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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Producer Describes Young Dumbledore

Published Mon, 20 Nov 2017 09:42:53 -0600

by Kaitlyn Booth

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We're a little under a year away from the next installment in the Fantastic Beasts series, and we're just starting to get some information on it. In the most recent issue of Entertainment Weekly, producer David Heyman spoke about why they decided to cast Jude Law as the young version of the iconic wizard Dumbledore.

"One of the reasons we chose Jude is he has many of the qualities we find in Dumbeldore in the Potter films. He's got authority, he's got a twinkle in his eye, he's sometimes a bit elliptical. So you have that but also have this youthful energy and jubilance. So he brings that twinkle, mischief, authority, and power, but at the same time brings far more youthful energy to the film. You understand why he would be your favorite teacher and be someone you believe is an extraordinary wizard."

The Dumbledore we meet in the books is someone we only see from the point of view of people who already know he is a hero and someone to be admired. Now we're looking at the man behind the myth. The books started to peel that back in the latter installments, but this one is looking to be something new and completely different.

Summary: The second installment of the 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' series, which follows the adventures of Newt Scamander.

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, directed by David Yates, will star Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, with Jude Law and Johnny Depp. It will be released on November 16, 2018.

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