Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Chris Chapman directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Tight 58-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
• 2Released 4 years ago.
• 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 4Stephen Fry and J.K. Rowling and Christian Manz carry the top of the cast.
• 5IMDB entry: tt11709244 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 6Only 44 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
• 7Classified under 9 themes, including "mythology", "mythological beast", "folklore", "based on myths, legends or folklore".

The technical file

Runtime

58 min · 0h 58m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

12

IMDB

Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History (2022) ↗

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Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History - Official Trailer

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Production companies

Who made it

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  BBC Studios Natural History Unit

  GB

Key crew

• Second Unit DirectorAdam White
• Executive ProducerMike Gunton

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• mythology
• mythological beast
• folklore
• based on myths, legends or folklore
• fantastic realism
• legendary monster
• myths
• legendary creature
• based on legends

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical2022-02-2712

Also known as

International titles

• Animais Fantásticos: Uma História NaturalBR