Fantastic Beasts and Where to find them was full of suspense, twists, and turns from start to finish. This means the upcoming sequel should be just as exciting. Here’s everything we know about this highly anticipated follow-up film. According to movie industry news, it’s due for release on April 15th of this year.
What to Expect from the Fantastic Beasts Sequel
In the Harry Potter book and movie series, Albus Dumbledore was the wise and kind headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, audiences will see the man behind the legendary wizard as Jude Law plays Albus Dumbledore in his younger years in this new film by Warner Bros.
Why Was the New Film Released Under a Different Name?
This is because ‘The Crimes of Grindelwald’ is not just one film, but part of a five-film series. There’s even a special title card at the end to let you know that it’s Book 2 in a series of five. The producers decided this because JK Rowling thought it would be too difficult for audiences to follow along with so many films with similar names.
What Do You Need to Know if You Haven’t Seen Any of the Films?
In Fantastic Beasts and Where to find them, award-winning author J.K. Rowling brought one of her most beloved and widely acclaimed creations (Harry Potter’s wizarding world) to life on screen for a new generation. This fun tale of magic and adventure came to an end in 2016 with a film adaptation starring Colin Farrell’s Auror Percival Graves.
How This Film is related to Harry Potter and Dumbledore
Newt Scamander appeared in Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone. This movie takes place 70 years before Harry Potter was born. Set in New York City, it features magical creatures like MACUSA (Magical Congress of The United States of America) and what they are doing while trying to hide magic from muggles.
Where Does It Fit in With the Harry Potter Timeline?
Fantastic Beasts takes place in 1926 and follows Newt Scamander as he arrives in New York, decades before Harry’s story begins. It is a standalone film so you don’t need to know anything about Harry Potter to understand what’s going on. You do learn more about one of Rowling’s most fascinating characters, Albus Dumbledore. We only meet him briefly in Harry Potter, but now we see how his early life shaped him into an important figure at Hogwarts.
Eddie Redmayne’s Newt Scamander
Scamander is a very talented and powerful wizard with extensive knowledge of magical creatures. He’s one of if not the greatest Magizoologist alive today. A magician is a zoologist who studies magical creatures. Although he may seem to be nothing more than an eccentric collector of various beasts, Albus Dumbledore hired Scamander to teach care of magical creatures at Hogwarts in his absence along with Rubeus Hagrid during Harry Potter’s first year.
Who is Johnny Depp’s Character Gellert Grindelwald?
Although he is known as one of Lord Voldemort’s most trusted and powerful allies, Grindelwald’s origins are shrouded in mystery. The only thing known about him is that he was a very dangerous dark wizard and once had a close relationship with Albus Dumbledore in their youth. Some fans have even speculated that Grindelwald might actually be Dumbledore’s brother.
Ezra Miller’s Credence Barebone
Credence Barebone was a young boy born in 1901 and conceived with magic by Mary Lou Barebone, who died while giving birth. His father is an Obscurial who hides his child’s magical abilities until he finally loses control of his Obscurus at age 16. Credence survived due to living for a brief period under Percival Graves’ care. He later joined Grindelwald’s cause, becoming an Auror.
Is Eddie Redmayne’s Character Connected to Johnny Depp’s
Grindelwald from Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them?
Eddie Redmayne’s character Newt Scamander and Johnny Depp’s character Gellert Grindelwald connect in a way where they both know each other. They met while they were young and attended Hogwarts together as students. Their relationship was most likely due to them being close friends with Albus Dumbledore, who was also a student at Hogwarts during that time.
What Are Macusa, the Second Salemers, and the No-Maj (Americans)?
Wizards living in America go through MACUSA. According to their website, they enforce federal laws governing magical creatures. If a wizard is out of line, they go before Wizengamot (which we know next to nothing about) for punishment. No-Majs have no knowledge of our world and aren’t supposed to know about magic.
Are There Going to Be More Movies in This Series?
According to J.K. Rowling, there will be five movies and several books based on Fantastic Beasts. However, we can only speculate since not all of them are yet confirmed.
