Warner Bros. has released the finalFantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwaldtrailer.J.K. Rowlingreturns to pen the script withDavid Yatesback behind the camera for the sequel, which finds magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) and his friends enlisted by a young (and very handsome) Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) to help track down the villainous Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp), who is amassing an army to rule over all impure muggles and non-magic folk.
This trailer is all about giving the people what they want, and I’m more than happy to accept it. If you wanted to cut a trailer to appeal to the hardcoreHarry Potterfans, this would be it. Those fans will certainly be theorizing about what Nagini means and how closely this saga is connected to the rise of Voldemort (for those who don’t know, Nagini is Voldemort’s pet snake, but clearly she’s more than just a future horcrux).
But there’s more! For those who were upset at the lack of a homosexual relationship between Dumbledore and Grindelwald in this movie, that appears to be rectified insofar as the shot of Dumbledore looking at the Mirror of Erised and seeing Grindelwald. It may not be Dumbledore making out with a dude, but it shows that Dumbledore had a deep and profound love for Grindelwald, and I think that’s worth celebrating (even if Grindelwald is evil). I don’t know how non-Potterfans will react to this trailer, but I think it’s the best one yet, and I’m now geared up for the next chapter ofFantastic Beasts.
Check out theFantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwaldtrailer below. The film opens November 16th and also starsKatherine Waterston,Alison Sudol,Dan Fogler,Zoe Kravitz,Ezra Miller,Callum Turner, andClaudia Kim.
Here’s the official synopsis forFantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald:
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.
