Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is a 2018 fantasy film directed by David Yates and written by J. K. Rowling. Newt is disappointed to learn Queenie's sister Tina Goldstein is seeing someone after mistakenly believing Newt and Leta were engaged. #MagicInProgress #FantasticBeasts", "IMAX and Warner Bros. Isaura Barbé-Brown portrays Laurena Kama, Leta Lestrange's mother. [44] In its second weekend the film dropped 52% to $29.4 million (including $42.9 million over the five-day Thanksgiving frame), finishing fourth. Six months are enough. He deduces from Jacob's strange behaviour that Queenie enchanted him into eloping to circumvent MACUSA's ban on marriage between wizards and non-magical people. "[49] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 52 out of 100, based on 48 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [21] Yates talked to Entertainment Weekly about the second film, saying "we've seen the script for Part 2, for the second movie, which takes the story in a whole new direction – as you should, you don’t want to repeat yourself. [10][31] On 22 September 2017, David Sakurai was cast to play Krall, one of the ambitious and sulky henchman of Grindelwald. Directed by David Yates. The only one capable of putting a stop to him is the wizard he once called his closest friend, Albus Dumbledore. The website's critical consensus reads, "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald has glimmers of the magic familiar to Harry Potter fans, but the story's spell isn't as strong as earlier installments. [44], Andrew Barker of Variety called the film a "cluttered expansion of the Harry Potter franchise" and wrote, "The film throws plenty of plot twists, loud noises, and multihued magical nebulae at us, but rarely is there much tension, or sense of adventure, or any real longing, just the feeling of watching one chess piece after another being moved into position. Grindelwald shows a vision of a future global war, and rails against the laws prohibiting them from preventing such a tragedy. In October 2019, Dan Fogler said that the third film will be filmed in February 2020. Grimmson, revealed to be a follower of Grindelwald, kills Irma. He suggests that Queenie and Jacob seem to be in a different more interesting film, and welcomes the introduction of Jude Law as Dumbledore. [14] Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson portrays Grimmson, a powerful bounty hunter. [66] On 6 November 2020, Johnny Depp announced his exit from the franchise, after Warner Bros. asked him to resign when he lost a libel case against The Sun calling him a "wife beater". [17] Jessica Williams portrays Eulalie "Lally" Hicks, a professor of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry who contacts Flamel. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Queenie and Credence cross the fire, while Leta sacrifices herself so the others can escape. On its second day of release the film began to play in 45 other countries and made another $18.4 million, for a two-day gross of $31 million. 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It also made $12.8 million on its first day in China, the best of any Wizarding World film in the country. [27][24] In December 2017, J. K. Rowling posted on her website that she would not recast the role because Depp and his ex-wife, actress Amber Heard, had previously expressed hope that the mutual agreement would enable both to move on from the controversy and that "the filmmakers and I are not only comfortable sticking with our original casting, but genuinely happy to have Johnny playing a major character in the movies. ... you'll be glad to get rid of him, I expect. Brontis Jodorowsky portrays Nicolas Flamel, a 14th-century, 600-year-old Parisian scribe and alchemist believed to have discovered the Philosopher's Stone, who is a friend and colleague of Dumbledore. Goodbye, Grindelwald: Johnny Depp Forced to Exit Fantastic Beasts With Role to Be Recast, 06 November 2020 [23] Yates would also return to direct the sequel with producers Rowling, David Heyman, Steve Kloves, and Lionel Wigram. At Nurmengard castle, his Austrian base, Grindelwald presents Credence with a wand, informs Credence that a phoenix appears to any Dumbledore in need of it and reveals Credence’s true identity: Aurelius Dumbledore, Albus' long-lost brother. [26] Principal photography began on 3 July 2017, at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden in Hertfordshire, England, where a part of Paris was built for the purpose including streets, alleys and a square. [30], The film is set in the UK and Paris. Deadline Hollywood noted that mixed critical reviews and current competition in theaters likely hurt the opening weekend figures. 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