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Is Fantastic Beasts a prequel to Harry Potter?

The movie is roughly based on the book of the same name, which is a fictional textbook that's used by Hogwarts. The movie is essentially the story of the guy who wrote the textbook, and is not ...
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Is Fantastic Beasts a prequel to Harry Potter?

Now that the movie has been released, we can complement KutuluMike's answer. Tl;dr : the new Fantastic Beasts saga is more a than a prequel to the Voldemore saga. As said in the accepted answer, ...
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What is the first Bollywood film to have a sequel/prequel?

Hunter Wali film series was the movie series to have a sequel. First movie was released in 1935 and its sequel in 1943. The first movie Hunterwali(1935) was the first movie to have a sequel. This ...
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Is Fantastic Beasts a prequel to Harry Potter?

To answer this question properly, we have to have a really clear understanding of what exactly a prequel is. In the question What makes a movie a prequel?, discussing whether Prometheus is a prequel ...
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