FIRST LOOK: Fantastic Beasts sequel gets new cast image and full title

Honestly, without any word of a lie, we are genuinely excited for the return of Newt Scamander and his gang of wizards, witches and mudbloods.

With Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, Harry Potter scribe JK Rowling proved that there’s a lot more to the Harry Potter universe than just the books (movies and play) by creating a new movie series set in the Potter world with characters we could genuinely be excited for.

And now we have our first look at the sequel along with some new details including a title: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.

Warner Bros. has unveiled the first photo and title for the “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” sequel: “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.”

According to Variety, here’s the details:

The second film in the “Harry Potter” prequel franchise will be released on Nov. 16, 2018. David Yates, who directed “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” and the final four “Potter” installments, is returning to helm the second film in the series from a script by “Harry Potter” creator J.K. Rowling. The spinoff franchise will consist of five films.

JK Rowling, David Heyman, Steve Kloves, and Lionel Wigram are producing. The movie will see the return of stars Eddie Redmayne as magical zoologist Newt Scamander, Katherine Waterston as Tina, Alison Sudol as Queenie, Dan Fogler as Jacob, Ezra Miller as Credence, Zoë Kravitz as Leta Lestrange, and Johnny Depp as dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald.

Jude Law is portraying future Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore, who orders his former student Newt Scamander to capture Grindelwald. 

 

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