‘Fantastic Beasts’ Finds Jon Voight, Gemma Chan, And Carmen Ejogo

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themjust keeps digging up more stars.Jon Voight,Carmen Ejogo, andGemma Chanare the latest to board theHarry Potterspinoff, which starsEddie Redmayneas the wizarding world’s preeminent magizoologist. Wondering what the heck a magizoologist is? You must be a Muggle. More about the latestFantastic Beastscasting updates after the jump.THRgot the scoop on theFantastic Beastscasting. Chan and Ejogo bring some diversity to what has otherwise been an all-white primary cast. Details on the trio’s character are being kept under wraps. Besides Redmayne,Fantastic BeastsstarsKatherine WaterstonandAlison Sudolas witch sisters Tina and Queenie,Ezra Milleras a wizard named Credence, andDan Fogleras a Muggle named Jacob.Colin FarrellandSamantha Mortonalso star.

Set 70 years before the events of the Harry Potter series, the new film follows Newt’s adventures in New York, where he travels to discover and document more magical creatures. Scamander collects his findings in his bookFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which is required reading at Hogwarts by the time Harry gets there.David Yates(ofHarry Pottermovies 4-8) is directing from an original script byJ.K. Rowling.

Carmen Ejogo

Voight stars in Showtime’sRay Donovan, which just recently aired its Season 3 finale. He received an Emmy nod for the role in 2014. In addition, he’s won one Oscar (for 1979’sComing Home) and been nominated for three more. Ejogo was seen last year inSelmaandThe Purge: Anarchy, and will next be seen opposite Ethan Hawke in the Chet Baker biopicBorn to Be Blue.

Chan has been kicking around British TV and film for nearly a decade, and received some positive notice this summer as the star of AMC’sHumans. Her movie résumé includes Richard Ayoade’sSubmarineandThe Double,Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, and the upcoming thrillerStratton.

Jon Voight

Shooting onFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Thembegan in August. The film, which is intended to be the start of a new movie franchise, opens in theatersNovember 18, 2016.