Fantastic Beasts: Last News

Harry Potter series.Speaking on a recent episode of the Smartless podcast, Lithgow told hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett that he doesn’t think the role is going to be “that hard” (via People).The actor was discussing the potential shooting schedule for the show, which starts production this summer. When asked how long he’d be filming in London, Lithgow said: “I honestly don’t know.

Harry Potter films as well as recent spin-off series Fantastic Beasts, has confirmed that their are no current plans for a sequel to last year’s Secrets Of Dumbledore – but he also said the franchise could return in the future.Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore was released in April 2022, starring Eddie Redmayne as magical zoologist Newt Scamander who teams up with Jude Law’s wizard professor Albus Dumbledore to fight against an encroaching evil. Despite topping the box office in its first weekend, the film suffered the lowest opening of the Wizarding World franchise. Some attributed this to a fan boycott launched in opposition to J.K.

J.K. Rowling has addressed the backlash to her past comments about transgender people.Over the last two years, the Harry Potter author has generated widespread controversy with a number of remarks that many have perceived as transphobic.Now, speaking about the backlash in a new podcast, Rowling has claimed that fans “profoundly” misunderstood her point of view.In the upcoming podcast, The Witch Trials Of J.K.

Minions: The Rise Of Gru, drastically changing the fate of the titular antihero.The animated prequel follows Gru in his teenage days, before setting up his evolution into the supervillain fans of the franchise have come to know.However, the Chinese version of the film features a very different ending for Gru and his mentor Wild Knuckles.Instead of riding off into the sunset together, Wild Knuckles ends up in jail while Gru “becomes one of the good guys”.According to posts and screenshots shared on Chinese microblogging site Weibo, subtitled stills had been added to the credits to alter the film’s original ending.In these subtitles, it’s revealed that Wild Knuckles was arrested by the police and locked up for 20 years after a failed heist. He also develops a “love of acting” and sets up a touring theatrical group.Gru, meanwhile, “returned to his family” after fathering his three daughters became “his biggest accomplishment”.DuSir, a film blogger with more than 14 million followers on Weibo, called the changes  “outrageous” and questioned why only Chinese people required “special guidance and care”.In an article, he wrote: “How weak and lacking judgment do they think our audiences are?”These alterations are the latest example of Chinese authorities editing a Hollywood film’s ending.Earlier this year, Warner Bros.

Johnny Depp could return to the Fantastic Beasts franchise.The Danish actor replaced Depp in the role of Gellert Grindelwald following the latter’s highly-publicised legal battle with Amber Heard. However, with Depp winning the court case, Mikkelsen has suggested he could now make a comeback.Speaking at the Sarajevo Film Festival, in which he received an honorary award for his contribution to film, Mikkelsen addressed his concerns about replacing Depp in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore.“It was very intimidating,” he said. “Obviously, well, now the course has changed – he won the suit, the court [case] – so let’s see if he comes back.

Johnny Depp could make a surprise return to the Fantastic Beasts fold.The 59-year-old originally played Gellert Grindelwald in the first two outings of the Harry Potter spin-off, before he was replaced in 2022 sequel, The Secrets of Dumbledore over his highly-publicized legal battles, most recently against ex-wife Amber Heard.Speaking about the decision to portray the fictional character, made famous by author JK Rowling, Mikkelsen admitted that he was ‘intimidated’ to take over the part.During an appearance at the Sarajevo Film Festival, the 58-year-old reportedly said via Deadline: ’It was very intimidating. Obviously, well, now the course has changed—he won the suit, the court [case]—so let’s see if he comes back.

Fantastic Beasts franchise.The actor is now playing Gellert Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore after Depp was asked to leave the franchise by Warner Bros in 2020.Depp lost his libel case against The Sun in November 2020, which was launched after the newspaper described the actor as a “wife-beater” in relation to allegations from his ex-wife Amber Heard, claims Depp has strongly denied.Depp later addressed the Fantastic Beasts situation on his Instagram account in a statement responding to “recent events”, explaining why he was leaving the franchise.In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Mikkelsen has now recalled how he was given just two days by producers to make a decision on playing Grindelwald.“It was quite chaotic,” Mikkelsen said of that period, during which he watched the first two films and read the script for Secrets, which he said was “a great story”.“You don’t want to copy anything [Depp was] doing — that would be creative suicide,” the actor added. “Even if [a role has] been done to perfection, you want to make it your own.

