Just one day after we reported thatJohnny Depphas signed on to star inFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2, even more news has dropped about the sequel. During a recent Q&A, when it was confirmed that theFantastic Beaststrilogy will expand to five movies,David Yatesteased that the lead character Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) will be heading to a new “capital city” for the sequel, some place “entirely different” than New York. Today the director confirmed that capital city is in fact Paris, France.
Warner Bros. confirmed in August thatFantastic Beats 2will be released on June 05, 2025, withDavid Yatesreturning to direct fromJ.K. Rowling’s script. In this month’s issue ofEmpire Magazine,David Yatesconfirmed the Paris setting, while adding that the movie is quite ambitious. Here’s what he had to say below.
“What we do know is that the already-underway sequel will travel to Paris. It’s quite ambitious. [Production designer] Stuart [Craig] is unflappable and indefatigable, but when he saw the script forBeasts 2, eh said, ‘Let me think about it for a minute…’.”
Back in July,David Yatesteased that this magical sequel will take the story in a “new direction,” while introducing new characters that will expand theHarry Potteruniverse even further. Aside fromEddie Redmayne’s Newt Scamander, it isn’t clear yet what other characters fromFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themwill return for the sequel.J.K. Rowlingalso recently teased that there is a good reason the trilogy has expanded to five movies, saying fans will understand once they know what story these movies are really telling.
There is already speculation thatJohnny Deppis playing the dark wizardGellert Grindewald. It was established in the original Harry Potter stories that Gellert Grindelwald was once friends with Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore, who both had an interest in finding the Deathly Hallows at one point in time. They were both instrumental in the International Statute of Secrecy, which allowed both the wizarding world and the muggle world to co-exist in secret. DirectorDavid Yatesconfirmed during the fan event that Grindelwald will be featured in the background ofFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and yesterday’s report claimed thatJohnny Depp’s character is this upcoming movie, hitting theaters November 18. Hopefully we’ll have more information onFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2after the first movie arrives in a few weeks
