Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
wonderful Beasts and Where To discover Themtakes place in the same macrocosm - officially branded the Wizarding World - as screenwriter J.K. Rowling’sHarry Potterseries . However , it rotate around a previously third character in Newt Scamander ( Eddie Redmayne ) and his attempt to retake a zoo of fabled animate being by chance get on the loose in 1926 New York City ; several 10 prior to Harry ’s battle against You - Know - Who .
Nevertheless , many fans have reflect that younger variation ofwell - knownHarry Pottercharacterscould well seem in eitherFantastic Beastsand / or one of thefour sequels that are now being planned by Rowling . Fantastic Beastsdirector David Yates ( who will also helm the continuation ) has now confirm to Screen Rant that Albus Dumbledore will come out in the nextFantastic Beastsinstallment , and that casting for the part is underway .
Yates , when he spoke during the roundtable interviews at theFantastic Beastspress junket , also officially confirm that Newt will be returning in theFantastic Beastssequel . He teased that Dumbledore and Scamander will even have a fistful of scenes together in the moving picture :
" In the second movie Dumbledore comes back . He ’s catch a couple of skillful scene with Newt … We ’re talk over who would play Dumbledore , any suggestion would be good . [ Laughs ] "
Warner Bros. announced plans for aFantastic Beaststrilogy compose by Rowling before the first installment entered production . As remark , those architectural plan have now been draw out to five pic total . former box office projections forFantastic Beastssuggest the film ought to perform well enough to excuse moving forrader with the second film ( currently scheduled for 2018 ) . The exactdetails of the sequel ’s storylineare not yet known , other than it“moves profoundly into an increasingly dark time for the wizarding universe . "
That"dark metre for the wizarding world"is believed to to a book of facts to Gallert Grindelwald ’s upgrade to powerfulness in the Wizarding World . Grindelwald , as a untried valet de chambre , was friends with Dumbledore ( one whom Dumbledore was in secret in beloved with ) , before he became a muscular dark wizard later in his life . Rumor has it that Grindelwald is the character whom Johnny Depp hasalready been castto gaming in theFantastic Beastssequel , but that remains unconfirmed at this leg .
If this rumor is exact , thenFantastic beast 2will presumably cast an an worker around Depp ’s years ( 53 this year , though Depp often plays " younger " ) to present its young Dumbledore . Richard Harris portrayed Dumbledore in the first twoPotterfilms before he passed away and Michael Gambon assume over the role for the remaining movies in the series .
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