Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

EXT. ROOFTOP WITH PIGEON COOP—DUSK

A rooftop overlooking the whole city. In the middle sits a small wooden shed, which houses a pigeon coop.

Newt steps up onto a ledge and stands looking over the immense city. Pickett sits on his shoulder, clicking.

Jacob is inside the shed looking at the pigeon coop as Queenie enters.

QUEENIE

Your grandfather kept pigeons? Mine bred owls. I used to love feeding ’em.

ANGLE ON NEWT AND TINA—Tina has joined Newt in standing on the ledge.

TINA

Graves always insisted the disturbances were caused by a beast. We need to catch all your creatures so he can’t keep using them as a scapegoat.

NEWT

There’s only one still missing. Dougal, my Demiguise.

TINA

Dougal?

NEWT

Slight problem is that . . . um, he’s invisible.

TINA

(this is so ridiculous that she can’t help but smile)

Invisible?

NEWT

Yes—most of the time . . . he does . . . um . . .

TINA

How do you catch something that—?

NEWT

(beginning to smile)

With immense difficulty.

TINA

Oh . . .

They smile at each other—there’s a new warmth between them, Newt still awkward but somehow unable to stop staring at Tina as she smiles.

Tina moves slowly toward Newt.

A beat.

TINA

Gnarlak!

NEWT

(taken aback)

Excuse me?

TINA

(conspiratorial, excited)

Gnarlak—he was an informant of mine when I was an Auror! He used to trade in magical creatures on the side—

NEWT

He wouldn’t happen to have an interest in paw prints, would he?

TINA

He’s interested in anything he can sell.

SCENE 81

EXT. THE BLIND PIG—NIGHT

Tina leads the group down an insalubrious back alley covered in bins, crates, and discarded objects. She locates a set of steps leading to a basement apartment and motions them down.

The steps appear to lead to a dead end: The doorway has been bricked up. Instead, a poster of a simpering debutante in evening dress, gazing at herself in a mirror, covers the end of the walkway.

Tina and Queenie stand in front of this poster. They turn to each other and, in unison, raise their wands. As they do so, their work clothes transform into stunning flapper party dresses. Tina looks up at Newt, somewhat embarrassed by her new attire. Queenie gazes at Jacob, a cheeky smile on her face.

Tina steps toward the poster and slowly raises her hand. As she does so, the eyes of the debutante move upward, following her every move. Tina knocks slowly on the door four times.

Newt, sensing the need for a change, hastily magics himself a small bow tie. Jacob looks on, jealously.

A hatch opens: The painted eyes of the debutante whip back to reveal the gaze of a suspicious guard.

SCENE 82

INT. THE BLIND PIG—NIGHT

A seedy, low-ceilinged speakeasy for the down-and-out of New York’s magical community. Every witch and wizard criminal in New York is here, their wanted posters hanging proudly on the walls. A glimpse of GELLERT GRINDELWALD: WANTED FOR NO-MAJ SLAYINGS IN EUROPE.