The last movie set the stage for a looming wizard-vs-wizard civil war that would push the magic world to choose its sides. By the end of the movie, Wizard Hitler still looks like Wizard Hitler. It's hard for me to fathom anyone, even the most ardent of Harry Potter fans, watching this movie and exclaiming, "I can't wait for two more of these!" The Secrets of Dumbledore feels more like a regular episode of an ongoing TV series than a story that demanded to be told as a big screen adventure, something that meaningfully reassembles the key characters and moves the larger wizarding world story forward.
The third film, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, finds young(er) Dumbledore (Jude Law) confronting his old foe –- franchise fatigue. Now with COVID transforming the box-office, the question remains whether the Wizarding World franchise (as Warner Brothers has been calling the Harry Potter universe) can survive without its Boy Who Lived. In the years since, Rowling has burned through much of her good will with transphobic comments, Johnny Depp has been replaced as series villain Grindelwald by Mads Mikkelsen, and 2018's Crimes of Grindelwald made $150 million less than its predecessor. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, chronicling bashful magical animal caretaker Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne), made $800 million worldwide. Rowling was the one writing the screenplays this time and going back to 1920s America. Begun in 2016 as a presumed five-part series, Harry Potter author J.K.
If ever a film franchise looked to be in decline, I submit to you, the Fantastic Beasts movies. Original Language: English (United Kingdom) Rating: PG-13 (Some Fantasy Action/Violence) But with the stakes so high, how long can Dumbledore remain on the sidelines? Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts Magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) to lead an intrepid team of wizards, witches and one brave Muggle baker on a dangerous mission, where they encounter old and new beasts and clash with Grindelwald's growing legion of followers.
Professor Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) knows the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen) is moving to seize control of the wizarding world.
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