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Warner Bros. asks Johnny Depp to resign from Grindelwald role in Fantastic Beasts franchise

November 6, 2020 by EJ Moreno

Johnny Depp’s time as the villainous Grindelwald in the Fantastic Beasts films is over. The actor has taken to his Instagram account to share an official statement about his exiting of the role from the Harry Potter prequel series and the defamation court case in the UK led to his departure. Check out his statement here…

 

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A post shared by Johnny Depp (@johnnydepp) on Nov 6, 2020 at 8:15am PST

Johnny Depp first stepped into the role of Gellert Grindelwald in a surprise reveal at the end of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Depp then made an appearance in the Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, where the character motioned the actions for the next films in the franchise.

In the last few months, Depp has been in a legal battle with UK tabloid newspaper The Sun. He brought a libel lawsuit against the paper for calling him a “wife beater” in a 2018 article, which stemmed from his heated relationship with actress Amber Heard. On November 2nd, 2020, the High Court of Justice ruled that Depp had lost his claim, something that the actor says he plans to appeal in his above statement.

SEE ALSO: Fantastic Beasts 3 has officially started filming, confirms Eddie Redmayne

Warner Bros. has now confirmed that: “The role of Gellert Grindelwald will be recast. The film will debut in theaters worldwide in the summer of 2022.”

 

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: amber heard, fantastic beasts, Fantastic Beasts 3, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World, Johnny Depp

About EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno is a film and television critic and entertainment writer who joined the pop culture website Flickering Myth in 2018 and now serves as the executive producer of Flickering Myth TV, a YouTube channel with over 27,000 subscribers. With over a decade of experience, he is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic who is also part of the Critics Choice Association and GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.

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