Fantastic Beasts' Failures Makes A Cursed Child Movie More Likely
The Fantastic Beasts movie series hasn’t been a success, especially when compared to the rest of the Harry Potter saga, but its failures could make way for a Harry Potter and the Cursed Child movie adaptation. The Wizarding World is one of the richest and most beloved fantasy worlds in entertainment, and even though the story of “The Boy Who Loved” and his battle against Lord Voldemort came to an end in 2007 (in the books) and 2011 (in the movies), there are many more stories from the Wizarding World to tell.
In order to expand the Wizarding World and explore other parts of this universe’s history, a movie series inspired by the guidebook Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them began in 2016. The first movie, titled just like the book, introduced viewers to magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne), who enlisted Muggle Jacob's (Dan Fogler) help to round up some escaped magical creatures while a strange dark force terrorized New York City as Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) rose to power. Although Newt and his adventures involving magical creatures were supposed to be the core of the Fantastic Beasts series, the second movie, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, shifted its focus from Scamander to the conflict and backstory between young Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) and Grindelwald.
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Unfortunately, the Fantastic Beasts movie series hasn’t been a success, and the third installment, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, has become the Wizarding World's entry with the lowest box office opening, meaning that the future of the next two installments is unclear. However, that doesn’t mean all is lost for the Wizarding World, as the failures of
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