![]() This rid Jacob of his memories of Newt and the Goldsteins. The wizarding community was also forced to send a memory-erasing rainfall across the city to prevent No-Majs from remembering the damage that the Obscurus caused. ![]() A sliver of Credence in Obscurus form escaped the spells, but this apparent defeat and the arrest of villain Gellert Grindelwald (formerly known as Auror Graves) was enough for Newt and his friends to part ways. The group was able to defeat Credence's violent rage against the city, but Aurors decided to vanquish him in order to protect the magical world. Alongside a team consisting of No-Maj Jacob Kowalski (Dan Folger), Auror Tina Goldstein (Katherine Waterston), and her Legilimens sister Queenie (Alison Sudol), Newt's quest to track down his lost magical creatures was sidetracked when Credence Barebone's secret identity as a powerful Obscurus was revealed. Eddie Redmayne's magical zoologist Newt Scamander ( the grandfather of Luna Lovegood's future husband) unexpectedly became involved in New York City's tenuous relationship between wizards and Muggles, known as No-Majs in American lingo. Set in New York in 1926, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them explored a world only vaguely connected to the Boy Who Lived. How did Fantastic Beasts end? Here's your quick refresher if you plan on seeing Crimes of Grindelwald ASAP. Rowling loves dropping surprise updates about how wizards lived before Harry Potter came along, and thanks to her constant clues, Fantastic Beasts is a bit of a blurry story. Visit Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - Final Trailer.Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is now officially in theaters, and although only two years have passed since the premiere of the franchise's first film, we can only remember so much about the ever-growing Wizarding World. Your browser does not support inline iframes. I’m hyping myself up just typing all this out! I guess it is a good time to be a fan of the franchise. In that same vein, there was also leaked footage of a Harry Potter role playing game, opens a new window and it looks like you’ll be able to go on your own adventures within the universe. We already got to see some of Newt Scamander’s backstory in the first film and now in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, we will hopefully get a more in depth look at one of the most harrowing characters in the wizarding world mythos. In a world of reboots and remakes, I feel this new series is the best way to explore the HP universe without encroaching on the books and films of the past and without fear of changing Harry’s story. Everything That Is Old, Is New Again (Sort Of) *Yes, there is a small collection with a very short version of Fantastic Beasts and The History of Quidditch but COME ON! You’d be hard pressed to find someone that considers those meaningful reading, let alone enough to make a series of movies. On the one hand, spending more time exploring the wizarding world is A-OK with me, but on the other, I don’t want to overstay my welcome and end up with something overly stretched out and subpar like The Hobbit. Then they go and announce that it will be a series of FIVE movies, opens a new window! Let me tell you, I am torn. ![]() After all, this would be the last Harry Potter related film for a while, or so I thought. Excitement settled in and in my opinion, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them turned out to be rather fun! Yes, the critics tore it apart (as critics tend to do), but sometimes it’s best to tune that all out and enjoy the ride. How do you make a movie about a fictional book within another book? * It's weird! My skepticism faded as more and more details came out about the project. I was a little skeptical back when Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was first announced. ![]() Sullivan’s reading time back in 5 th grade ( Sorcerer’s Stone was being used by another classmate and I needed to see what all the fuss was about.) I was instantly hooked when I picked up Chamber of Secrets during Ms. I knew my wallet was in trouble the moment they announced that the Wizarding World of Harry Potter would be making its way to Universal Studios Hollywood, opens a new window. ![]()
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