With filming for Fantastic Beasts three drawing to a close this month, it’s time we had a quick refresher on all the information we’ve learned since this time last year:
Release Date:
- July 15th 2022
Locations:
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil* [hasn’t been confirmed or mentioned since 2019 – long before filming began]
- Berlin, Germany
- China (from set pics)
- Hogwarts (from the Studio Tour bridge filming)
- New York* [unconfirmed – information comes from New York extra]
Confirmed Cast:
- Eddie Redmayne – Newt Scamander
- Katherine Waterston – Porpentina Goldstein
- Alison Sudol – Queenie Goldstein
- Dan Fogler – Jacob Kowalski
- Jude Law – Albus Dumbledore
- Mads Mikkelsen – Gellert Grindelwald
- Ezra Miller – Credence Barebone/Aurelius Dumbledore
- Callum Turner – Theseus Scamander
- Victoria Yeates – Bunty
- Kevin Guthrie – Abernathy
- Poppy Corby-Tuech – Vinda Rosier
- William Nadylam – Yusuf Kama
- Jessica Williams – Eulalie Hicks
- Maja Bloom – Carrow
- Richard Coyle – Aberforth Dumbledore* [unconfirmed]
- Oliver Masucci – Head of the ICW
- Dave Wong – Unknown
- Paul Candelent – Grindelwald’s bodyguard
Supporting Artist Roles:
- German Muggle
- New Yorker
- MACUSA member
- French Ministry
- UK Ministry Wizard
- Grindelwald Supporter
- Dignitary in Santos’ entourage
- ‘Shady’ Train Passenger
New Characters:
- Eulalie Hicks
- Santos
- Tao* [unconfirmed – this is just a possibility]
From Interviews:
- “Answers are given.” – JK Rowling
- “There’s a very intricate, lovely beginning of FB3 that we discover a few things about the [Dumbledore] family” – David Yates
- Eulalie (Lally) Hicks is a “cool, smart, witty, funny, Charms professor” at Ilvermorny – Jessica Williams
- Lally’s “true glory is revealed in FB3” – JK Rowling
- “Dumbledore is acquiring his team while Grindelwald is acquiring his army” – Dan Fogler
- “I’m using [a new beast] from China in [FB3] as well” – JK Rowling
- We’ll see Jacob “worn down”, that “it’s [all] taken a toll on him” – Dan Fogler
- Abernathy is “growing arms and legs, quite literally” – Kevin Guthrie
- The Nifflers are back – Victoria Yeates
- Bunty is “still very in love with Newt” and “her character is expanding, she’s more included” – Victoria Yeates
- Newt has outdoor swimming scenes [likely China from set pics] – Eddie Redmayne
- Jacob and Queenie have scenes together – Dan Fogler (livestream)
- Jacob and Grindelwald have a scene together – Dan Fogler
- Grindelwald’s heterochromia will remain with the change of actor – Mads Mikkelsen
- Dumbledore, Jacob, Lally and Newt have a scene together – Jude Law
- Dumbledore’s past gets explored in more detail – Jude Law
- Dumbledore and Credence have a scene together on a street in Berlin reminiscent of Once Upon a Time in the West (a showdown with possible flashbacks) – Jude Law
- “Touching a sacrifice [Dumbledore made] that we’re investigating a little more in this new film” – Jude Law
- The Berlin set has “four large intersections with trams and cars and hundreds of extras and shops” – Jude Law
- There are no “massively intimate scenes for Newt” – Eddie Redmayne
- Tina and Grindelwald do not have any scenes together – Katherine Waterston
- The head of the ICW has scenes with both Dumbledore and Grindelwald – Oliver Masucci
- Grindelwald’s “interesting background” is being explored a little more – Mads Mikkelsen
Other:
- Grindelwald’s acolytes are sent to China in the opening of the film to retrieve a baby creature
- The film is set in Winter in the early 1930’s
UPDATE: Filming on Fantastic Beasts 3 has now officially wrapped as of today – Friday, March 12th
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