![]() Principal photography was set to begin in early 2020, but was postponed due to the pandemic, eventually commencing in September 2020. Much of the main cast from the first two films confirmed their involvement in March 2020. Set several years after the events of its predecessor, the film sees Albus Dumbledore tasking Newt Scamander and his allies with a mission that takes them into the heart of dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald's army.Ī third Fantastic Beasts film was slated for release in November 2020, before it was pushed back to July 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law, Ezra Miller, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Callum Turner, Jessica Williams, Katherine Waterston, and Mads Mikkelsen. The sequel to Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018), it is the third instalment in the Fantastic Beasts film series and the eleventh overall in the Wizarding World franchise. Rowling and Steve Kloves, based on a screenplay by Rowling. Don't waste my time.Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is a 2022 fantasy film directed by David Yates from a screenplay by J. Unless there's a change to the screenwriter and the director, I'm not watching the next segment. Eddie Redmayne as the main lead Newt Scamander felt like a fly on the wall as CGI took over with all the myriad characters and subplots creating more meandering and tested my patience. You don't see Grindelwald, you just see Johnny Depp. I have to say Johnny Depp didn't fit in this universe at all, as his celebrity status came across as bigger than the character. ![]() Sadly, it was one too many bad actors and terrible acting. The uneven pacing and poor direction gave me cause to yawn, The one thing that really got me irritated was the ensemble cast in this latest "universe". ![]() For a die hard fan, I left the cinema feeling betrayed and milked by a greedy film studio and an author who should leave writing screenplays to real screenplay writers. What a disappointment! Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald was such a waste of time that I could have slept right through and woken up just for the final 15 minutes and never missed a thing. ![]()
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