Fantastic Beasts 3 Retcons Harry Potter Canon In 6 Big Ways
The third instalment in the Wizarding World franchise, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore retcons Harry Potter in a few significant ways, while largely still being an improvement on its immediate predecessor. Debuting back in 2016, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was for the most part a whimsical standalone adventure, very much centered around magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne). However, the movie gave hints towards a larger Wizarding World story, unveiling Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) at the very end, which led to some significant issues in the sequel.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald crossed over much more directly with the Harry Potter series, bringing in Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) while also making Grindelwald a main character. With that, it also led to some big Harry Potter retcons; there was, of course, the reveal that Credence Barebone (Ezra Miller) is really Aurelius Dumbledore, but also a change in Professor McGonagall’s age too, having her teach at Hogwarts long before had been previously established. Thanks to Pottermore, interviews, and social media, additions to and retcons of Harry Potter canon had already become somewhat commonplace even prior to these movies, but Fantastic Beasts made them bigger and seen en masse.
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After The Crimes of Grindelwald underperformed at the box office and with critics, alongside ongoing behind-the-scenes controversies, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is very much a course correction. The movie improves upon what came before in several ways, with a more exciting story, stronger characterisation, and a greater sense of capturing the wonder and magic of
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