The Official ''Fantastic Beasts 2: The Crimes of Grindelwald” Thread

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Filming is near the end, so I expect first image of Young Dumbledore soon!

 

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http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170702005032/en/Thrilling-New-Adventure-J.K.-Rowling%E2%80%99s-Wizarding-World

Principal photography starts today, Monday, July 3, on an all new adventure set in J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World, the second of five films in the series that began with “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” The as-yet-untitled film is being directed by David Yates.

Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne (“The Theory of Everything”) stars once more as wizarding world magizoologist Newt Scamander; alongside Katherine Waterston as Auror Tina Goldstein; Alison Sudol as her sister, Queenie Goldstein; and Dan Fogler as Jacob Kowalski, the only No-Maj in the foursome.

Oscar nominee Johnny Depp (the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies, “Finding Neverland”), who was revealed as Gellert Grindelwald, stars as the powerful Dark wizard in the film. Oscar nominee Jude Law (“The Talented Mr. Ripley,” “Cold Mountain”) takes on the role of Albus Dumbledore—one of J.K. Rowling’s most beloved characters—decades before he becomes Headmaster at Hogwarts. Credence, whose fate was unknown at the end of the first film, makes a mysterious return, played again by Ezra Miller. Zoë Kravitz plays Leta Lestrange, who was glimpsed in a photo as a woman from Newt’s past; Callum Turner is the famed Theseus Scamander, a war hero and Auror, who also happens to be Newt’s older brother; and Claudia Kim plays a young woman we first meet as a featured attraction at a wizarding circus.

J.K. Rowling wrote the screenplay for the film, which opens in 1927, a few months after Newt helped to unveil and capture the infamous Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald. However, as he promised he would, Grindelwald has made a dramatic escape and has been gathering more followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only one who might be able to stop him is the wizard he once called his dearest friend, Albus Dumbledore. But Dumbledore will need help from the wizard who had thwarted Grindelwald once before, his former student Newt Scamander. The adventure reunites Newt with Tina, Queenie and Jacob, but his mission will also test their loyalties as they face new perils in an increasingly dangerous and divided wizarding world.

The film expands the wizarding world, moving from New York to London and on to Paris. There are also some surprising nods to the Harry Potter stories that will delight fans of the books and film series.

The ensemble cast also includes William Nadylam as a wizard named Yusuf Kama; Ingvar Sigurdsson as a bounty hunter named Grimmson; Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as Skender, who runs the wizarding circus; and Kevin Guthrie as Abernathy, whom we met as Tina and Queenie’s boss at MACUSA (Magical Congress of the USA).

David Heyman, J.K. Rowling, Steve Kloves and Lionel Wigram are producing the film, with Tim Lewis, Neil Blair, Rick Senat and Danny Cohen serving as executive producers.

Collaborating with Yates behind the scenes, the creative teams are led by Oscar-winning director of photography Philippe Rousselot (“A River Runs Through It”); three-time Oscar-winning production designer Stuart Craig (“The English Patient,” “Dangerous Liaisons,” “Gandhi,” the “Harry Potter” films), three-time BAFTA Award-winning editor Mark Day (the last four “Harry Potter” films, “State of Play”), four-time Oscar-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood (“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” “Chicago,” “Memoirs of a Geisha,” “Alice in Wonderland”), Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor Tim Burke (“Gladiator,” the “Harry Potter” films), and Oscar-nominated visual effects supervisor Christian Manz (“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1”).

The new adventure is being filmed at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, which has been the cinematic home of the Wizarding World since the first “Harry Potter” film.

 

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Man, I just read all seven HP books again and I'm so in Wizarding world vibe right now.

I am curious to see how Jude Law looks like Dumbledore. I hope they release first look photo of him soon.

 

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Jude Law with his Dumbledore beard:

Looks good. Dumbledore is in his late 40's so it fits.

 

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http://filmmusicreporter.com/2016/11/16/james-newton-howard-to-return-for-fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-2/

In addition to revealing his involvement in several new projects, James Newton Howard also confirmed at a press tour for his upcoming concert series in Europe and at the London premiere of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them that he will return to score the film’s sequel.

 

[Marvolo]

That article is from last November, but it's great news.

 

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That article is from last November, but it's great news.

Yeah, it's an old article. I was actually reading the press release and I didn't see James Newton Howard's name on the credits parts of it and it surprised me because I thought his name should have been included. I was pretty sure that he was coming back for the sequel and I remember that he mentioned it somewhere. Although I'm not sure if music composers get a customary mention in these type of press releases. In any case, I checked the FB1 threads and got the article from there.

