The first picture of the English actor, singer and model Eddie Redmayne to play as Newt Scamander, has surfaced from the eagerly awaited Harry Potter prequel, the upcoming British-American fantasy drama film - Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them.

33-year-old Eddie Redmayne, who started his professional career as an actor in both theatre and television roles, came into sight on the cover of the latest edition of Entertainment Weekly, and Eddie Redmayne looks so dapper that he makes Gilderoy Lockheart look like Hagrid.

Eddie Redmayne's hair was fabulously tousled, and Redmayne wores\ a smart brown tweed suit with brown boots, mustard waistcoat, white shirt and bow tie, under an attractive long cerulean blue coat.

However, the Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them movie is set 70 years before the events of Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, and the only character from the original films who might make a brief appearance is the then 45 year old Hogwarts - headmaster to be Albus Dumbledore.

Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them stars Total Recall actor - Colin Farrell as Graves, a wizard Newt Scamander meets in New York. The  American stand-up comedian, actor, musician and filmmaker - Dan Folger, plays as Jacob - Newt Scamander's muggle friend. Ezra Miller, who rose to fame for his roles as Vincent "Vinnie" Rizzo, Jr., in City Island, - as the magically powered Credence.

Also, American actress Katherine Waterston will play as Newt's wife-to-be Porpentina, and the American alternative singer-songwriter Alison Sudol as her younger sister Queenie.

JK Rowling, the British novelist - famous as the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series, will serve as screenwriter, and it's JK Rowling's first time on the job.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is currently filming and is directed by David Yates. And the film is slated to be released on November 18, 2016.