Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

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Fantastic Beasts:
The Secrets of Dumbledore
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Theatrical release poster
Directed byDavid Yates
Screenplay by
Based onScreenplay
by J. K. Rowling
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyGeorge Richmond
Edited byMark Day
Music byJames Newton Howard
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
  • 8 April 2022 (2022-04-08) (United Kingdom)
  • 15 April 2022 (2022-04-15) (United States)
Running time
142 minutes
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
LanguageEnglish

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is an upcoming fantasy film directed by David Yates from a screenplay by J. K. Rowling and Steve Kloves. It is the sequel to Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018), the third instalment in the Fantastic Beasts film series, and the eleventh overall in the Wizarding World franchise. Its ensemble cast includes Jude Law, Eddie Redmayne, Ezra Miller, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Callum Turner, Jessica Williams, Richard Coyle and Mads Mikkelsen. Set several years after the events of The Crimes of Grindelwald, it follows Albus Dumbledore tasking Newt Scamander and his allies with a mission that takes them into the heart of dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald's army.

Principal photography was set to begin in early 2020,[1] but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic;[2] filming commenced in September 2020.[3] Following the pandemic setbacks and the replacement of Johnny Depp with Mikkelsen, the film's release was pushed back to 15 July 2022, then forward to 8 April 2022 in the United Kingdom and 15 April 2022 in the United States. Two more Fantastic Beasts films are in development.

Premise[]

Set in the 1930s, the story leads up to the Wizarding World's involvement in World War II and will explore the magical communities in Bhutan, Germany, and China in addition to previously established locations including the United States and United Kingdom.[4][5] With Gellert Grindelwald's power rapidly growing, Albus Dumbledore entrusts Newt Scamander and his friends with a mission leading to a clash with Grindelwald's army. Dumbledore must also decide how long he will stay on the sidelines in the approaching war.[6]

Cast[]

A British Ministry of Magic employee in the Beasts Division of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, as well as a self-proclaimed magizoologist. He played a part in remedying the events of a violent attack in New York City in December 1926 involving dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald. He is a confidant of Albus Dumbledore, despite being an outcast from certain circles of the British Wizarding Community due to his checkered past.
An extremely powerful and influential wizard in the British Wizarding Community, known in the British Ministry of Magic and throughout the wider wizarding world for his academic brilliance, and teacher of Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He holds a blood pact with Grindelwald, with whom he had a close relationship as a young adult, preventing them from duelling each other.
The disturbed adopted child of Mary-Lou Barebone, severely abused and downtrodden and named "Credence Barebone". Enraged by people's treatment of him, during the incident of 1926 he set his Obscurus parasite loose in New York City, causing widespread destruction. He survived in a tiny Obscurus fragment and was sought out by Grindelwald. He initially believed that he was Corvus Lestrange, Leta Lestrange's deceased half-brother. However, at the end of the second film, Grindelwald claimed that his real name is Aurelius Dumbledore and that his brother, Albus, would seek to kill him.
A No-Maj veteran of the First World War, owner of a bakery, friend of Newt, and former lover of Queenie.
The pretty and vivacious renegade younger sister of Tina, who worked alongside her in the Federal Wand Permit Bureau after Tina was once demoted. She is a powerful natural Legilimens. After being convinced that Grindelwald will make her dream of marrying Jacob come true, she went rogue and joined his side, eventually abandoning her lover and sister.
Newt Scamander's older brother who is a dedicated and loyal employee in the British Ministry of Magic. He is famous for the title "war hero" for his excellent show of bravery and generosity in the First World War. He constantly tries to tame Newt into more elegance so that he is better accepted in society. He lost his fiancée Leta Lestrange in September 1927, after she sacrificed herself in Grindelwald's rally in Pere Lachaise, Paris to save the Scamander brothers.
  • Jessica Williams as Professor Eulalie "Lally" Hicks:
A teacher at Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
An infamous powerful dark wizard who caused mass violence, terror and chaos around the globe, seeking to lead a new Wizarding World Order based on his strong belief in wizarding superiority. He had a close relationship with Dumbledore as a teenager.[7][8][9]
A French wizard of Senegalese descent and ally of Newt, who previously attempted to kill Credence while falsely believing him to be his former stepfather's son, Corvus Lestrange V.
Newt Scamander's assistant.[10]
Grindelwald's loyal right-hand follower and an Occlumens.[7]
A teacher at Hogwarts and Albus Dumbledore's colleague.[11]
Albus Dumbledore's younger brother and owner of the Hog's Head inn.
Candidate for the post of Supreme Head of the International Confederation of Wizards (ICW).[12][13]
The current Supreme Head of the International Confederation of Wizards (ICW) and German Minister of Magic.[14]

