Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Step inside a 1920s New York City speakeasy

The Pottermore Correspondent visited The Blind Pig (O Porco Cego em tradução literal) and tell us a bit more about the speakeasy visited by Newt, Jacob, Tina and Queenie in “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”.

‘There’s an architectural and structural logic to this kind of subterranean space. The London Underground and New York Subway both have glazed tiles. Glazed bricks are a very suitable material with which to build this sort of vaulted underground space, because they’re impervious to water,’ says Stuart Craig.

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Directed by David Yates and produced by David Heyman, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” is J.K. Rowling’s debut as a screenwriter and will be released on November 18th.