After multiple delays, ‘Fantastic Beasts 3’ finally has a premiere date and a title. Here’s what else to know about casting news and teaser-trailers.
See the new Grindelwald in action. When the Harry Potter movie franchise ended in 2011, it seemed like only a matter of time before more stories from the Wizarding World arrived in some form. It only took a few years before Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them was announced, and since the first film arrived in 2016, new installments have followed. But the theatrical shutdown of 2020 derailed the arrival of Fantastic Beasts 3, delaying the film’s initially scheduled arrival. But finally, Warner Bros. Pictures has put the movie back on the schedule with a 2022 premiere date and trailer. Warning: Spoilers for the first two Fantastic Beasts films follow. When Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them was initially announced, Warner Bros. revealed the new story would be a trilogy. As everyone now knows, this was not just a simple story about Newt Scamander and his animal friends, but it also brings in Dumbledore and Grindelwald for a five-film series that focused on the first Wizarding World fight. The first film introduced American witches Porpentina “Tina” Goldstein and her sister, Queenie, as well as Queenie’s Muggle main squeeze Jacob Kowalski. Newt and Tina fell in love, but his obligations back home (and his supposed relationship with Leta Lestrange) kept them apart. The group also discovered that Grindelwald was planning to conquer the world. The second film took Newt to France, where he once again ran into Tina and Queenie, now working undercover to take down Grindelwald with Jacob in tow. Leta had moved on to Newt’s brother, Theseus, leaving Newt free to pursue Tina. But Grindelwald’s triumph destroyed the group, as Queenie followed his nationalist siren song while Leta sacrificed her life to save others. And then, in the series’ most controversial twist yet, fans discovered Dumbledore had a younger brother, Aurelius, who the family had rejected and was siding with Grindelwald.
