It's confounding to think that from one woman's imagination this whole universe spawned.
Harry Potter is not a boy, Harry Potter is an empire. Seven books, one play, eight films, one theme park, spin-off stories, a new movie trilogy and a bizarre proliferation of online slash fan fiction.
It is a phenomenon that is constantly growing and NBC Universal has just spent a hell of a lot of money on it.
The company recently bought the rights from Disney to air all of the Harry Potter films, including those that have not yet been made.
The first of the Fantastic Beasts trilogy, starring Colin Farrell, is due out later this year and its two sequels are also included in the deal,
rumoured to be worth $250 million dollars, that NBC has made.
According to the movie's director, David Yates, the first Fantastic Beasts film is more 'grown up but it’s equally as magical' as Harry Potter.
It arrives into Ireland on 18 November - 112 days away, or 2688 hours, or 161280 minutes to be specific.
