Bob GarverSpecial to Valley NewsUnlike the eight-movie “Harry Potter” series, the “Fantastic Beasts” sector of J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World has not quite gotten off the ground. Maybe it’s because audiences find it hard to get behind skittish protagonist Newt Scamander, played by Eddie Redmayne, as a hero. Maybe it’s because of all the bad press surrounding actors Ezra Miller and Johnny Depp, here replaced by Mads Mikkelsen, and even Rowling herself. But I think the real reason is that audiences see “Fantastic Beasts” as a transparent cash-grab; Rowling was under pressure to add to the Wizarding World, so she came up with the 1920s prequel series strictly for the sake of getting more movies. There will always be viewers that want to see what happens next in the W
