Jude Law confirms there’s no ‘Fantastic Beasts’ film “on the horizon”

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Jude Law has confirmed that there is no new Fantastic Beasts film “on the horizon”.In a new Variety interview, published today (October 30), the actor – who portrayed a young Albus Dumbledore in the second and third Fantastic Beasts films – speculated on the future of the franchise, revealing that he knows it’s “certainly on hold.”“My guess would be that, now that they’re doing ‘Harry Potter’ as a TV show, they’ll probably put their energy into that,” he tells Variety. “I certainly haven’t heard that there’s anything on the horizon.”He also spoke about playing the role, which was portrayed by Richard Harris in the first two Harry Potter films, along with Michael Gambon in all remaining films of the franchise: “To play him and to really feel a sense of his extraordinary powers, I found a nice place in myself.

I liked his heart, and I liked playing him because of that. I always enjoyed stepping in his shoes.”Law is set to feature in the forthcoming Star Wars series Skeleton Crew as Jod Na Nawood.The show follows four kids – played by Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Kyriana Kratter, Robert Timothy Smith and Ryan Kiera Armstrong – who make a strange discovery on their planet that they believe is a lost Jedi temple, but instead find what appears to be a crashed starship.

They get lost in the galaxy and find themselves on an adventure with Nawood (Law).Law tells Variety that his involvement required some consideration on his part: “I don’t think I would have dived in willy-nilly.