More Harry Potter Spinoffs Possible Even If Fantastic Beasts Ends
Additional Harry Potter spinoffs are possible even if Fantastic Beasts ends, says a new report. Released in theaters this past weekend on April 15, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is the eleventh overall installment in the Wizarding World franchise which began back in 2001 with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. The new release is also a threequel in the prequel series that launched in 2016 with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them starring Eddie Redmayne as magizoologist Newt Scamander. David Yates returns to direct with a screenplay by J.K. Rowling and Steve Kloves.
Set several years after The Crimes of Grindelwald, the thirdFantastic Beasts movie finds Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) tasking Newt and his allies with a dangerous mission that leads to a clash with dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen) and his army. Over three films, the Fantastic Beasts series has noticeably shifted its focus from Newt and other new characters to a true Harry Potter prequel for known entities like Dumbledore. Despite Warner Bros.' attempts, this hasn't brought more success to the series, as the poorly-reviewed Secrets of Dumbledore suffered at the box office, seeing the lowest opening weekend of any Harry Potter film.
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But even if the Fantastic Beasts series ends with Secrets of Dumbledore, more Harry Potter spinoffs are still possible, according to a new report from The Wrap. Insiders at Warner Bros. say the poor critical reception and box office numbers for Secrets of Dumbledore hasn't caused the studio to rule out more theatrical films and HBO Max projects for the Wizarding World. In fact, the success of the reunion
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