 

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http://deadline.com/2017/09/fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-sequel-david-sakurai-1202174793/

Danish-Japanese actor David Sakurai is set for Warner Bros’ Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them sequel, the second film in J.K. Rowling’s five picture Harry Potter prequel series.

Sakurai will play the role of Krall, one of the ambitious and sulky henchman of Grindelwald.

 

[Filmfan93]

Man, I just read all seven HP books again and I'm so in Wizarding world vibe right now.

I am curious to see how Jude Law looks like Dumbledore. I hope they release first look photo of him soon.

Ah, I loved the books when I was a kid. Really want to re-read them again at least 1 more time during my lifetime.

 

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Ah, I loved the books when I was a kid. Really want to re-read them again at least 1 more time during my lifetime.

I read them all at least once per year. But I am a die hard Potter fan.

I loved Fantastic Beasts, and I thought the new characters were great. Can't wait to see young Dumbledore in action. And Depp's Grindelwald.

 

[Marvolo]

I listen to the Steven Fry or Jim Dale audio books about once a year.

 

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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jessica-williams-joins-fantastic-beasts-sequel-1046454

Jessica Williams has joined Warner Bros.' sequel Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2.

Brontis Jodorowsky, Fiona Glascott, Wolf Roth, Victoria Yeates, Derek Riddell, Poppy Corby-Tuech and Cornell S John have also signed on for the follow-up, it was announced on Pottermore.

The newly announced roles of Williams — a breakout of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart who starred in the Netflix film The Incredible Jessica James — and Glascott have not yet been revealed, but Jodorowsky will play Nicolas Flamel, an alchemist originally mentioned in the original Harry Potter books and films.

Roth will play a character called Spielman; Call the Midwife star Yeates is playing Bunty; Derek Riddell will play Torquil Travers; Poppy Corby-Tuech is playing Rosier; and Cornell S John is stepping into the shoes of Arnold Guzman. The names "Travers" and "Rosier" stand out, as they turn up in the Harry Potter series and belong to two Death Eaters who served Lord Voldemort.

 

[Silvermoth]

Oh that Jessica Williams! I wasn't expecting her. Her name was ringing a bell but I didn't pick it up.

How lovely, I think she's amazing

 

[Silvermoth]

http://deadline.com/2017/09/fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-sequel-david-sakurai-1202174793/

Interesting. We really don't know much about Grindelwald at all although I'm sure the die hard fans know a bit more.

I wonder when we will get a trailer?

 

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Interesting. We really don't know much about Grindelwald at all although I'm sure the die hard fans know a bit more.

I wonder when we will get a trailer?

I doubt it will be this year.

 

[Marvolo]

Interesting. We really don't know much about Grindelwald at all although I'm sure the die hard fans know a bit more.

I wonder when we will get a trailer?

April 2018. We got the first teaser for the first film in April 2016.

 

[Silvermoth]

Cool! I can't wait to see Jessica Williams in costume. I could see her as a cosplay star

 

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This has to be my most anticipated film of 2018 right now. I just love this Wizarding World.

Can't wait to see the Jude Law Dumbledore. Hope he is better than Michal Gambon who was a real let down compared to the late Richard Harris.

 

[kevork89]

This has to be my most anticipated film of 2018 right now. I just love this Wizarding World.

Can't wait to see the Jude Law Dumbledore. Hope he is better than Michal Gambon who was a real let down compared to the late Richard Harris.

Richard played him more older and stoic which was great but I preferred Gambon’s take personally because he portrayed the weirdness that Dumbledore had but I am very excited to see Jude take on this role.

 

[Silvermoth]

This has to be my most anticipated film of 2018 right now. I just love this Wizarding World.

Can't wait to see the Jude Law Dumbledore. Hope he is better than Michal Gambon who was a real let down compared to the late Richard Harris.

Yeah I won't lie to you, I don't want to speak ill of the dead but neither of them were the dumbledore I pictured in my head when I read the book. But I guess you can't please everyone.

It's a shame sir Ian didn't do it but it would have been too similar to Gandalf

 

[Marvolo]

Gambon in POA and HBP was damn near perfect. Richard Harris nailed the grandfatherly wisdom aspect but he was too old and feeble to do the stuff he would have had to do later in the series.

Honestly, after seeing Ciaran Hinds' Aberforth in DH, I think he could have played a good Dumbledore. Just slim down his Aberforth and put some half moon spectacles on him and he is Dumbledore. And Ciaran being only in his 50s when the series was filming he could have really given Dumbledore the youthful energy and spryness that he should have.

 

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[Silvermoth]

Ha that's awesome I know who that is. Ned Flanders!

 

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