Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore: April 15th 2022

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Title released for Fantastic Beasts 3, "The Secrets of Dumbledore", release date also bumped up to April 15th 2022

Warner Bros. is charting an earlier return to the world of J.K. Rowling. The newly titled Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore will open globally on April 15, 2022, moving up three months from its previous July 15 date.



It opens against Paramount’s The Lost City of D, starring Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum, which is also set for April 15.



The upcoming Fantastic Beasts film stars Jude Law as Dumbledore, Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander and Mads Mikkelsen as the central villain, Gellert Grindelwald, previously played by Johnny Depp. Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Callum Turner, Jessica Williams, William Nadylam and Katherine Waterston also star.



The film picks up as Dumbledore, who knows Grindelwald wants to seize control of the wizarding world, enlists Newt Scamander to lead a team on a dangerous mission, where they encounter old and new beasts and Grindelwald’s growing legion of followers.



David Yates directs The Secrets of Dumbledore, which follows Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) and The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018). It is the third in a planned series of five Harry Potter prequels.



Harry Potter creator Rowling and Steve Kloves penned the script, based upon a screenplay by Rowling. It is produced by Heyman, Kloves, Lionel Wigram, Tim Lewis and Rowling.

www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/fantastic-beasts-3-secrets-dumbledore-release-date-1235018522/

[Hit Girl]

Jazzy Jeff - "There's something different about you Mr Grindelwald"

[mcmahonfan85]

maybe it'll become the new running plot point. in every Harry Potter book there's a new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor; in every Fantastic Beasts, a new look for Grindelwald

[Deleted]

Meh.

The first two weren't notable and I'm not giving JK more money.

[Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill]

Dude has been out since 2007. Get with the times WB.

[Cyno]

Obligatory "f*** TERFS" statement.

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

Mads is Grindelwald?

f***ing upgrade

[Jake, The Jake, Jake]

My favorite summary of the last one was some commenter on Reddit saying “There were a lot of really nice coats in this movie.”

[FinalGwen]

I still remember the feeling of watching the last one (for free, back when I worked at the Harry Potter tour so we had to see it) and being like "Wait, they're doing the 'Dumbledore has a secret sibling' twist from Deathly Hallows AGAIN?". Combined with the character assassination of Queenie, the general uncomfortableness of the villain promising to stop World War II/the Holocaust and our ostensible heroes having to stop him, Johnny Depp, and just... JK being an unrelenting source of TERF garbage, it was just a thoroughly unpleasant watch. Can't imagine the appeal of seeing another one.

[TWERKIN' MAGGLE]

JK isn't getting another dime from me. She actively tries to make the world more hateful.

[Chiral]

The first two were a weird Trojan horse Dumbledore franchise anyway so they might as well just be Dumbledore movies from here.

JK nuked the franchise for me with her hatred and bigotry so I can't really muster up any feelings about this.