‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ Teaser Announces Upcoming Trailer!!! Check It Out!!

The Fantastic Beasts 2 trailer is almost here! Warner Bros. today unveiled a trailer teaser for the upcoming sequel Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, announcing that the full debut trailer will be online on Tuesday, March 13th. This trailer teaser doesn’t have any actual footage from the film but instead launches the global social activation #WandsReady. This movement asks fans to post a photo … Continue reading ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ Teaser Announces Upcoming Trailer!!! Check It Out!!

New ‘Fantastic Beasts 2′ Images Find Newt and Tina Back in Action!!! Check It Out!!

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is in the can and steaming toward a 2018, which means its only a matter of time before we get a full trailer for the latest installment in J.K. Rowling‘s five-film franchise. For now, Warner Bros. has released a pair of new images from the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them sequel, reuiniting the heroes from the first … Continue reading New ‘Fantastic Beasts 2′ Images Find Newt and Tina Back in Action!!! Check It Out!!

New ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ Images Further Reveal Hot Dumbledore!!! Check It Out!!

A pair of new images from Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald have landed online, and I’m not sure the world is ready for Hot Dumbledore. Indeed, we knew Jude Law would be filling the role of the famous wizard in the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them sequel, and while the initial cast image offered a first glimpse at Law in costume, this … Continue reading New ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ Images Further Reveal Hot Dumbledore!!! Check It Out!!

‘Fantastic Beasts 2’: New Image Reunites Newt and Jacob in Paris!! Check It Out!!

Johnny Depp may be far, far away from this new image out of Warner Bros.’ Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, but the franchise’s protagonists are front and center. Eddie Redmayne‘s casually magical Newt Scamander and Dan Fogler‘s befuddled Muggle/NoMaj Jacob Kowalski are together again, this time on the streets of Paris for director David Yates‘ Harry Potter prequel sequel. This film is less than a year away from opening, giving … Continue reading ‘Fantastic Beasts 2’: New Image Reunites Newt and Jacob in Paris!! Check It Out!!

New ‘Fantastic Beasts 2’ Images Feature Dapper Newt and Dumbledore!!! Check It Out!!

A couple of new images from Fantastic Beasts 2—officially titled Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald—have hit the interwebs. The highly anticipated sequel moves the action of the Harry Potter prequel series over to Paris from New York City, marking a quick change of setting for a franchise whose major selling point in the first place was revealing how the Wizarding World worked in the … Continue reading New ‘Fantastic Beasts 2’ Images Feature Dapper Newt and Dumbledore!!! Check It Out!!

First Image and Title Revealed for the ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Sequel!!! Check It Out!!

Warner Bros. has released the first promo image for the Fantastic Beasts sequel, which is officially titled Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. The upcoming sequel will see the return of characters from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them along with new faces including Jude Law as a young Albus Dumbledore. Looking at this cast and this title, it’s fine, I guess. Jude Law looks … Continue reading First Image and Title Revealed for the ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Sequel!!! Check It Out!!

‘Fantastic Beasts 2’ Set Image Teases the Sequel’s Timeline!!! Check It Out!!!

Filming is currently underway on David Yates‘ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them follow-up and a new image from the set offers a tease at the timeline for the untitled sequel. When we left Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) at the end of Fantastic Beasts, he was early in his legendary magical adventures, but it looks like the sequel will find him at a pivotal moment in … Continue reading ‘Fantastic Beasts 2’ Set Image Teases the Sequel’s Timeline!!! Check It Out!!!

‘Fantastic Beasts 2’ Adds New Cast and Characters Including Jessica Williams!!!

Filming is underway on Fantastic Beasts 2, and Warner Bros. has announced some new additions to the cast. Previously, we knew that a large portion of the original cast would be returning including Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander, Katherine Waterston as Tina Goldstein, Alison Sudol as Queenie Goldstein, Dan Fogler as Jacob Kowalski, and Ezra Miller as Credence. Pottemore reveals that Carmen Ejogo is also … Continue reading ‘Fantastic Beasts 2’ Adds New Cast and Characters Including Jessica Williams!!!

‘Fantastic Beasts 2’ Synopsis Released as Filming Begins!!!

