«Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore» is a 2022 fantasy film directed by David Yates from a screenplay by J. K. Rowling and Steve Kloves.
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- Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is a 2022 fantasy film.
- It was directed by David Yates.
- The screenplay was written by J. K. Rowling and Steve Kloves.
- It is the sequel to Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018).
- It’s the third installment in the Fantastic Beasts film series.
- It is also the eleventh overall in the Wizarding World franchise.
- Its ensemble cast includes Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law, Ezra Miller, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Callum Turner, Jessica Williams, Katherine Waterston, and Mads Mikkelsen.
- The movie is set several years after the events of its predecessor, the film sees Albus Dumbledore tasking Newt Scamander and his allies with a mission that takes them into the heart of dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald’s army.
- Principal photography was set to begin in early 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, commencing in September 2020.
- Johnny Depp filmed one scene before he was asked to depart.
- According to various media reports, because of his “pay or play” contract, he will receive his full $16m salaries.
- Original Harry Potter screenwriter, Steve Kloves, makes his return to the writer’s seat after ten years. He was brought on to help J.K. Rowling
- The movie was pushed back a year after the mixed critical reception of the previous film and to give JK Rowling more time to fine-tune the script
- Jessica Williams’ character Eulalie Hicks, an Ilvermorny professor, is slated to have a larger role in this film after her cameo in “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”.
- One of the film’s main settings will be Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, so fans created a petition to cast Oscar nominee actress Fernanda Montenegro as the President of the Magical Congress of Brazil that reached over 100,000 signatures. Montenegro responded that while she was very thankful she would not have an agenda available to participate in the feature
- The film was originally scheduled for a November 12th, 2021 release date but the shooting was delayed to November 6th, 2020 due to Johnny Depp’s departure and the Covid-19 pandemic.
- This pushed the shooting date to July 15th, 2021. On September 22nd, 2021, along with the title of the film being revealed; Warner Bros. announced that the film would be released on April 8th, 2022.
- This would be three months earlier than was intended.
- The character Vicência Santos is played by an actual Brazilian actress, Maria Fernanda Candido, who is a renowned name in Brazil.
- At 2hrs 22 mins, this will be the longest Fantastic Beasts film to date
- Scenes were meant to be shot in Rio de Janeiro; Brazil. It was changed to an alternative location (Bhutan) because of the pandemic. The Bhutan scene has a short clip from Rio still.
- Mads Mikkelsen played Hannibal Lecter on Hannibal, making him the fourth actor from that franchise to also appear in the Harry Potter/Wizarding World films. The previous films featured Ralph Fiennes, Gary Oldman, and Rhys Ifans.
- It received mixed reviews from critics, though it was considered an improvement over its predecessor.
- 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.
- She later confirmed that the story of the series would consist of a sequence of events that occurred between the years 1926 and 1945.
- In February 2022, producer David Heyman revealed that work on the script for Fantastic Beasts 4 had not begun yet.
- Two more Fantastic Beasts films are in development.
- In Germany, the film’s $9.2 million debut was the best opening for Warner Bros. since 2019’s «Joker».
- Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore held its world premiere at the Royal Festival Hall in London on 29 March 2022.
- The film is scheduled for availability to stream on HBO Max 45 days after its theatrical debut
