“Fantastic Beasts 3”: This is how the “Harry Potter” saga continues after “Grindelwald’s crimes” – Kino News

For the Christmas holidays ProSieben has brought a long-awaited free TV premiere into its program: On Saturday (December 25th) at 8:15 p.m., the second part of the “Harry Potter” prequel series “Fantastic Beasts: Grindelwald’s Crimes” will run on On Sunday there is the repetition at 5.30 p.m. Regardless of whether you have already seen the fantasy adventure in the cinema or for the first time on television: you are probably wondering what to expect in the sequel.

It’s called “Fantastic Beasts 3: Dumbledore’s Secrets”, comes to the cinema on April 7, 2022 and has some changes in store. The biggest of all is of course: Gellert Grindelwald is no longer played by Johnny Depp. After Warner kicked the actor out of the franchise after the scandals surrounding his divorce from Amber Heard, Mads Mikkelsen (“Der Rausch”) took over the role – and will now be seen as Grindelwald for the first time in Part 3.

“Dumbledore’s Secrets”: Mads Mikkelsen as Grindelwald

As Mads Mikkelsen as the new Grindelwald looks, you can take a look at the trailer for “Fantastic Beasts: Dumbledore’s Secrets”:

The trailer also reveals another change: Magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) gathers a new team to follow up on Grindelwald’s trail on Dumbledore’s behalf and stop the magician in his world domination plans. Because Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) himself has his hands tied because he once concluded a blood pact with his then friend Grindelwald, which makes it impossible for both of them to raise their wands against each other – unless the vial with the blood of the pact is destroyed . A possibility that will probably arise in the course of the film series, because as we already know, in the end there will be a great duel between Dumbledore and Grindelwald …

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First of all, Newt and his new troop are on duty – and of course Muggle Jacob (Dan Fogler) belongs to them. He even gets a wand and is allowed to enter Hogwarts as a Muggle! In addition, Newt’s brother Theseus Scamander (Callum Turner), Newt’s assistant Bunty (Victoria Yeates), the Ilvermorny teacher Eulalie “Lally” Hicks (Jessica Williams) and Leta Lestrange’s half-brother Yusuf Kama (William Nadylam) belong to the Grindelwald task force. Interestingly, not there: Tina Goldstein (Katherine Waterston) …

Fans of the “Harry Potter” books and films should of course sit up and take notice of this character, which will be seen in “Fantastic Beasts 3”: Albus’ younger brother Aberforth (Richard Coyle) will be featured, The host of the tavern “Eberkopf” in the village of Hogsmeade has already made an appearance in the trailer. The fact that the Dumbledore family will play a major role in Part 3 is not only made clear by the title “Dumbledore’s Secret” – it can also be expected after the great revelation at the end of “Fantastic Beasts 2: Grindelwald’s Crimes”. Warning, spoilers will follow!

Who is Aurelius Dumbledore?

In “Fantastic Beasts 2”, Grindelwald reveals to the stunned Credence Barebone (Ezra Miller) that whose real name was Aurelius Dumbledore. Since then, many fan theories have been spinning around this revelation: Did Grindelwald only lie in order to manipulate Credence and get him on his side? And if it is true, how exactly is Aurelius related to Albus Dumbledore? Is it perhaps a different kinship than that of brothers? Cousin and nephew would also be possible – and currently the nephew theory in particular is hotly traded, in which Aurelius would be the son of Aberforth …

The answer will await us on April 7, 2022, when David Yates’ “Fantastic Beasts 3: Dumbledore’s Secrets“Coming to Theaters.

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