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First look images from Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

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Entertainment Weekly has revealed two new images for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald featuring Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) and Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law); take a look below…SEE ALSO: Fantastic Beasts director defends keeping Johnny Depp for The Crimes of GrindelwaldMeanwhile, speaking to EW, director David Yates discussed the tone of the upcoming sequel; “The first film […]

Fantastic Beasts producer on casting Jude Law as Dumbledore in The Crimes of Grindelwald

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This past week, Warner Bros. unveiled an official image from the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them sequel – now titled Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald – which included our very first look at Jude Law as the legendary wizard Albus Dumbledore.During an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts producer […]

The Surprising Stats of British Cinema

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Neil Calloway looks at a new tool that explores the facts and figures of UK film…This week the British Film Institute released a rather nice online tool that will surely keep you entertained for hours now the nights are drawing in. Or you could use it like I do to confirm all your prejudices about […]

David Sakurai joins Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them sequel

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Deadline has revealed that David Sakurai (Iron Fist) has signed on for a role in Warner Bros.’ as-yet-untitled Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them sequel, where he is set to portray Krall, one of the ambitious and sulky henchman of Johnny Depp’s Gellert Grindelwald.Fantastic Beasts 2 is currently in production, and sees David Yates returning […]

Fantastic Beasts 2 starts filming, story details and new cast members revealed

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Warner Bros. has announced that filming has now commenced on the as-yet-untitled sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the latest instalment in J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World. Eddie Redmayne stars once more as wizarding world magizoologist Newt Scamander, alongside Katherine Waterston as Auror Tina Goldstein, Alison Sudol as her sister Queenie Goldstein, and […]

Fantastic Beasts producer on how The Crimes of Grindelwald expands J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World

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Following this month’s title reveal and first look image, producer David Heyman has been chatting to EW about Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, and how the upcoming sequel to the Harry Potter spinoff will expand upon J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World.“We delve deeper into Jo’s wizarding world — we’re in Paris, we’re in London and New […]

Fantastic Beasts 2 to feature even more Harry Potter surprises

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While he was doing the rounds promoting Paddington 2 [read our review here], super-producer David Heyman (Gravity, I Am Legend) spoke to Digital Spy about the mission statement for the next Fantastic Beasts film and its subsequent sequels.Heyman stated “I think the pleasure of these Fantastic Beasts films is that they’ll work on their own […]

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2 adds eight more to its cast

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As production continues on Warner Bros.’ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them sequel, the official Pottermore website has announced the addition of eight new names to the cast of the latest chapter of J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World series.The site reports that Brontis Jodorowsky (Endless Poetry) will portray Nicolas Flamel, the alchemist who discovered the Elixir of […]

Fantastic Beasts sequel casting teenage versions of Newt Scamander, Albus Dumbledore, Gellert Grindelwald and Leta Lestrange

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The official Pottermore site has announced that Warner Bros. is holding an open casting call for the upcoming sequel Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2 in order to find teenage versions of Newt Scamander, Leta Lestrange, Gellert Grindelwald and Albus Dumbledore, along with a new character called Sebastian.The site reports that the film will […]

6 Franchises Telltale Games Should Adapt

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Thomas Roach with six franchises Telltale should adapt… Telltale Games has created some of my favourite experiences in gaming over the last few years. After playing The Walking Dead a few years ago, I was blown away by how good it was. Telltale doesn’t really deliver traditional gameplay but rather focuses more on storytelling. With […]