So far we’ve had our first look at Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander and the film’s rather special logo, and there are SO MANY things we now know about the film and North American wizards. Where to begin...

The US term for Muggle is ‘No-Maj’

Non-magical people in North America are called ‘No-Maj’ (pronounced no-madge).

The American Ministry of Magic is called MACUSA

This stands for the Magical Congress of the United States of America. It’s based in the Woolworth Building, Manhattan, and even has its own seal of office.

American witches and wizards live in secret

Thanks in no small part to events like the Salem witch trials, the North American wizarding community lives strictly off the No-Maj radar.

By Newt’s time, most No-Majs don’t believe in witches and wizards, save for a fanatical organisation called the Second Salemers. They are led by Mary Lou (Samantha Morton) and want to expose and destroy witchcraft in the US. Mary Lou’s son Credence (Ezra Miller) is a troubled figure.

The film is set in 1926

We knew the film was set in the 1920s but now we know the year. Well into the Roaring Twenties – what could it mean for the story?

Newt owns an enchanted suitcase

How does a Magizoologist work on the go? He takes his work with him, of course. Newt Scamander’s suitcase is enchanted so that it’s bigger on the inside than it appears on the outside. To avoid embarrassment at US Customs, Newt can flip a switch on his case to hide its contents from No-Maj eyes.

The beasts escape

Newt falls foul of the American wizarding authorities when the beasts in his enchanted suitcase get out, which puts him in the path of Graves…

You’re a wizard, Colin

Colin Farrell plays a powerful MACUSA Auror named Graves, right-hand man of the US wizarding community’s leader.

Tina Goldstein works at MACUSA

Porpentina Goldstein is a young witch who works for MACUSA. She’s been demoted below her abilities and ambitions because she stood up for the wrong person.