Though Mikkelsen is a new cast member, expect Fantastic Beasts 3 to include plenty of familiar faces. “And I know it was controversial for many people but that’s just the way it plays out once in awhile.” “ called me and they were obviously in a hurry, and I loved the script so said yes,” the Doctor Strange actor told The Sunday Timesat the time. In June 2021, Mikkelsen admitted that he wasn’t sure whether the recasting was “fair” to the Pirates of the Caribbean star, regardless of how much he wanted to be involved in the movie. But also we have to find a few links and some bridges so it doesn’t completely detach from what he’s already masterfully achieved.” And at the same time, I also have to make it my own. “There has to be a bridge between what Johnny did and what I’m going to do. We’re still working it out,” he told Entertainment Weeklyin December 2020.
The Hannibal actor later noted that he wouldn’t copy the original performance, but he wanted the portrayals of Grindelwald to feel similar. Mads Mikkelsen was announced as Depp’s replacement in November 2020. from my role as Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts and I have respected and agreed to that request,” the Sleepy Hollow actor wrote in a statement via Instagram, confirming his exit. “I wish to let you know that I have been asked to resign by Warner Bros. Despite denying the claims, Depp was asked to step down from the role. At the time, a judge ruled that he abused Heard throughout their two-year marriage, which ended in 2017. Rowling-penned franchise in November 2020 after losing a libel suit against Amber Heard.
movie - which is officially titled Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore - will feature some big changes from the previous two chapters, including the recasting of Gellert Grindelwald. It's timeless, smart, visually brilliant and a great movie to watch with children to this day.Newt Scamander is back! The third movie in the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them franchise has been delayed repeatedly, but the fantasy film, set in the Wizarding World decades before Harry Potter was born, will finally hit theaters in 2022. It's far more of a kids movie than what would come later for Harry Potter, but that's entirely appropriate given the source material. The Philosopher's Stone is one of his best. The man directed Home Alone and Mrs Doubtfire for god's sake, he knew what he was doing! With fantastic movies down the line, Prisoner of Azkaban, being the most obvious example, it's easy to forget Harry Potter's sequels were following a visual and stylistic template designed, in part, by the steady hand of Chris Columbus. Outside of Star Wars and Indiana Jones, is there a more iconic and memorable Williams theme? I'd argue no. Perhaps most importantly, we wouldn't have had the sublime John Williams score. We wouldn't have the perfectly pitched Harry Potter aesthetic. We wouldn't have had the tremendous, perfect casting of Daniel Radcliffe, Emily Watson and Rupert Grint without this movie.
Wherever the series goes next, you can find some fantastic stuff here. Katherine Waterston and Ezra Miller provide intriguingly off-kilter support, and Colin Farrell is such a smolderingly seductive baddie it's a real shame Depp took over. It's also really well-cast: Eddie Redmayne is great as Newt Scamander, a big screen hero whose character is defined by gentleness, curiosity and compassion instead of violence and aggression. It gives fans and casual viewers a chance to enjoy the fantasy without being stuck in twee boarding school world, and the expanded look at Rowling's wizarding world comes with delightfully colorful creatures and a dandy retro fantasy vibe. And thanks to off-screen controversy (Rowling's outspoken views on Twitter, Johnny Depp's marital difficulties) the Fantastic Beasts series has sputtered like a wonky wand.īut we will say this: the first film is decent. When Warner Bros decided to turn Rowling's slim pamphlet into a sprawling multi-movie franchise, it could be seen as a return to the magic or cynical moneymaking sorcery.