Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore [DVD] [2022]

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As we mentioned before, perhaps Warner Bros was protecting itself against this with the way The Secrets of Dumbledore plays out. By the end of the threequel, Grindelwald has been exposed (again), Queenie and Jacob get married and Newt reunites with Tina Goldstein. Labonte, Rachel (15 February 2022). "Fantastic Beasts 4 Doesn't Have A Script Yet, Says Producer". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022 . Retrieved 21 February 2022. Mikkelsen knows a little something about making a character his own, following another actor. After all, it's not easy playing Hannibal after Anthony Hopkins.Foutch, Haleigh (28 February 2022). "New 'Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore' Trailer Teases the Fight Against Grindelwald (Video)". The Wrap. Archived from the original on 28 February 2022 . Retrieved 28 February 2022. Rubin, Rebecca (9 November 2020). " 'Fantastic Beasts 3' Sets New Release Date". Variety. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020 . Retrieved 9 November 2020. Drum, Nicole (20 December 2021). "New Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore Poster Released". Comic Book. Archived from the original on 24 February 2022 . Retrieved 24 February 2022. The Crimes of Grindelwald ended with the dark wizard using the fear of a world war to gather more followers to his cause. Two of those followers are Queen and Credence (for different reasons). Added to all this is that one of Newt's Niffler friends stole the blood pact between Dumbledore and Grindelwald. Katherine Waterston's Tina Goldstein had a major role in the first two movies, but was relegated to a small cameo in The Secrets of Dumbledore. Tina is now the head of the American Auror office which is keeping her "very busy".

Depp resigned at Warner Bros.' request after having filmed one scene as Grindelwald. According to The Hollywood Reporter, he will still be paid his full salary, however, to fulfill the terms of his contract. Fantastic Beasts 3 synopsis". Fantasticbeasts. 23 February 2022. Archived from the original on 23 February 2022 . Retrieved 23 February 2022. Chitwood, Adam (6 May 2021). "Mads Mikkelsen on Replacing Johnny Depp in 'Fantastic Beasts 3': "You Have to Make It Your Own" ". Collider. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021 . Retrieved 17 May 2021. Cooper, Leonie (15 April 2022). "Mads Mikkelsen says replacing Johnny Depp in Fantastic Beasts was 'chaotic' ". Yahoo! News. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022 . Retrieved 15 April 2022.The cast of Fantastic Beasts 3: The Secrets of Dumbledore is led by 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. Alison Sudol as Queenie Goldstein, Tina's sister and a powerful Legilimens who takes Grindelwald's side The second official Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore trailer focuses on the wizarding war, giving fans of the Harry Potter movie something familiar (with less beasts, more rivalries). Mads Mikkelsen looks truly menacing as Gellert Grindelwald. SPOILER: This "Fantastic Beasts" Character Isn't in "Secrets of Dumbledore" at All!". 19 October 2021. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022 . Retrieved 16 April 2022. Domestic 2022 Weekend 16". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 26 April 2022 . Retrieved 26 April 2022.

