
That means Fantastic Beasts 3 is just the middle of the story. This was always envisaged as a five-movie arc, set to conclude with an epic duel between Albus Dumbledore and his enemy/former lover Gellert Grindelwald at the end of World War 2.

Story specifics are currently scarce, but we do know that we’re not going to see Newt Scamander’s story resolved in the Fantastic Beasts 3 plot. There’s also plenty of experience behind the camera, where David Yates helms his seventh wizarding adventure, after four Potters and the first two Fantastic Beasts. Rowling’s getting extra writing assistance from Steve Kloves, who scripted all but one of the Potter movies (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the exception).

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You want to be able to create a standalone movie that’s enjoyable for someone who isn’t steeped in the lore.” But what you don’t want to do is intimidate people. That fan base really knows the lore and they want to go deep into these characters. “The hardest part of the franchise is you have such a big core fan base. She has an incredible vision of where she wants to go with this that is incredibly exciting. Rowling is really working hard now on that third script, and we’re going to get it right. “The second film didn’t perform as well as the first, but I think we know what we need to do to get the third film hopefully even better than the first one,” Warner Bros CEO Kevin Tsujihara admitted to the Los Angeles Times in February 2019. Following the comparative disappointment of The Crimes of Grindelwald, Warner Bros seemed to acknowledge they had some extra work to do on the Fantastic Beasts 3 plot.
