This amazing 'Fantastic Beasts' trailer will make you weep wizard tears

I love magic.
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My friends, I think we're going back.

The final full-length trailer for J.K. Rowling's latest outing into the wizarding world is out, and Fantastic Beasts is bursting with everything that made Harry Potter an entertainment masterpiece.

The trailer was released Wednesday morning on Ellen, who accompanied it with the hashtag #IWantToBeAWizard (don't we all?).


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Beyond more time with Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) and his unlikely clique of magical and non-magical allies (Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol and Dan Fogler), we see more of the sinister Graves (Colin Farrell), Magical Congress President Seraphina (Carmen Ejogo) and get our first glimpse of Credence (Ezra Miller).

For fans who wondered how a goose chase for magical creatures mattered enough for the big screen, the answer is one chilling word in the trailer: Grindelwald. The Dark Wizard who Dumbledore once loved and eventually defeated was at the height of his power in the era of Fantastic Beasts, and we learn in this trailer that Newt's arrival could be directly related to Grindelwald's attacks.

There are also a ton of new magical creatures to pore over, including the bowtruckle (tree guardian), the erumpent (whose horn famously destroyed Luna Lovegood's whole house) and many more (shoutout to the purple one that ends up locked in a magical teapot). Tension grows between wizards and No-Majes that could lead to full-blown war -- teased by a chilling standoff between magical defenders with their wands at the ready and armed New York policemen.

Fantastic Beasts, with a script by J.K. Rowling, hits theaters Nov. 18.

Topics Harry Potter

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Proma Khosla

Proma Khosla is a Senior Entertainment Reporter writing about all things TV, from ranking Bridgerton crushes to composer interviews and leading Mashable's stateside coverage of Bollywood and South Asian representation. You might also catch her hosting video explainers or on Mashable's TikTok and Reels, or tweeting silly thoughts from @promawhatup.

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