Call off the search, we have found Tina Goldstein! Fans of the Wizarding World are eagerly awaiting the premiere of the next big, magical epic from the Harry Potter spin-off franchise, Fantastic Beasts and The Secrets of Dumbledore. After years of waiting, many of their burning questions will be finally be answered. However, the biggest question plaguing those devoted to the films was answered on March 29th, when Katherine Waterston , who plays the aforementioned Tina in the movies, arrived on the red carpet premiere in London.

Fantastic Beasts 3 star Mads Mikkelsen has said he “would have loved to have talked to” Johnny Depp about replacing him in the film.The Hannibal actor was cast as Gellert Grindelwald in the forthcoming third film in the Harry Potter spin-off franchise, taking over from Depp who was asked to resign by Warner Bros after losing his libel case against his ex-wife Amber Heard.Speaking to The Times (per Film-News), Mikkelsen said: “I mean, obviously, they were going to do the film, and obviously he was not involved any more.“But I didn’t have a dog in that fight.

Fantastic Beasts actor Kevin Guthrie has been given a three-year jail sentence for sexually assaulting a woman in Glasgow.As reported by the BBC, the attack happened at the flat of fellow actor Scott Reid in September 2017. The woman was due to meet Reid and Guthrie at a local bar.

Mads Mikkelsen is taking on one of the darkest wizards in the Harry Potter universe. The acclaimed Danish actor and Hannibal alum, 55, was announced in November as Johnny Depp‘s replacement for the role of Gellert Grindelwald for the upcoming third film in the Fantastic Beasts series. “They’re fantastic, nice people,” Mads shared with AP in a December 16 interview.

Johnny Depp’s exit from the Fantastic Beasts franchise, calling it ‘unusual’.Depp, 57, confirmed last week that he was asked to resign from the role of Gellert Grindelwald in the Harry Potter spin-off films, after he lost his high-profile libel case against The Sun. Law, 47, plays Albus Dumbledore opposite the actor, and said that he had to ‘go along’ with the decision of the studio and the company as ‘we’re just a member of the team’.The actor told Entertainment Tonight: ‘It’s an enormous film, and there are many, many layers to it. It’s probably one of the biggest productions I’ve ever worked.‘And in a situation like this, you defer to the studio.

Johnny Depp in the Fantastic Beasts franchise.Depp, 57, has resigned from the role of Gellert Grindelwald in the Harry Potter spin-off, after being asked to do so by Warner Bros following his loss in his libel trial against The Sun.According to Deadline, Danish actor Mikkelsen is in early talks to take over the role, as Warner Bros rush to keep production on track.The 54-year-old is reportedly the top choice for director David Yates, and is at the top of the list of actors being considered to play Grindelwald.Mikkelsen is best known for playing villain Le Chiffre in Daniel Craig’s first James Bond film Casino Royale and Dr Hannibal Lecter in the TV series Hannibal, as well as roles in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Doctor Strange and The

Johnny Depp fans are threatening to boycott Fantastic Beasts 3 and have launched a petition for the actor to be brought back onto the film, following news he has been axed. The actor, 52, announced that he was asked by Warner Bros to step down from his role as Gellert Grindelwald in the Fantastic Beasts franchise, after losing his libel trial against The Sun’s publishers News Group Newspapers (NGN).

Johnny Depp will reportedly be paid his full salary for Fantastic Beasts 3 despite only having filmed one scene before being asked to step down.The actor, 57, announced last week that he was asked by Warner Bros to step down from the role of Gellert Grindelwald after he lost his libel trial against The Sun’s publishers after the paper labelled him a ‘wife-beater’ of his ex-wife Amber Heard. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Johnny, like many Hollywood stars, had a ‘pay-or-play’ contract, which requires him to receive his full salary whether or not the film is made and even is he is recast. Johnny had reportedly only shot one scene since production began in London on September 20, before the studio’s film chief Toby Emmerich made the