One of the reporters who broke the news of Eddie Redmayne being the frontrunner for Newt Scamander in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them gave a bit more information about the production itself, including that other characters featured may be the entire Scamander family, and a person named Jacob.

Borys Kit, who reported Redmayne as Warner Bros.'s top choice for Scamander for The Hollywood Reporter Friday evening, stated that the Oscar-winning-actor hasn't accepted the role because he has not seen the script yet.

J.K. Rowling, who is penning the series, admitted numerous times that she has yet to complete the script for the first film, which is due to begin production later this summer. Harry Potter's David Yates will direct, with producer David Heyman overseeing the saga.

Redmayne has been the FANTASTIC BEASTS choice 4 weeks but there's 1 problem: script is still being worked on by Rowling. He hasn't read it.

— Borys Kit (@Borys_Kit) April 10, 2015

The Fantastic Beasts book had no characters but the movie will have not only Scamander but 2 sisters, their parents, and someone called

— Borys Kit (@Borys_Kit) April 10, 2015

Jacob.

— Borys Kit (@Borys_Kit) April 10, 2015

As the Twitter updates from Kit show, other characters being considered for casting are Newt's parents, two sisters, and someone named Jacob.

Please note that NOTHING about this has been confirmed by Warner Bros., J.K. Rowling, Redmayne's team, or anyone else involved in any official capacity with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Please do take this all as rumours until stated otherwise.

Casey O