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Untitled third Fantastic Beasts film
Directed byDavid Yates
Screenplay by
Story byJ. K. Rowling
Based onCharacters
by J. K. Rowling
Produced by
Starring
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • 12 November 2021 (2021-11-12) (United States)
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
LanguageEnglish

The untitled third Fantastic Beasts film is an upcoming fantasy film directed by David Yates from a screenplay by J. K. Rowling and Steve Kloves. A joint American and British production, it is the sequel to Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018). It is the third installment in the Fantastic Beasts film series and the eleventh overall in the Wizarding World franchise. The film stars Jude Law, Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Callum Turner and Jessica Williams. It is scheduled to be released by Warner Bros. Pictures on 12 November 2021.

Principal photography was set to begin in early 2020.[1] On 16 March 2020, the same day shooting was to have begun, the COVID-19 pandemic prompted Warner Bros. to postpone the production.[2] Filming officially commenced in September 2020.[3]

Premise

Several years after the events of the previous film, the story takes place partly in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and leads up to the Wizarding World's involvement in World War II.[4][5]

Cast

  • Jude Law as Albus Dumbledore: An extremely influential and powerful wizard in the British Wizarding Community, known in the British Ministry of Magic and throughout the wider wizarding world for his academic brilliance, currently a professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
  • Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander: 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 British Wizarding society due to his checkered past.
  • Katherine Waterston as Tina Goldstein: A promoted MACUSA (Magical Congress of the United States of America) Auror.
  • Dan Fogler as Jacob Kowalski: A No-Maj veteran of World War I and current business owner of a bakery and a friend of Newt's.
  • Alison Sudol as Queenie Goldstein: The pretty and vivacious 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 joins his side, eventually abandoning her lover and sister.
  • Ezra Miller as Credence Barebone / Aurelius Dumbledore: The disturbed adopted child of Mary-Lou Barebone, severely abused and downtrodden. 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 is now sought by Grindelwald. Grindelwald tells Credence his supposed real name, Aurelius Dumbledore and says his “brother” is trying to kill him.
  • Callum Turner as Theseus Scamander: Newt Scamander's older brother who is a dedicated and loyal employee in the British Ministry of Magic. He is famous by 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 the society. He lost his fiancee 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 professor of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Johnny Depp, who previously played Gellert Grindelwald in the first two films, was originally going to reprise his role in this film as well, but was forced by Warner Bros. to quit the film in early November 2020, so the character will be recast.[6]

Production

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.[7][8] In July 2016, director David Yates confirmed that J. K. Rowling had gotten ideas for the third film's screenplay.[9] 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.[10] 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."[11] In October 2018, Johnny Depp hinted that he might return to portray Gellert Grindelwald for the third film, which would start filming in the mid of next year.[12]

In November 2019, Steve Kloves, who had previously served as screenwriter on the Harry Potter films, joined the project as co-writer.[13] In March 2020, Jude Law, 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.[14] Principal photography was scheduled to begin on 16 March 2020 but was postponed on that same day, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[14] By September of the same year, filming had officially commenced with safety precautions in place to keep the cast and crew safe from COVID-19.[3] On 6 November, Depp announced he was no longer part of the film because Warner Bros asked him to quit.[6]

Release

In April 2019, Warner Bros. Pictures shifted the release date to 12 November 2021.[15]

References

  1. ^ McNary, Dave (4 November 2019). "'Fantastic Beasts 3' Finally Moves Forward With Filming". Variety. Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  2. ^ Kroll, Justin (16 March 2020). "'Fantastic Beasts 3' Production Postponed Due to Coronavirus Pandemic". Variety. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  3. ^ a b Webb, Katherine (20 September 2020). "Eddie Redmayne Confirms Fantastic Beasts 3 Filming Has Resumed And Describes The 'New Normal' On Set". CinemaBlend. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  4. ^ Fogler, Dan. "Dan Fogler Teases Hagrid's Appearance In Fantastic Beasts 3 🦉 | The Movie Dweeb". Archived from the original on 16 October 2020.
  5. ^ Alex, Thomas; er (7 February 2019). "Exclusive Interview: Dan Fogler on the return of The Walking Dead, Brooklyn Gladiator and Fantastic Beasts 3". HeyUGuys. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  6. ^ a b Rubin, Rebecca (6 November 2020). "Johnny Depp Forced to Exit 'Fantastic Beasts' Franchise". Variety. Retrieved 6 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Sims, Andrew (15 October 2014). "WB names David Yates 'Fantastic Beasts' director". hypable.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  8. ^ Lieberman, David (15 October 2014). "Warner Bros' Kevin Tsujihara Outlines Major Film & TV Push Amid Cost Cuts: Time Warner Investor Day". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 25 September 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  9. ^ Bell, Amanda (1 July 2016). "Fantastic Beasts Movie Sequel Has Already Been Written". screenrant.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  10. ^ Khatchatourian, Maane; McNary, Dave (13 October 2016). "'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' to Be Five-Film Franchise". Variety. Archived from the original on 29 October 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  11. ^ Lee, Ashley (11 November 2016). "David Yates Says He's Directing All Five 'Fantastic Beasts' Films". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 12 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  12. ^ Barlow, Helen (9 October 2018). "Johnny Depp on 'The Crimes of Grindelwald' and His Most Iconic Roles". Collider. Archived from the original on 11 December 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  13. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (4 November 2019). "'Fantastic Beasts 3′ Moving Forward With Spring 2020 Start, Jessica Williams' 'Lally' Character To Play Pivotal Part In Brazil-Set Threequel". Deadline. Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  14. ^ a b "'Fantastic Beasts 3' & 'King Richard' Warner Bros. Productions Are Also On Hiatus: Coronavirus". Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  15. ^ Welk, Brian (29 April 2019). "Third 'Fantastic Beasts' Movie to Open November 2021". The Wrap. Archived from the original on 29 April 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
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