J.K. Rowling hints at American wizarding school in new film

J.K. Rowlinghas revealed in a series of tweets to fans new details about her upcoming Harry Potter spin-off film,Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, forwhich she is writing her firstscreenplay.

An American school of wizardry will play a part in the new film andmagic based on "American Indian"culture will be involved, it appears fromRowling'stweets.

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The name of the wizarding school in Americais of "immigrant origin," Rowling tweeted,andthe location is somewhere other than New York."Indigenous magic [is]important in the founding of the school," she wrote.

Warner Bros. recentlyconfirmed long-standing rumoursthatTheTheory of Everything actor EddieRedmayne will play Newt Scamander in the Harry Potter spin-off film. Scamander isthe wizard who wrote the titularHogwarts School textbook,70 years before the firstHarry Potterfilmtookplace.

"Eddie is a fearless actor, brimming with invention, wit and humanity," director David Yatessaid in a statement. "I couldn't be more excited about the prospect of working with him."

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is the firstin a planned trilogy.

The filmis set for worldwide releaseonNov. 18, 2016.