Mads Mikkelsen is officially replacing Johnny Deppas Gellert Grindelwald in the third Fantastic Beasts movie.Despite Mikkelsen claiming recently it was just a 'rumor' the news was confirmed on Wednesday by Entertainment Weekly.There were no further details in the report, but the move comes after Depp, 57, took to InstagramNovember 6, revealing he had 'been asked to resign by Warner Bros.' from the Grindelwald role, which he played in 2016's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them and 2018's Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.
Production started on Fantastic Beasts 3 on September 20 in London, though the studio had waited to see how Depp's defamation lawsuit against British tabloid The SunIt also comes after news that Depp was.
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