Untitled third Fantastic Beasts film

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 and a story by Rowling. A joint American and British co-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 Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Callum Turner, William Nadylam, Kevin Guthrie, Poppy Corby-Tuech, Jessica Williams, Victoria Yeates, Jude Law and Mads Mikkelsen.

Untitled third Fantastic Beasts film
Directed byDavid Yates
Produced by
Screenplay by
  • J. K. Rowling
  • Steve Kloves
Story byJ. K. Rowling
Based onCharacters
by J. K. Rowling
Starring
Music byJames Newton Howard
CinematographyGeorge Richmond
Edited byMark Day
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • 15 July 2022 (2022-07-15)
Country
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
LanguageEnglish

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. Pictures to postpone the production.[2] Filming officially commenced in September 2020, with a release date set for 12 November 2021.[3] Following COVID-19 setbacks and Johnny Depp's replacement with Mikkelsen, the film's release was pushed back to 15 July 2022.[4]

Premise

Several years after the events of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, the story takes place partly in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and partly in Berlin, Germany and leads up to the Wizarding World's involvement in World War II.[5][6]

Cast
  • 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 the British Wizarding Community due to his checkered past.
  • Katherine Waterston as Tina Goldstein: A promoted Magical Congress of the United States of America (MACUSA in short) Auror.
  • Dan Fogler as Jacob Kowalski: A No-Maj veteran of World War I, owner of a bakery, and a friend of Newt.
  • 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 was sought out by Grindelwald. Grindelwald told 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 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 fiancee Leta Lestrange in September 1927, after she sacrificed herself in Grindelwald's rally in Pere Lachaise, Paris to save the Scamander brothers.
  • William Nadylam as Yusuf Kama: A French-Senegalese wizard intent on avenging his mother's death by Corvus Lestrange IV, father of Leta Lestrange.[7]
  • Kevin Guthrie as Abernathy: Former employee at MACUSA and supervisor of the Goldstein sisters, he officially joined hands with Grindelwald in 1927 when he was being transported to Europe from the American prison to answer for his crimes. Abernathy had switched places with Grindelwald, unbeknownst to Seraphina Picquery, president of MACUSA, and Spielman, the envoy from Europe.
  • Poppy Corby-Tuech as Vinda Rosier: Grindelwald's loyal right-hand follower.[8]
  • Jessica Williams as Professor Eulalie "Lally" Hicks: A professor of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
  • Victoria Yeates as Bunty: Newt Scamander's assistant.[9]
  • 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, and a professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
  • Mads Mikkelsen as Gellert Grindelwald: 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. Mikkelsen replaces Johnny Depp, who portrayed the character in the previous two films, because of domestic abuse allegations against Depp.[10]
  • Richard Coyle[11]

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.[12][13] In July 2016, director David Yates confirmed that J. K. Rowling had gotten ideas for the third film's screenplay.[14] 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.[15] 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."[16]

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.[17] In November 2019, Steve Kloves, who had previously served as screenwriter on the Harry Potter films, joined the project as co-writer.[18]

Casting

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.[19] On 6 November, Depp announced he would not reprise his role as Grindelwald, after being asked by Warner Bros. to resign.[20] Depp had shot only one scene in London on 20 September 2020, and his contract stipulates that he be paid regardless of whether the film was completed.[21] Depp's salary was reportedly $16 million.[22] On 25 November 2020, Warner Bros. announced that Mads Mikkelsen would replace Depp in the role of Grindelwald.[23][10]

Filming

Principal photography was scheduled to begin on 16 March 2020 but was postponed on that very day, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[19] Filming officially commenced on 20 September, with safety precautions in place to keep the cast and crew safe from COVID-19.[3][24] On 3 February 2021, filming in the UK was shut down after a production member tested positive for COVID-19.[25][26][27]

Release

The film is scheduled to release in the United States on 15 July 2022.[28] It was initially scheduled to be released on 12 November 2021,[29] but following Depp's departure, the recasting, and the COVID-19 pandemic, Warner Bros. shifted the release to 15 July 2022.[4]

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