The teaser trailer has arrived for "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," the eagerly awaited spinoff of the blockbuster "Harry Potter" franchise.

Directed by "Harry Potter" veteran David Yates from a script by J.K. Rowling herself, the film is set in 1926 New York City, where magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) has just completed a global excursion to find and document extraordinary magical creatures. He might have enjoyed his stopover without incident, if it weren't for a No-Maj (the American term for "Muggle") named Jacob, a misplaced magical case, and the escape of Newt's fantastic beasts.

Opening Nov. 18, 2016, "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" also stars Katherine Waterston (“Steve Jobs,” “Inherent Vice”) as Tina, Dan Fogler (“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”) as Jacob, Alison Sudol (“Dig,” “Transparent”) as Tina’s sister Queenie, Ezra Miller (“Trainwreck”) as Credence, Samantha Morton (“In America,” “Sweet and Lowdown”) as Mary Lou, Jon Voight (“Coming Home,” “Ray Donovan”) as Henry Shaw Sr., Ron Perlman (“Hellboy”) as Gnarlack, Carmen Ejogo (“Selma”) as Seraphina, Jenn Murray (“Brooklyn”) as Chastity, newcomer Faith Wood-Blagrove as Modesty, and Colin Farrell (“True Detective”) as Percival Graves.