Fantastic Beasts 3 is finally happening after several delays due to the ongoing pandemic. Like every other show and movie affected in the film industry because of the Covid-19, Fantastic Beasts 3 is one of them too. Although the third instalment of the Harry Potter sequels is a long way away from its release.
To be exact, It’s been over three years since the last movie premiered. The previous sequel Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald released in 2018 did a decent job at the box office raking in a staggering $654 million worldwide. However, the first movie, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them performed much better in terms of box office collection, it collected $814 million. Want to find out more about Fantastic Beasts 3? Here’s everything you need to know.
Fantastic Beasts 3: Release Date
Fantastic Beasts 3 is set to premiere on 14 July 2022.
According to composer James Newton Howard, Fantastic Beasts 3 finished filming in February 2021. Howard told Deadline: “But I’ll be just getting ready to start Fantastic Beasts 3, I hope, in March. I know that David Yates has finished shooting, and I’m chomping at the bit to get going, so I hope he’ll give me some movie soon. But that’s the next one I’ll be doing, and that will take me through a good part of the year.”
Warner Bros originally wanted the release date of the Fantastic Beasts 3 to remain in 2021 but unfortunately, production had to deal with the Covid-19 followed by Johnny Depp’s case in the court who was later asked to leave the cast which ultimately left the studio to push back the release date to July 14, 2022.
Fantastic Beasts 3: Cast
Here is the full list of the cast members for the upcoming sequel. The names include-
Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander
Katherine Waterston as Tina Goldstein
Dan Fogler as Jacob Kowalski
Alison Sudol as Queenie Goldstein
Ezra Miller as Credence Barebone
Callum Turner as Theseus Scamander
Poppy Corby-Tuech as Vinda Rosier
Jessica Williams as Professor Eulalie “Lally” Hicks
Jude Law as Albus Dumbledore
Mads Mikkelsen as Gellert Grindelwald
Victoria Yeates as Bunty
William Nadylam as Yusuf Kama
Fantastic Beasts 3: Plot
The previous movie, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) left many of the viewers disappointed as it failed to deliver like the first sequel. Warner Bros positively acknowledged that they had to put extra effort into the Fantastic Beasts 3 plot.
Warner Bros CEO Kevin Tsujihara disclosed to the Los Angeles Times in February 2019 that “The second film didn’t perform as well as the first, but I think we know what we need to do to get the third film hopefully even better than the first one, and J.K. Rowling is really working hard now on that third script, and we’re going to get it right. She has an incredible vision of where she wants to go with this that is incredibly exciting.”
“The hardest part of the franchise is you have such a big core fanbase. That fan base really knows the lore and they want to go deep into these characters. But what you don’t want to do is intimidate people. You want to be able to create a standalone movie that’s enjoyable for someone who isn’t steeped in the lore, ” he added.
Apart from this, plot details are currently scarce, but we do know that the upcoming sequel will focus on exploring new corners of the Wizard world. It’s going to be a “globe-trotting adventure,” to which JK Rowling hinted that this time, the film was set in Rio De Janeiro in Brazil.
UPDATES- 24/09/21— Fantastic Beasts 3 has an official title “Fantastic Beasts 3: The Secrets of Dumbledore.”
Warner Bros. has finally announced the release date for the much-awaited upcoming movie and it will be landing in theatres on April 15, 2022.
What creature would you choose for your family emblem? pic.twitter.com/kN2oVTGUqr
— Fantastic Beasts (@FantasticBeasts) September 10, 2021
Production for Fantastic Beasts 3 was postponed for quite a while after one of the crew came out positive for the deadly virus. Despite the long pause in the shoot, the movie is slated for a release three months before its original launch. The initial release for the movie was scheduled for July 15, 2022, but now it is fixed for April 15, 2022. Lucky that it’s coming earlier than being pushed back like most of the shows.
The official release date was announced on Twitter along with the teaser. You can check the post below:
#FantasticBeasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore in theaters April 15, 2022. pic.twitter.com/l27HbuwW9f
— Fantastic Beasts (@FantasticBeasts) September 22, 2021
What to expect from Fantastic Beasts 3: The Secrets of Dumbledore
The upcoming movie is set 70 years before the incidents occurred in the Harry Potter series. The film is helmed by David Yates who also directed the first two movies and a few of the Harry Potter movies.
Fantastic Beasts reveals the stories of the characters in their younger age i.e. Albus Dumbledore (played by Jude Law). Newt Scamander (played by Eddie Redmayne) goes on a long journey to seek and record the remarkable kind of magical beasts. Mads Mikkelsen will be playing the role of the evil wizard Gellert Grindelwald in replacement of Johnny Depp.
While you wait, you can watch the previous movies of Fantastic Beasts on Google Play Movies & TV and Netflix.