This franchise was conceived as a Harry Potter spinoff, and it starred Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander, the wizard and magizoologist who has immense knowledge about magical creatures. As the franchise progressed, it introduced us to many familiar characters from the Harry Potter books, including Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald.

David Yates, who directed all three Fantastic Beasts films, recently discussed its future with Total Film and said this franchise is “all just parked” for now.

“We made those three movies, the last one through a pandemic, and it was enormous fun, but it was tough. We’re all so proud of [Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore]. When it went out into the world, we just needed to sort of stop and pause, and take it easy,” explained Yates.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore earned a joint total of $1.8 billion at the international box office, but never managed to reach the critical and commercial success of the original Harry Potter series.

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Grindelwald will not be the first villain in Mikkelsen’s career. The Danish actor’s resume includes an evil sorcerer in Doctor Strange, the banker Le Chiffre in Casino Royalle, and Dr. Hannibal Lecter in Hannibal. He also portrayed Galen Erso in Rough One: A Star Wars Story.

Apparently, Depp was asked to leave after only one day of filming, but got paid for the entire movie. However, he had a five-movie contract, which he of course lost now.

Fantastic Beasts 3 is due to be released in the summer of 2022 after being postponed from its original November 12, 2021 release date. It stars Eddie Redmayne and Jude Law.

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Depp released an official statement announcing his departure and said that Warner Bros. asked him to resign from his role as Gellert Grindelwald. The actor added that he “respected and agreed to that request”, and thanked the fans for their support.

Warner Bros. also released a brief statement announcing Depp’s exit, and thanked the actor “for his work on the films to date”. They added that the role of Gellert Grindelwald will be recast and that we’ll have to wait until the summer of 2022 to see the third Fantastic Beasts movie.

This project started shooting in September after a pandemic-related delay, with Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, and Jude Law returning to their respective roles.

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The first movie in this fantasy series premiered in 2016 and introduced us to Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) and his wide assortment of strange magical creatures. Its follow-up raised the stakes and added the already established characters Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) and Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) to the mix.

Fantastic Beasts 3 will premiere on November 12, 2021 – but it will be worth the wait, according to Toby Emmerich, chairman of Warner Bros. Pictures Group.

“We are incredibly excited about and have confidence in the Fantastic Beasts series, We all believe this release date will give the filmmakers time and space to allow their artistry to truly flourish and deliver the best possible film to our fans,” said Emmerich in an official press release.

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Any Harry Potter fan worth their Butterbeer knows that J.K. Rowling is a huge fan of Latin, having employed its use in many spells throughout the books.

For example, Lumos is literally Latin for “light” and expelliarmus means “expel weapon”, while Remus Lupin’s name is derived from one of the Roman twins who was raised by a she-wolf and the Latin term for “of a wolf”.

Perhaps though, we should have seen the great reveal behind “Nagini” coming…

Only for around twenty years. https://t.co/gZadgWVREN

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) September 25, 2018

Nagini is a Sanskrit name and actually describes a half-woman, half-snake creature from Indian mythology.

Which fits perfect if you’ve seen the latest trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald which reveals that the terrifying snake was originally a woman — played by Claudia Kim — who is a Maledictus meaning a human who slowly transforms into an animal as a result of a blood curse.

By the time Nagini meets Harry and his friends and becomes a Horcrux for Voldemort, she is completely a reptile — both in body and mind.

They're different conditions. Maledictuses are always women, whereas werewolves can be either sex. The Maledictus carries a blood curse from birth, which is passed down from mother to daughter. https://t.co/wYfvPeQFRW

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) September 25, 2018

Sssso, many sssssecrets to be revealed when the movie debuts on November 16th!

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It’s been almost a week that loyalists have been doing their best impersonation of Hermione Granger following what seems to be a plothole the size of Hogwarts itself in the new trailer for Fantastic Beasts 2: The Crimes of Grindelwald.

The trailer opens with magical law enforcement officials Apparating onto the grounds of the infamous school of witchcraft and wizardry as they search for Newt Scamander (played once again by Eddie Redmayne).

Cue the Hermione: “You can’t Apparate inside the Hogwarts grounds, how often do I have to tell you?”

The scene has left fans wondering if we’re to expect something cooked up by the likes of Gilderoy Lockhart for all its inaccuracies come November 16th.

But, alas, fear not, because enlightenment has arrived in the darkest of times.

Jessica Williams, who stars in the film (meaning she’s read the entire script!) is being the modern-day Dumbledore, expelling Boggarts and allaying concerns.

“David Yates and Jo [wrote the script]. Who knows more about the Potter universe person than the person who created it? Nobody. Not a single person,” the actress said. “Don’t you think that will be addressed in the film? Don’t you think there was a reason for it? Do you think you know more than she does on this subject?”

She makes a good point.

Now, about that butterbeer…

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This franchise was conceived as a Harry Potter spinoff, and it starred Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander, the wizard and magizoologist who has immense knowledge about magical creatures. As the franchise progressed, it introduced us to many familiar characters from the Harry Potter books, including Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald.

David Yates, who directed all three Fantastic Beasts films, recently discussed its future with Total Film and said this franchise is “all just parked” for now.

