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Author J.K. Rowling has written a series of four original new stories called "The History of Magic in North America," set to debut this week on Pottermore.com.
Trumpeted by a teaser preview that debuted simultaneously Monday morning on People.com, Time.com and EW.com, the series lays out some backstory about the American side of the world Rowling created for her books.
"The Wizarding World you thought you knew is much larger than you imagined," a narrator teases in the preview clip. "History has many secrets. The official story is never the whole story."
The four-part series will focus on:
* The U.S. counterpart to the Hogwarts, Ilvermorny
* Native American shape-shifting shamans.
* The Salem witch trials
* The Magical Congress of the United States of America, the official government body for wizards on this side of the pond.
The first story debuts Tuesday at 9 a.m. on Rowling's interactive web portal.
That will give muggles plenty of time to get their required reading in before "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" hits theaters on Nov. 18, 2016.
With a script written by Rowling herself, the eagerly-awaited spinoff of the "Harry Potter" series is set 70 years before the Boy Who Lived lived. The first installment of a new trilogy revolves around "Magizooligist" Newt Scamander, played by Oscar-winner Eddie Redmayne, who is out to round up the escaped creatures hinted by the title.
Set in New York City, the film also stars Colin Farrell, Katherine Waterston, Samantha Morton and Ezra Miller.
"Harry Potter" veterans, director David Yates and producer David Heyman, are back on the other side of the camera.
Warner Bros. has high hopes that the film will be a worthy addition to a very magical franchise for the studio's accounting department. The eight "Harry Potter" films earned $7.7 billion worldwide, making it the most lucrative franchise in film history.
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