WB's 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' original script by J.K. Rowling - Part 2

[Marvolo]

Even so Riddle by 1945 he would be 18-19 years old at least which means he would be freshly out of school since at Hogwarts they graduate at the age of 17...so I think it is likely we will see Riddle I mean we would have to

No we dont. Everything we need to know about Voldemort was covered in the Potter films. He learned about Horcrux's at school and he learns about the Deathly Hallows on his own years later so there is really no need for him to get involved with Grindewald. By the time Riddle graduated he was well and truly so far up his own ass that he wouldnt have been playing sidekick to Grindewald or taking part in his war. Riddle had his own death eaters before he even graduated so he was already inacting his own plans and pursuing his own agenda.

Plus after Riddle graduated he attempted to lay low to avoid attention from the ministry and Dumbledore. If he had been involved in Grindewald's war it would have gotten back to the Ministry and Dumbledore. It doesnt seem like a risk Riddle would take right after graduating.

All that being said, much of this wasnt established in the films so Yates is free to change all this and play fast and loose, but its entirely unnecessary.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

No we dont. Everything we need to know about Voldemort was covered in the Potter films. He learned about Horcrux's at school and he learns about the Deathly Hallows on his own years later so there is really no need for him to get involved with Grindewald. By the time Riddle graduated he was well and truly so far up his own ass that he wouldnt have been playing sidekick to Grindewald or taking part in his war. Riddle had his own death eaters before he even graduated so he was already inacting his own plans and pursuing his own agenda.

Plus after Riddle graduated he attempted to lay low to avoid attention from the ministry and Dumbledore. If he had been involved in Grindewald's war it would have gotten back to the Ministry and Dumbledore. It doesnt seem like a risk Riddle would take right after graduating.

All that being said, much of this wasnt established in the films so Yates is free to change all this and play fast and loose, but its entirely unnecessary.

This whole set of movies is rather unnecessary, but they decided they were going to turn a movie about Fantastic Beast, into the Hobbit of Harry Potter. Just way more on the nose, for no reason.

 

[Marvolo]

It made sense to do a Grindewald film series. It was ripe for the plucking and involved Dumbledore and includes one of the most famous confrontations in the Wizarding World. So there was enough to justify making movies about those events. Even five movies. But Dumbledore should have been the main character and it should have focused on him and Grindewald.

Im pretty sure they only used Fantastic Beasts becuase it was a preexisting property name and because Newt lived during that particular time period so it worked out conveniently. If not for those two reasons we'd probably have a Grindewald prequel series starring Dumbledore.

 

[Guts]

I may be remembering this wrong but didn't Tom drop out of Hogwarts?

 

[Marvolo]

I may be remembering this wrong but didn't Tom drop out of Hogwarts?

No he graduated. He murdered the Gaunts in August before his sixth year. Discovered Horcrux magic during his sixth year and turned the Diary or the Gaunt Family ring into his first Horcrux. Then in his "seventh year at Hogwarts, he was made Head Boy and received a Medal for Magical Merit. He was regarded as one of the most brilliant students ever to attend Hogwarts, a fact admitted by Albus Dumbledore himself."

Tom Riddle was a mass murdering psychopath, and he was dedicated to his schoolwork. A real over achiever.

 

[#root]

It made sense to do a Grindewald film series. It was ripe for the plucking and involved Dumbledore and includes one of the most famous confrontations in the Wizarding World. So there was enough to justify making movies about those events. Even five movies. But Dumbledore should have been the main character and it should have focused on him and Grindewald.

Im pretty sure they only used Fantastic Beasts becuase it was a preexisting property name and because Newt lived during that particular time period so it worked out conveniently. If not for those two reasons we'd probably have a Grindewald prequel series starring Dumbledore.

I wish they had just made Fantastic Beasts to test the waters for non-Harry Potter Wizarding World movies and then made standalone Rogue One type movies set in different time periods.

 

[Slick]

They could still do that after this series.

 

[lime]

This universe is just to grand to be left. There are so many stories to tell. I for one would love to see the Grindewalt - Dumbledore story and legendary duel.

 

[Slick]

I think we're going to get that with this series or is my timeline wrong.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

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.

 

[Filmfan93]

Really interested to see Law as a young Dumbledore.

 

[chamber-music]

Funny to see Callum Turner play Newt's older brother when he is younger than Eddie Redmayne

 

[Chesterfield]

I really want to also see the rise of Voldermort and the massive L he took at Godrick's Hollow and I also want to see the story of the founding Howarts members and the their fallout with Salazar.