“We made those three movies, the last one through a pandemic, and it was enormous fun, but it was tough. We’re all so proud of [Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore]. When it went out into the world, we just needed to sort of stop and pause, and take it easy,” explained Yates.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore earned a joint total of $1.8 billion at the international box office, but never managed to reach the critical and commercial success of the original Harry Potter series.

The post “Fantastic Beasts” Filmmaker Says This Franchise is “Parked” for Now appeared first on EverydayKoala.

Grindelwald will not be the first villain in Mikkelsen’s career. The Danish actor’s resume includes an evil sorcerer in Doctor Strange, the banker Le Chiffre in Casino Royalle, and Dr. Hannibal Lecter in Hannibal. He also portrayed Galen Erso in Rough One: A Star Wars Story.

Apparently, Depp was asked to leave after only one day of filming, but got paid for the entire movie. However, he had a five-movie contract, which he of course lost now.

Fantastic Beasts 3 is due to be released in the summer of 2022 after being postponed from its original November 12, 2021 release date. It stars Eddie Redmayne and Jude Law.

The post Mads Mikkelsen in Talks to Replace Johnny Depp in “Fantastic Beasts 3” appeared first on EverydayKoala.

Depp released an official statement announcing his departure and said that Warner Bros. asked him to resign from his role as Gellert Grindelwald. The actor added that he “respected and agreed to that request”, and thanked the fans for their support.

Warner Bros. also released a brief statement announcing Depp’s exit, and thanked the actor “for his work on the films to date”. They added that the role of Gellert Grindelwald will be recast and that we’ll have to wait until the summer of 2022 to see the third Fantastic Beasts movie.

This project started shooting in September after a pandemic-related delay, with Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, and Jude Law returning to their respective roles.

The post Johnny Depp Exits “Fantastic Beasts” Franchise appeared first on EverydayKoala.

The first movie in this fantasy series premiered in 2016 and introduced us to Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) and his wide assortment of strange magical creatures. Its follow-up raised the stakes and added the already established characters Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) and Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) to the mix.

Fantastic Beasts 3 will premiere on November 12, 2021 – but it will be worth the wait, according to Toby Emmerich, chairman of Warner Bros. Pictures Group.

“We are incredibly excited about and have confidence in the Fantastic Beasts series, We all believe this release date will give the filmmakers time and space to allow their artistry to truly flourish and deliver the best possible film to our fans,” said Emmerich in an official press release.

The post “Fantastic Beasts 3” Coming to Theaters in Fall 2021 appeared first on EverydayKoala.

Any Harry Potter fan worth their Butterbeer knows that J.K. Rowling is a huge fan of Latin, having employed its use in many spells throughout the books.

For example, Lumos is literally Latin for “light” and expelliarmus means “expel weapon”, while Remus Lupin’s name is derived from one of the Roman twins who was raised by a she-wolf and the Latin term for “of a wolf”.

Perhaps though, we should have seen the great reveal behind “Nagini” coming…

Only for around twenty years. https://t.co/gZadgWVREN

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) September 25, 2018

Nagini is a Sanskrit name and actually describes a half-woman, half-snake creature from Indian mythology.

Which fits perfect if you’ve seen the latest trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald which reveals that the terrifying snake was originally a woman — played by Claudia Kim — who is a Maledictus meaning a human who slowly transforms into an animal as a result of a blood curse.

By the time Nagini meets Harry and his friends and becomes a Horcrux for Voldemort, she is completely a reptile — both in body and mind.

They're different conditions. Maledictuses are always women, whereas werewolves can be either sex. The Maledictus carries a blood curse from birth, which is passed down from mother to daughter. https://t.co/wYfvPeQFRW

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) September 25, 2018

Sssso, many sssssecrets to be revealed when the movie debuts on November 16th!

The post This Part in the New Trailer for “Fantastic Beasts” Just Blew Our Minds! appeared first on EverydayKoala.

It’s been almost a week that loyalists have been doing their best impersonation of Hermione Granger following what seems to be a plothole the size of Hogwarts itself in the new trailer for Fantastic Beasts 2: The Crimes of Grindelwald.

The trailer opens with magical law enforcement officials Apparating onto the grounds of the infamous school of witchcraft and wizardry as they search for Newt Scamander (played once again by Eddie Redmayne).

Cue the Hermione: “You can’t Apparate inside the Hogwarts grounds, how often do I have to tell you?”

The scene has left fans wondering if we’re to expect something cooked up by the likes of Gilderoy Lockhart for all its inaccuracies come November 16th.

But, alas, fear not, because enlightenment has arrived in the darkest of times.

Jessica Williams, who stars in the film (meaning she’s read the entire script!) is being the modern-day Dumbledore, expelling Boggarts and allaying concerns.

“David Yates and Jo [wrote the script]. Who knows more about the Potter universe person than the person who created it? Nobody. Not a single person,” the actress said. “Don’t you think that will be addressed in the film? Don’t you think there was a reason for it? Do you think you know more than she does on this subject?”

She makes a good point.

Now, about that butterbeer…

The post “Fantastic Beasts” Actress Tells Fans to Calm Down about THAT Plothole appeared first on EverydayKoala.