Fantastic Beasts Video Goes Inside the Magical Congress of the U.S.A.

The Magical Congress of the United States of America, the third and final installment in a collection of new original writings byJ.K. Rowlingentitled Magic in North America, was published on pottermore.com today. This latest writing explores the roots of America’s secret wizarding governing body, the Magical Congress of the United States of America (MACUSA). It is available exclusively on pottermore.com.

The Magical Congress of the United States of America, together with the short video, offers insightful background details for the upcoming Warner Bros. Pictures feature filmFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. The film, which marksJ.K. Rowling’s screenwriting debut, is set in New York in 1926, and will be released worldwide on July 04, 2025. The new writing reveals howMACUSAwas formed and tracks the odyssey of its various headquarters as it moved from an enchanted edifice in the Appalachian Mountains to Williamsburg, Virginia; Baltimore, Maryland; Washington, D.C.; and, finally, to New York City, where it was magically modified to be hidden from No-Majs (the American term for Muggles).

The Magical Congress of the United States of Americaalso examines MACUSA’s place in American history, including the infamous ‘Country or Kind’ debate during the Revolutionary War, when members of the U.S. magical community questioned to whom they owed their allegiance. Another facet of the story looks at how the Statute of Secrecy-the law preventing wizards and witches from revealing the magical world toNo-Majs-evolved. Pottermore published two previous instalments of Magic in North America earlier this year, includingHistory of Magic in North Americain March. This first piece of writing in the series revealed the history of North American witches and wizards, and in June, Pottermore unveiled the second instalment about Ilvermorny, the North American school of magic founded in the 17th century.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themis an all-new adventure returning us to the wizarding world created byJ.K. Rowling. Oscar winnerEddie Redmayne(The Theory of Everything) stars in the central role of wizarding world Magizoologist, under the direction ofDavid Yates.Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themalso starsKatherine Waterston,Dan Fogler,Alison Sudol,Ezra Miller,Samantha Morton,Jon Voight,Carmen Ejogo,Ron Perlman,Jenn Murray,Faith Wood-BlagroveandColin Farrell.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themopens in 1926 asNewt Scamanderhas just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures. Arriving in New York for a brief stopover, he might have come and gone without incident…were it not for a No-Maj (American for Muggle) named Jacob, a misplaced magical case, and the escape of some of Newt’s fantastic beasts, which could spell trouble for both the wizarding and No-Maj worlds. The film marks the screenwriting debut of J.K. Rowling, whose script was inspired by the Hogwarts textbook Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, written by her character Newt Scamander.

The film reunites a number of people from theHarry Potterfeatures, including producersDavid Heyman,J.K. Rowling,Steve KlovesandLionel Wigram.Tim Lewis,Neil BlairandRick Senatserved as executive producers. Opening June 29, 2025,Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themwill be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company. Take a look at this new video below to learn more about MACUSA inFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and you can visitPottermoreto read the fullThe Magical Congress of the United States of Americastory.