VIDEO: Eddie Redmayne in First Trailer for FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM!

The first trailer has been released for the highly anticipated film FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM. Starring Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne (LES MISERABLES, RED) as Newt Scamander, the film is set to hit theaters in November 2016. Get a first look below!

Filming began on August 17, at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden, under the direction of David Yates, who helmed the last four "Harry Potter" feature films. Redmayne stars as Newt Scamander, the wizarding world's preeminent magizoologist, who stops in New York following his travels to find and document magical creatures.

"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" also stars Katherine Waterston ("Inherent Vice") as Tina; Alison Sudol ("Dig," "Transparent") as Tina's sister, Queenie; Tony Award winner Dan Fogler ("The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee") as Jacob; Ezra Miller ("Trainwreck") as Credence; two-time Oscar nominee Samantha Morton ("In America," "Sweet and Lowdown") as Mary Lou; Jenn Murray ("Brooklyn") as Chastity; young newcomer Faith Wood-Blagrove as Modesty; and Colin Farrell ("True Detective") as Graves.

Marking the screenwriting debut of J.K. Rowling, the script was inspired by her character Newt Scamander's Hogwarts textbook, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. The film is being produced by David Heyman, producer of all eight of the blockbuster "Harry Potter" features; J.K. Rowling; Steve Kloves; and Lionel Wigram.

Warner Bros. Pictures has slated "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" for worldwide release in 3D and Imaxon November 18, 2016.

Eddie Redmayne received an Academy Award for his role in THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING and currently stars in Tom Hooper's THE DANISH GIRL. The actor was nominated for BAFTA's Rising Star Award in 2012 for his continuing body of work. Subsequently, he shared a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination with his fellow actors from Tom Hooper's LES MISERABLES for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, and the film itself won a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical. His other film credits include Simon Curtis' My Week with Marilyn, oppositeMichelle Williams; Robert De Niro's The Good Shepherd, as the son of the characters portrayed byMatt Damon and Angelina Jolie; and Andy and Lana Wachowski's sci-fi epic Jupiter Ascending.

For his Broadway debut starring opposite Alfred Molina inJohn Logan's Red, directed by Michael Grandage, he won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play; the production won six Tonys overall, including Best Play. Mr. Redmayne also received a Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk Award nomination, and he won the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor for the production's previous staging in London, at the Donmar Warehouse.