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Directed by | David Yates |
Screenplay by | J. K. Rowling Steve Kloves |
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Cinematography | Philippe Rousselot (1–2) George Richmond (3) |
Edited by | Mark Day |
Music by | James Newton Howard |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date | 2016– [1][2][3] |
Countries | United Kingdom United States |
Language | English |
Budget | Total (3 films) $575–600 million |
Box office | Total (3 films) $1.865 billion[4] |
Fantastic Beasts is a film series directed by David Yates, and a spin-off prequel to the Harry Potter novel and film series. The series is distributed by Warner Bros. and consists of three fantasy films as of 2024, beginning with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), and following with Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022).[5][6] Following the 2001–11 Harry Potter film series, Fantastic Beasts marks the second film series in the Wizarding World shared universe media franchise.[7]
The series was mainly produced by David Heyman, and stars Eddie Redmayne as the leading character: Newt Scamander, with Jude Law portraying Albus Dumbledore and with Colin Farrell, Johnny Depp and Mads Mikkelsen (replacing Depp in the third film) all portraying the third leading character: main antagonist Gellert Grindelwald. Ezra Miller, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler, Victoria Yeates, Jessica Williams, Callum Turner, and Richard Coyle also star.[8] Rowling wrote the screenplays for each film, with Steve Kloves returning from the Harry Potter film series to co-write the third film (The Secrets of Dumbledore). Production has taken place over six years, with the main story arc following Dumbledore and his agents' quest to overcome Grindelwald, his lost love, as the First Wizarding War and Second World War approach.[9]
The Fantastic Beasts series has been commercially successful, having collectively grossed US$1.8 billion across three films so far. While the first film received positive reviews, the last two films have received mixed reviews, with many critics deeming the series to be inferior to the Harry Potter films.
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