Principal photography began today on David Yates’ untitled Fantastic Beasts sequel, and with it we now have the first official synopsis as well as a list of new and returning characters. Obviously, Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) will return alongside Auror Tina Goldstein (Katherine Waterston), her sister Queenie (Alison Sudol), and friendly no-maj Jacob Kowalski (Dan Fogler). They’ll be joined by Johnny Depp, who plays the … Continue reading ‘Fantastic Beasts 2’ Synopsis Released as Filming Begins!!!

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) Review!!!

Synopsis – The adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York’s secret community of witches and wizards seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book in school. My Take – Weren’t we all sad when Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) drew its curtain and ended a franchise running for 10 years. Like me, I am quite sure many Potter fans felt that … Continue reading Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) Review!!!

‘Fantastic Beasts’: David Yates Feels “Committed” to Directing All 5 Films!!

As a franchise, Harry Potter is somewhat unique. The series opened with two simply unbearable and weightless adventures courtesy of Christopher Columbus, who went for adorable and ended up with two atonal messes that even a big fan of the franchise (such as myself) cannot return to, to this very day. Then, out of nowhere, Alfonso Cuaron came in with Prisoner of Azkaban and created … Continue reading ‘Fantastic Beasts’: David Yates Feels “Committed” to Directing All 5 Films!!

‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ Sequels Could Feature an Openly Gay Dumbledore!!

In addition to being the author behind the worldwide Harry Potter phenomenon and the writer of the screenplay for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, J.K. Rowling has been a celebrity advocate for human rights — that includes LGBTQ rights. While she previously told fans that there are, of course, gay characters in her magical world, we may see Albus Dumbledore himself as an openly gay wizard on the … Continue reading ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ Sequels Could Feature an Openly Gay Dumbledore!!

‘Fantastic Beasts 2’: Johnny Depp Confirmed as Grindelwald; Setting Revealed!!

When news broke that Johnny Depp was set to “co-star” in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2, the sequel to this month’s wizarding world expansion Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, speculation immediately zeroed in on who Depp might play. Given that Gellert Grindelwald, former friend/crush of Albus Dumbledore, supposedly has a major role to play in this new Fantastic Beasts franchise, folks began wondering if Depp might be bringing … Continue reading ‘Fantastic Beasts 2’: Johnny Depp Confirmed as Grindelwald; Setting Revealed!!

‘Fantastic Beasts’ Sequels Are Casting Albus Dumbledore!!!

When Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was first announced, we expected to hear or see some references to the original Harry Potter films. The trailers even dropped the name Albus Dumbledore a number of times, as well as the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald, who was referenced in The Deathly Hallows. With four more sequels on the way, we know that Grindelwald will be making a physical appearance, and … Continue reading ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Sequels Are Casting Albus Dumbledore!!!

Johnny Depp to Co-Star in ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2’!!

While we still have a few weeks to go before the release of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Warner Bros. is wasting no time in getting the sequel ready. Indeed, we learned last month that author/screenwriter J.K. Rowling is planning a five-film franchise in all, with director David Yates—who helmed the final four Harry Potter movies in addition to Fantastic Beasts—also returning to helm Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2. And … Continue reading Johnny Depp to Co-Star in ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2’!!

‘Fantastic Beasts’ Tracking for $75 Million Box Office Debut!!

Harry Potter fans got a long-distance return (well, except those lucky Londonites privy to West End tickets) to J.K. Rowling‘s world of witchcraft and wizardry with the Jack Thorne-scripted stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, but when Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them arrives in theaters next month, fans the world over will get to return to the wizarding world, just in a bit of a different … Continue reading ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Tracking for $75 Million Box Office Debut!!

‘Fantastic Beasts’ TV Spots Are Full of Things That Go Bump in the Night!! Check Them Out!!

In the latest TV spots for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the night is dark and full of terrors (i.e. magical creatures). The titular beasties inside Newt Scamander’s enchanted briefcase are taking the spotlight as the marketing campaign for the film releases its last pieces of new footage ahead of showtime in a couple weeks. While brief, the new videos (via ComicBook.com’s YouTube channel) offer … Continue reading ‘Fantastic Beasts’ TV Spots Are Full of Things That Go Bump in the Night!! Check Them Out!!