Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them: Walsall cinema-goers meet stars

It is one expected to be one of the biggest box office hits of the year – and cinema fans in Walsall had the chance to meet two of its actors to mark the premiere.

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Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them opened in cinemas across the country on Friday, with millions of J K Rowling fans getting out early to catch the film which is set many years before the arrival of Harry Potter.

See the trailer for the film here:

Those who chose to visit Walsall's The Light cinema were given an extra treat when actress Abi Adeyemi and actor Michael Tomlinson made a special appearance to sign autographs and speak with fans.

Written by J K Rowling and set in the wizarding world, the eagerly anticipated film is the first of a planned five, and stars Eddie Redmayne in the lead role of Newt Scamander alongside Colin Farrell and Katherine Waterston.