Potterheads have long since anticipated the showing of J.K. Rowling's "Fantastic Beasts" starring Eddie Redmayne, but it looks like another actor will be joining the movie. Johnny Depp is confirmed to join the next installment of "Fantastic Beasts."
The first movie "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" opens on November 18 with the premise of Newt Scamander going to 20s era America armed with his magical briefcase. According to New York Daily News, Depp will also appear in the first movie, albeit briefly.
The "Fantastic Beasts" sequel will also be directed by David Yates and is expected to come out on November 16, 2018. However, the setting won't be in New York unlike the first movie but in another city. Depp's latest projects were "Alice Through the Looking Glass" and the upcoming "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales."
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- Entertainment Weekly (@EW) November 2, 2016
"Fantastic Beasts" sets its foundation seventy years before Harry Potter was born and immerses the viewers on a story about a secret community of wizards and witches in New York. E! News reported that "Fantastic Beasts" is J.K. Rowling's first venture as a screenwriter and that the author has confirmed it's going to be a five-film franchise. The author is also one of the producers of the movie.
Mirror has reported that Depp's role in "Fantastic Beasts" will be a co-starring one. Yates has revealed that no casting decisions have been announced regarding the sequel yet but Redmayne will return as the starring role, along with Ezra Miller, Dan Fogler, and Katherine Waterston.
Warner Brothers, the distributor of "Fantastic Beasts" revealed that the second film will be a bit darker than the first one as there is a dark wizard involved.
Redmayne was also interviewed, in which he emphasized that there was much at stake for this movie. Because of this, he had to make sure that the movie was a definite success.