Additionally, the cast includes Maja Bloom as Carrow, Aleksandr Kuznetsov as Helmut, Dave Wong as Liu Tao, Valerie Pachner as Henrietta Fischer, Paul Low-Hang as Zabini, and Ramona Kunze-Libnow as Edith. Katherine Waterston reprises her role as Queenie's sister and Newt's eventual wife Tina Goldstein in a cameo appearance, while Hebe Beardsall reprises her role as Ariana Dumbledore from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010) and Part 2 (2011).[15]

Production[]

Development[]

In October 2014, Warner Bros. Pictures announced the film as "at least" a trilogy with the third instalment to be released on 20 November 2020.[16][17] In July 2016, director David Yates confirmed that J. K. Rowling had ideas for the third film's screenplay.[18] In October 2016, it was reported that the Fantastic Beasts film series would comprise five films, and Eddie Redmayne would be returning to all films to play the lead role of Newt Scamander, with producers Rowling, David Heyman, Steve Kloves, and Lionel Wigram.[19] In November 2016, Yates revealed that he would be directing all five films, stating "I love making films, and I've got a great team, all of whom are like family."[20]

In October 2018, Johnny Depp hinted that he might return to portray Gellert Grindelwald for the third film, which would start filming in mid-2019.[21] In November 2019, Warner Bros. put out a press release announcing the film's location of Brazil, a spring 2020 start of production, and that Steve Kloves, who had previously served as screenwriter on the Harry Potter films, had joined the project as co-writer.[22][23]

On 7 February 2019, it was revealed the film will be set in the 1930s, with the story leading up to the Wizarding World's involvement in World War II and exploring the magical communities in Bhutan, Germany and China in addition to previously established locations including the United States and United Kingdom.[24][25]

Casting[]

Mads Mikkelsen was cast to replace Johnny Depp as Gellert Grindelwald.

In March 2020, Jude Law, Johnny Depp, Ezra Miller, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler, Callum Turner, Katherine Waterston, and Jessica Williams were revealed to be reprising their roles from prior films, alongside Redmayne.[26]

In November 2020, Depp announced he would not reprise his role as Grindelwald after being asked by Warner Bros. to resign due to negative publicity resulting from the libel case Depp v News Group Newspapers Ltd.[27] Depp shot only one scene in London after production began in September 2020, and his contract stipulated that he would be paid regardless of whether the film was completed or not.[28] Depp's salary was reportedly somewhere between $10–$16 million.[29] On 25 November, Warner Bros. announced that Mads Mikkelsen would replace Depp in the role of Grindelwald.[7][30]

Filming[]

Principal photography was scheduled to begin on 16 March 2020 but was postponed on that very day due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[26] Filming officially commenced on 20 September, with safety precautions in place to keep the cast and crew safe from COVID-19.[3][31] On 3 February 2021, filming at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden in the UK was halted after a crew member tested positive for COVID-19.[32][33][34] Composer James Newton Howard confirmed later that month that production had wrapped filming.[35]

Marketing[]

On 22 September 2021, it was announced that the film would be titled Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.[36] On 10 December 2021, a sizzle reel promo was released by Warner Bros. Pictures as a celebration of the Wizarding World's twentieth anniversary, showing clips from previous films and events of the franchise and ending with a quick teaser for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, also announcing that a full trailer would be released the following Monday.[37] The film's official trailer was officially released on 13 December 2021, with a teaser poster being released the following week.[38][39]

On 22 February 2022, 18 posters featuring characters from the film were released online.[40] A second trailer was announced to be released on Thursday, 24 February 2022 by actor Jude Law through the film's social media, but was later delayed.[41]The trailer was eventually released on 28 February, along with the official poster for the film.[42][43] The official hardcover screenplay designed by MinaLima will be released 19 July 2022, three months after the film's theatrical release.[citation needed]

Release[]

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is scheduled to be released in Australia on 7 April 2022, in the United Kingdom on 8 April 2022, and in the United States on 15 April 2022. The film was initially scheduled to be released on 12 November 2021,[44] but following Depp's departure, his role's recasting with Mikkelsen and the COVID-19 pandemic, Warner Bros. shifted the release to 15 July 2022.[45][46] In September 2021, the film's release was pushed forward three months early to 15 April 2022.[36] It was later announced that the film will release a week earlier in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 8 April 2022.[47] The film is scheduled for availability to stream on HBO Max 45 days after its theatrical debut.[48]

Future[]

The Fantastic Beasts film series was initially planned to be a trilogy, but in October 2016, Rowling announced that the series would be composed of five films,[49] later confirming that the story of the series would consist of a sequence of events that occurred between the years of 1926 and 1945.[50] In February 2022, producer David Heyman revealed that work on the script for Fantastic Beasts 4 had not begun yet.[51]

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