Fantastic Beasts: 28 Easter Eggs & References You Must See

25. The Importance Of 1926

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The film opens in 1926, right in the middle of the bustling flapper period, which is an important year in the Harry Potter universe. This was, of course, the year that Tom Marvolo Riddle was born. Obviously it's important we all immediately draw the parallel between the two Dark Wizards who would go on to define the two biggest wizarding world wars.

JK Rowling and Warner Bros have confirmed that the franchise will run for 19 years in-universe - all the way to 1945 with the end of the global wizarding war, when Albus Dumbledore puts an end to Grindelwald's reign of terror.

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