Directed by: David Yates
Starring: Colin Farrell, Ron Perlman, Eddie Redmayne, Ezra Miller
Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Harry Potter
Newt Scamander: My philosophy is if you worry, you suffer twice.
Queenie: She's a taker, you need a giver.
Jacob Kowalski: I don't think I'm dreaming.
Newt Scamander: What gave it away?
Jacob Kowalski: I ain't got the brains to make this up.
Mary Lou: Are you a seeker, a seeker of truth?
Newt Scamander: More of a chaser.
Factual error: A theater marquee is visible promoting the showing of a film called Tribeca Follies. The acronym "Tribeca" - an amalgamation of "Triangle Below Canal [Street]" - didn't come into usage until the 1970s.
Trivia: The banker who turns down Jacob's first request for a loan is named Mr. Bingley, an obvious homage to one of the main characters in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. J. K. Rowling has stated numerous times in interviews that Austen is her favorite author, and this is not the first time she has alluded to her works with a character name; Argus Filch's cat, Mrs. Norris, from the Harry Potter books and movies shares her name with the busybody character from Mansfield Park.
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Chosen answer: It's not known why he gave up. Newt did have to leave New York and there was no point in continuing the search at that time.
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