Update 7/9/15: Variety is reporting that the singer Alison Sudol will be playing Queenie, the younger sister of the previously cast Katherine Waterston. They also say that Ezra Miller ahs joined the cast in an unknown capacity and that Josh Gad and John Krasinski are both up for the same role.

Previously: The wizarding world of Harry Potter is two things: A) wonderful, and B) very, very British. Sure, the eight movies made from seven books do mention places outside of the Hogwarts homeland of Britain, and there are some characters and references from other countries thrown in the mix, but America is not one of them.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the new Harry Potter spin-off franchise written by J.K. Rowling herself, is set in America, however, and it just cast its female lead. Katherine Waterston (Inherent Vice) will play Porpentina, shortened to just Tina, a witch who the main character Newt Scamander (recently cast as Eddie Redmayne) teams up with when he visits New York City in search of magical creatures to document.

That said, it doesn’t seem like Waterston will be playing the first American in a Harry Potter movie. According to The Wrap, Porpentina “works her magic in the U.S.,” which would imply she’s not from there. Plus, Waterston was born in London and Fantastic Beasts producer David Heyman told us that the British parts would go to British people. Which means that we’re still waiting to find out who the first major American witch or wizard is in the Harry Potter universe.

Perhaps what’s most telling about this news is that we know now both leads are over 30 years old. That age increase from the kiddos of the first Harry Potter series should give Fantastic Beasts a different tone overall. We have no doubt younger characters will be in it as well, but this definitely just won’t be yet another story about magical teenagers.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them hits theaters on November 18, 2016.

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Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:

Movie Redo of the Day:

In honor of another Terminator sequel being in theaters, CineFix gave Terminator 2: Judgment Day an 8-bit remake:

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Movie Props of the Day:

Wes Anderson‘s love for literature comes through in this supercut of all the fake books featured in his movies (via Devour):

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Toys of the Day:

Jason Potato Head and Freddy Potato Head want to slice each other up into thinly sliced chips (via Topless Robot).

Star Wars Cosplay of the Day:

In the movies, Anakin was much younger when he met Amidala, but this reversal is pretty adorable (via KamiKame):

Movie-Inspired Car Commercial of the Day:

As if it’s not enough we’re getting an actual new Vacation movie this summer, here’s a new Infiniti commercial starring Christie Brinkley poking fun at her role in the 1983 original:

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Study of an Actor:

It’s amazing Jim Carrey hasn’t permanently crippled himself with all the falling down he’s done, as seen in this supercut (via Geek Tyrant):

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Professional Lithograph of the Day:

I can’t call this fan art since it’s by professional illustrator Mark Englert and part of a Comic-Con promo of Fox’s 25th anniversary Blu-ray of Edward Scissorhands, but it’s too beautiful not to share. Click on the image below to see it nice and big (via /Film).

Classic Cartoon of the Day:

Chuck Jones‘s Merrie Melodies short 8 Ball Bunny, starring Bugs Bunny and “a boid in a tuxedo,” hit theaters on this day 65 years ago. Watch it in full:

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Celebrity Good Deed of the Day:

Johnny Depp visited a children’s hospital in costume as Captain Jack Sparrow from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies (via THR):

Classic Trailer of the Day:

Even 45 years ago, you could find the summer populated by sequels, like the one for In the Heat of the Night that premiered in New York on July 8, 1970. They titled it They Call Me Mister Tibbs, after a memorable line from the first movie, which is like titling Terminator 2 “I’ll Be Back.” Watch the original trailer for Tibbs below.

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Hollywood and audiences alike have long held a fascination with dramas on the high seas. It doesn’t matter if they’re entirely fictitious (The Poseidon Adventure, Life of Pi) or based on a true story (The Perfect Storm), there’s just something about men and women trying to survive while the ocean rages around them that people love.

In the next few months we’ll actually be getting two movies that fit the bill. First up is In The Heart of the Sea, directed by Ron Howard and hitting theaters on December 11, 2015. And now today gives us the first trailer for The Finest Hours, starring Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Holliday Grainger, and Eric Bana and hitting theaters on January 29, 2016.

Directed by Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl), The Finest Hours takes on the true story of an oil tanker that was literally ripped in half by a storm in 1952 and the Coast Guard team that set out to rescue them. Chris Pine leads the Coast Guard team, while Affleck is the man trying to hold the survivors together on the sinking ship. It looks like a dash of The Guardian, a sprinkle of The Perfect Storm, and one giant heaping of Disney’s sincere optimism that makes movies like this so irresistible.

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