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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore: Directed by David Yates. With Jude Law, Cara Mahoney, Mads Mikkelsen, Eddie Redmayne. Albus Dumbledore knows that Gellert Grindelwald is moving to take control of the wizarding world.
- (174K)
- Adventure, Family, Fantasy
- David Yates
- 2022-04-15
Fantastic Beasts is a film series based on the Harry Potter novels, set in the Wizarding World seventy years before the main story. The series follows the adventures of Newt Scamander, a magizoologist, and his encounters with magical creatures and dark wizards.
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is a 2022 fantasy film directed by David Yates from a screenplay by J. K. Rowling and Steve Kloves, based on a screenplay by Rowling. It is the sequel to Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018), the third instalment in the Fantastic Beasts film series and the eleventh overall in the ...
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In 1926, British wizard and "magizoologist" Newt Scamander arrives in New York City. He observes Mary Lou Barebone, the non-magical ("No-Maj" or "Muggle") head of the New Salem Philanthropic Society, preaching that witches and wizards are real and dangerous. Attempting to recapture a Niffler that escaped from his suitcase of magical creatures, Newt...
Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander, an introverted British wizard, magizoologist and an employee of the Ministry of Magic. Scamander is the future author of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wiza...Katherine Waterston as Tina Goldstein a grounded, down-to-earth witch and former Auroremployed by MACUSA. She longs to fight for what is right, but was demoted to a position well below her skill le...Dan Fogler as Jacob Kowalski, a genial Mugglecannery worker and aspiring baker who is exposed to the New York City magical community after he and Newt accidentally switch suitcases.Alison Sudol as Queenie Goldstein, Tina's younger sister and roommate. Described as a free-spirited, big-hearted bombshell, she is a naturally born and skilled Legilimens.Development
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is mentioned several times as a school textbook in the Harry Potter book series, with Scamander named as the author. In 2001, Rowling published an edition of the "textbook" to be sold to raise money for the British charity Comic Relief. The book is a directory of magical creatures with an introduction by its author, Newt Scamander. It does not contain a narrative. First announced in September 2013 just two years after the release of Harry Potter and the...
Filming
Principal photography began on 17 August 2015, at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden, in Hertfordshire, England and wrapped in January 2016. Several scenes were shot on location in London. After two months, the production moved to the Cunard Building and St George's Hall in Liverpool, which was transformed into 1920s New York City. Framestorein London produced the visual effects for the film.
Music
On 9 April 2016, the film's website announced that James Newton Howard would write and compose the score. On 24 October 2016, Pottermore published an official first look at the film's main theme composed by Howard. The main theme incorporated John Williams' themes from the Harry Potter films, such as "Hedwig's Theme". The soundtrack was released by WaterTower Musicon 18 November 2016, coinciding with the film's release worldwide.
On 4 November 2015, Entertainment Weekly released the first official publicity shots of the film, including pictures of characters Newt, Tina, and Queenie, and behind-the-scenes shots of production and filming on various sets designed to mirror 1920s New York City. On 10 December 2015, @Fantastic Beasts announced on Twitter that an "announcement tr...
Theatrical
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them had its world premiere at Alice Tully Hallin New York City on 10 November 2016 and was released worldwide on 18 November 2016.
Home media
Fantastic Beasts was released on Digital HD on 7 March 2017, and on 4K UHD, 3D Blu-ray, Blu-ray and DVDon 28 March 2017.
Box office
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them grossed $234 million in the United States and Canada and $580 million in other countries for a total of $814 million. The film was made on a budget of $175 million, with an additional $150 million spent on marketing. Worldwide, the film grossed $219.9 million during its opening weekend in around 64 markets on 24,200 screens, both the fifth-biggest in Rowling's wizarding cinematic universe, and the seventh-biggest for the month of November 2016. IMAX tot...
Critical response
On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes the film holds a rating of 74% based on 347 reviews, with an average rating of 6.8/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them draws on Harry Potter's rich mythology to deliver a spin-off that dazzles with franchise-building magic all its own." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score 66 out of 100, based on reviews from 50 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled...
Accolades
The film was nominated for two Academy Awards and won for Best Costume Design, becoming the first Wizarding World film to win an Academy Award. It was also nominated for five British Academy Film Awards, including Best British Film, and won for Best Production Design.
Initially, in October 2014, the studio announced the film would be the start of a trilogy. In July 2016, David Yates confirmed that Rowling had written the screenplay for the second film and had ideas for the third.In October 2016, Rowling announced that the series would comprise five films. The first sequel, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindel...
Rowling, J. K. (2016). Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay. New York: Arthur A. Levine Books. ISBN 978-0-325-40112-6.
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- David Yates
- PG-13
- Eddie Redmayne
Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Heyday Films Production, a David Yates film, “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore,” in theaters internationally beginning 7 April 2022 and in North ...
- 3 min
- 22.8M
- Warner Bros. Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Heyday Films Production, a David Yates film, “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore,” in theaters internationally beginning 7 April 2022 and in North America on April 15, 2022. The film will be distributed worldwide in select theatres and IMAX by Warner Bros. Pictures.
