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Newt Scamander ’s story takes a darker and more dangerous turn in the newFantastic Beasts : The Crimes of Grindelwaldtrailer , which premiered during Warner Bros. ' Hall H panel at the 2018 International Comic - Con in San Diego . Newt ( Eddie Redmayne ) , to be fair , certainly is n’t looking for trouble when theFantastic Beasts and Where to recover Themsequel catch up with him , having only just finished his textbook on sorcerous creature and prepare to go on a world tour to promote it . However , his honest-to-god Hogwarts professor Albus Dumbledore ( Jude Law ) has other plans .
The second chapter in what is still being planned as a five movie serial , The Crimes of Grindelwald(as its caption mean ) further brings the subplot from the firstFantastic Beastsmovie -concerning the dark wizard Grindelwald ( Johnny Depp)- into the centre of things . At the same clip , the film will present audience to Dumbledore several decades before he taught The Boy Who Lived in theHarry Pottermovies and gear up the stage for him to roleplay a bigger use in theFantastic Beastsfilms moving forward . Between all of that and Newt ’s proceed adventures , the subsequence has a lot of earth to continue , as its second trailer also suggest .
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Also back forThe Crimes of GrindelwaldareFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themcostars Katherine Waterston ( Tina Goldstein ) , Dan Folger ( Jacob Kowalski ) , Alison Sudol ( Queenie Goldstein ) , and Credence Barebone ( Ezra Miller ) . Their characters ' respective plot line are pick up here as well , even as theFantastic Beastssequel dives deeper into Newt ’s past tense by introducing Leta Lestrange ( Zoë Kravitz ) , the mysterious woman who had something to do with Newt getting kicked out of Hogwarts in the first place . For more on that , watch the new trailer forThe Crimes of Grindelwald , in the space above , then find out out the latest poster , below .
As illustrate by these details andits laggard footage , The Crimes of Grindelwaldstrives to further interweave together the separate sides of the cinematic Wizarding World franchise ( theFantastic Beastsseries andHarry Pottermovies ) , while also delivering an experience that plays outmore like a thriller than the firstFantastic Beastsfilm . That let in supply key figures from the established Wizarding World mythology to theFantastic Beastsensemble here , like Dumbledore andNicolas Flamel ( Brontis Jodorowsky ) . The latter piddle his debut in both the new dawdler and poster above .
Wizarding World creator J.K. Rowling and director David Yates - who , as they did on the originalFantastic wildcat , write and helmedThe Crimes of Grindelwald- certainly have their work cut out for them , in that esteem . Fortunately , the sequel will also feature some imaginative creatures old and novel , so as to help maintain a sense of wonder along the way . Further , between its new setting ( Paris ) and more active visual flair , The Crimes of Grindelwaldhas a comparatively fresher look than the firstFantastic Beastsfilm , yet still feels very much part of the same universe .
However , it ’s already starting to seem as though these films might have too many plate spin at once , for their own commodity . For example , Law has indicated bothDumbledore ’s past with Grindelwald and his sexualitywon’t really be examined with much depth in the second movie . The serial still has three more installments to plunk into those details , but Rowling and Yates ' come near risks come off like they ’re dragging their feet , more than delivering an effective dull - burn , for the same intellect
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