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Fantastic Beasts 3 production pushed back to late 2019

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The next instalment of J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts franchise has faced a delay in production, according to Deadline. Instead of beginning its shoot in July as was the original plan, Warner Bros. has now pushed production on Fantastic Beasts 3 back to late fall this year. The delay comes after Warner Bros. determined the film needed more prep-time before […]

Rupert Grint can’t watch the later Harry Potter movies

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Rupert Grint has revealed that he isn’t able to watch the more recent Harry Potter movies. It’s quite commonly known that many actors find it hard to watch themselves on-screen and Rupert Grint, who famously played Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter franchise, has revealed that he too struggles to watch himself in these fan-favourite […]

Time to put up the Christmas decorations in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery

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Jam City and Portkey Games are giving players the opportunity to join in the Christmas decorating at Hogwarts in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery.  The Christmas with Hogwarts Mystery ornament activity will run from 6th through to 12th December and cast a vote for their favorite tree ornament. It’s Christmas time in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery and in celebration, […]

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Gindelwald passes $500 million worldwide

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It may be slipping down the domestic box office charts, but Warner Bros.’ Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald continues to dominate the international markets, helping to propel the Harry Potter spinoff sequel beyond the half billion mark worldwide. The second instalment of the Fantastic Beasts series added a further $51.4 million this past weekend […]

Fantastic Beasts producer explains why we’re getting five movies

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Given the enormous success of the Harry Potter franchise, it came as little surprise when Warner Bros. announced it would be expanding the Wizarding World saga with a spinoff based upon J.K. Rowling’s 2001 faux textbook Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. What did come as a surprise however was that WB and Rowling were […]

Daniel Radcliffe explains why he’ll never watch Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

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It’s fast closing in on a decade since Daniel Radcliffe last took on the role of the Boy Who Lived in 2011’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, but J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World is still going strong with Warner Bros.’ recently releasing the second instalment of the Fantastic Beasts spinoff series, and […]

10 Best ‘Fantastic Beasts’ In J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World

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Ahead of the release of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Tom Beasley takes a look back through J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World to pick out the best magical critters in Harry Potter history… One of the common refrains of those who are not happy about the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them movies is […]

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald conjures $253 million global opening

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The latest chapter of J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, arrived in cinemas this weekend, but despite less-than-magical reviews the Harry Potter spinoff sequel managed to amass a global opening of $253 million – thanks in no small part to a strong international showing. Domestically, The Crimes of Grindelwald comfortably claimed […]

Movie Review – Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, 2018. Directed by David Yates. Starring Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Ezra Miller, Zoe Kravitz, William Nadylam, Callum Turner, Claudia Kim, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, David Sakurai, Brontis Jodorowsky, Kevin Guthrie, Victoria Yeates, Derek Riddell, Poppy Corby-Tuech, Cornell S. John, Alfie […]

Movie Review – Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, 2018. Directed by David Yates. Starring Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Ezra Miller, Zoe Kravitz, William Nadylam, Callum Turner, Claudia Kim, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, David Sakurai, Brontis Jodorowsky, Kevin Guthrie, Victoria Yeates, Derek Riddell, Poppy Corby-Tuech, and Cornell S. John. […]