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'Fantastic Beasts 2' Drops New Artwork Featuring Grindelwald & More!

'Fantastic Beasts 2' Drops New Artwork Featuring Grindelwald & More!

Check out the new posters for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald!

Warner Bros. Pictures shared six new visuals from the second installment of the Fantastic Beasts series on Wednesday (October 10).

Here’s the synopsis: “At the end of the first film, the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) was captured by MACUSA (Magical Congress of the United States of America), with the help of Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne). But, making good on his threat, Grindelwald escaped custody and has set about gathering followers, most unsuspecting of his true agenda: to raise pure-blood wizards up to rule over all non-magical beings.

In an effort to thwart Grindelwald’s plans, Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) enlists his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.”

The film also stars Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Zoë Kravitz, Callum Turner, Claudia Kim, William Nadylam, Kevin Guthrie, Carmen Ejogo, and Poppy Corby-Tuech.

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is directed by David Yates, from a screenplay by J.K.

Don’t miss it when it hits theaters on November 16, and check out the new posters in our gallery below!

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'Fantastic Beasts' Director David Yates Confirms There Won't Be A Gay Storyline For Dumbledore In Sequel

'Fantastic Beasts' Director David Yates Confirms There Won't Be A Gay Storyline For Dumbledore In Sequel

One thing you can expect not to see in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindewald is the exploration of Dumbledore’s sexuality.

Though Harry Potter author JK Rowling has admitted that the wizard is gay in 2007, director David Yates confirmed the news in a recent interview.

“Not explicitly,” he told EW. “But I think all the fans are aware of that. He had a very intense relationship with Grindelwald when they were young men. They fell in love with each other’s ideas, and ideology and each other.”

“He’s a maverick and a rebel and he’s an inspiring teacher at Hogwarts,” David dished about Dumbledore, played by Jude Law. “He’s witty and has a bit of edge. He’s not this elder statesman. He’s a really kinetic guy. And opposite Johnny Depp as Grindelwald, they make an incredible pairing.”

There will be three more movies in the Fantastic Beasts series, so the exploration of Dumbledore’s sexuality isn’t out of the question just yet.