These days, David Yates is busy helming Warner Bros. anticipatedfilm, but he may be headed back to familiar territory as the director is reportedly in talks to helm thespinoffCiting unspecified sources, Variety says that David Yates, who directed four of the eightfeature adaptations, is in negotiations to direct the firstfilm.From the sound of it, in terms of Yates boarding the highly anticipated feature film, nothing is set in stone but Variety says "both sides are in negotiations."After helming the last fourfilms --andParts 1 & 2 -- Yates returned to Warner Bros. for the mentioned Tarzan movie.We learned last fall that J.K. Rowling was penning a screenplay to adapt herbonus book -- a mock textbook cataloging various magical beasts that exist in theuniverse --. The story is expected to pick up some seventy years before Harry Potter set foot in Hogwarts, and would follow fictionalauthor Newt Scamander during his exploration of the subject. Since then, we learned that the adaptation would actually be a trilogy, with the first part set to arrive in theaters November 2016 There was talk of Prisoner of Azkaban director Alfonso Cuaron possibly directing, but that was later debunked . And we've been left to wait to see who might step up to tackleand bring J.K. Rowling's newest vision of this magical world to the big screen.As a fan of thebooks first and foremost, I have mixed feelings about the movies in general, particularly as it relates to the final four films. Afterwas my favorite of all of the movies. I was not nearly as much a fan of the final movie by comparison to the book. But it is promising to think that someone well familiar with theuniverse might be the one to revisit it, which would be the case for Yates. And as for expectations, beyond the high standard Rowling has set for her work, it's hard to compare hopes forto the expectations book fans had for themovies. In the case of, the source material is really limited, as it's not set up as a linear story, with the exception of a brief and relatively vague history of Newt Scamander's life and work.But there is potential for a great story and plenty of reason to be excited about it, especially if it's really close to having a director. Once that's set in stone, we can start obsessing over casting.