Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore Upcoming Film Release And New Trailer

The third instalment of the Fantastic Beasts franchise is an upcoming fantasy film directed by David Yates from the screenplay written by J.K. Rowling and Steve Kloves; titled ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore’, the second new trailer was released just a few days ago for its upcoming release on the 8^th of April in the UK and the 15^th of April in the US. This film is set “several years after” the previous film and “follows Albus Dumbledore tasking Newt Scamander and his allies with a mission that takes them into the heart of dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald’s army”.

This film is the sequel to ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’, which was released in 2018, and it has been revealed that the fourth and fifth film of the franchise are also in development. The first film that started the story of Newt Scamander is called ‘Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them’. ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore’ will be the eleventh film of the Wizarding World franchise, which is an enormous accomplishment.

The full plot is as follows:

“Professor Albus Dumbledore knows the powerful, dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts magizoologist Newt Scamander to lead an intrepid team of wizards and witches. They soon encounter an array of old and new beasts as they clash with Grindelwald’s growing legion of followers.”

Watch the first and second official trailers released by Warner Bros. Pictures:

The cast for this upcoming film includes Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander, Jude Law as Albus Dumbledore, Ezra Miller as Credence Barebone, Dan Fogler as Jacob Kowalski, Alison Sudol as Queenie Goldstein, Katherine Waterston as Tina Goldstein, Mads Mikkelsen as Gellert Grindelwald, Callum Turner as Theseus Scamander, Richard Coyle as Aberforth Dumbledore, and Jessica Williams as Professor Eulalie “Lally” Hicks.

This time around, the upcoming film is set in the 1930s, leading up to the Wizarding World’s involvement during the World War Two, as well as exploring the magical communities in Bhutan, Germany and China, in addition to previously established locations including the United States and United Kingdom. 

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