The Wizarding World Team (13 December 2021). "Watch the first trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore". Wizarding World. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022 . Retrieved 21 February 2022. This is also the first Fantastic Beasts movie where Rowling is sharing screenplay credit, with Steve Kloves, the man who adapted all but one of the Harry Potter movies. It feels like another act of trying to salvage this franchise. I've read plenty of critics claiming that this movie corrects the screenwriting miscues of the past films, and to this I do not agree. Reaching out for help from an industry veteran used to adapting Rowling's imagination is a smart move, but the movie still suffers like the previous Fantastic Beast movie from a plot overburdened with incident and less on substance, willfully obtuse and convoluted in its plotting. Since Grindelwald gains the power to see into the future, a power that is woefully underutilized, the only way to disguise Dumbledore's plot to uncover election fraud is through sheer confusion. They have to make things purposely confusing and hard to follow on purpose, dear reader. A purposely convoluted and confusing movie is the only way they can beat the bad guy. It's like Kloves is speaking directly to the audience and admitting defeat at keeping anything clear. I went to brush up by reading the Wikipedia summary for this review and even that made me tired. A wizard heist is a great setup, but Secrets of Dumbledore cannot live up to that potential. The set pieces don't lean into what a wizard heist could bestow. There's one memorable sequence where Newt and his brother must escape from a crustacean prison by literal crab-walking. It's the only light in an otherwise dismal, overwhelmingly grey movie. It all feels less transporting and more plodding. Creevy, Jennifer; O'Shea, Lucy (30 March 2022). "Magic at the "Secrets of Dumbledore" World Premiere". Mugglenet. Archived from the original on 17 April 2022 . Retrieved 30 March 2022. Hoke, Carlie (2 May 2021). "Fantastic Beasts 3's Mads Mikkelsen Just Compared His Grindelwald To Johnny Depp's". CinemaBlend. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021 . Retrieved 17 May 2021.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. In October 2018, Johnny Depp hinted that he might return to portray Gellert Grindelwald for the third film, which would start filming in mid-2019. [22] On 7 February 2019, it was revealed the film would be set in the 1930s, with the story leading up to the Wizarding World's involvement in World War II and exploring the magical communities in Bhutan, Germany and China in addition to previously established locations including the United States and United Kingdom. [23] [24] In November 2019, Warner Bros. put out a press release announcing the film's location of Brazil, a spring 2020 start of production, and that Steve Kloves, who had previously served as screenwriter on the Harry Potter films, had joined the project as co-writer. [25] [26] Casting [ edit ] Mads Mikkelsen was cast to replace Johnny Depp as Gellert Grindelwald. From Wizarding World creator J.K. Rowling comes the Fantastic Beasts film series. These all-new magical adventures, set before the time of Harry Potter, follow Magizoologist Newt Scamander and his friends—witches Tina and Queenie Goldstein and No-Maj Jacob Kowalski. Harry Potter fans will also recognise familiar names, including beloved Hogwarts Professor Albus Dumbledore and powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald. Includes “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”, “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” and "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore". This is obviously a more direct comparison because it’s the next film," Mikkelsen explained. "So we have done a few bridges that will allow us to recognize it, but we’ve also said we have to make it our own. I have been a fan of Johnny Depp since I saw him as a young man, and to try to bring his intensity and his way of doing it into my work is a no-go. I have to find my own, because his is unique, and I just have to let that be, and find a different path." Fantastic Beasts 3: The Secrets of Dumbledore plot and timeline

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Overall the first film was IMO the best and the third was the weakest but I think the real problem is that these films were all written as films. Books allow scope to really flesh out characters and give them depth. Brilliant books can be adapted into brilliant films (a process that never seems possible in reverse). These films suffer from simply not having the same breadth & depth that you get in the original HP books. Although my head is full of HP knowledge, it doesn't compensate for weak characterization. The original HP set a very high bar. Also, despite that the screenplays were written by JK Rowling, there seemed to be more than a few instances of things happening which contradicted 'canon' in the HP-verse. Ramachandran, Naman (4 February 2021). "Warner Bros. Suspends 'Fantastic Beasts 3' Shoot After Crew Member Tests Positive For COVID-19". Variety. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021 . Retrieved 4 February 2021. The Fantastic Beasts film series was initially speculated to be a trilogy, but in October 2016, Rowling announced that the series would be composed of five films, [83] later confirming that the story of the series would consist of a sequence of events that occurred between the years of 1926 and 1945. [84] In February 2022, producer David Heyman revealed that work on the script for Fantastic Beasts 4 had not yet begun. [85] In April 2022, Variety reported that Warner Bros. greenlighting the final two instalments would be dependent on the critical and commercial performance of The Secrets of Dumbledore. [86] [87] Mads Mikkelsen believed that Johnny Depp could return as Grindelwald in another film. [88] [89]