Children Of Men and particularly Gravity, Cuaron is in serious demand and can make pretty much anything he wants, but he enjoyed working alongside Potter producer David Heyman, so it’s not tough to see why he might be tempted to return.

Fantastic Beasts, which Potter creator J.K. Rowing is adapted from the book, will follow magizoologist Newt Scamander and his adventures with strange creatures.

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