Summary
TheFantastic Beastsmovie series won’t be moving forward after three movies, but Eddie Redmayne’s return to the Wizarding World is only makingFantastic Beasts 4not happening a lot worse. TheHarry Potternovels and movies were only the beginning of an extensive and rich universe of magical worlds, creatures, spells, and more.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2wasn’t the end of the Wizarding World, which kept expanding with companion books, an interactive website, video games, and more. On the big screen, the Wizarding World continued withtheFantastic Beastsmovies.
Inspired by the 2001 guidebookFantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, the movie of the same name was released in 2016.Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Themintroduced viewers to Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne), a magizoologist whose magical beasts caused trouble in the Muggle world. The movie was followed by two sequels that shifted their focus from Newt to a young Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) and his complex relationship with Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp and Mads Mikkelsen). Despite plans for more movies,theFantastic Beastsbranch ended with its third movie, but now Redmayne is returning to the Wizarding World.
The Potterverse: All The Wizarding World Films In Chronological Order
The Fantastic Beasts franchise came after the Harry Potter movies wrapped, making the chronological order a bit confusing for Wizarding World fans.
Eddie Redmayne’s Return For Epic Universe’s Ministry of Magic Explained
Eddie Redmayne Is Returning To The Wizarding World But Not In A Movie
The Wizarding World keeps expanding with theme parks, and one upcoming attraction is The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Ministry of Magic at Universal Orlando Resort.
Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Themwas followed byFantastic Beasts: The Crimes of GrindelwaldandFantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, which continued Newt’s adventures even if not as part of the main plot anymore.Secrets of Dumbledoreis now the final chapter in theFantastic Beastsbranch of the Wizarding World, but it won’t be the last time Redmayne will be seen as Newt Scamander. The Wizarding World keeps expanding with theme parks, and one upcoming attraction is The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Ministry of Magic at Universal Orlando Resort.
The park will take guests to 1920s Paris and 1990s London, with the Ministry of Magic itself being the main attraction.
Ministry of Magic will bring togetherthe timelines ofFantastic BeastsandHarry Potter, andamong the characters that will be found there is Newt Scamander. The park will take guests to 1920s Paris and 1990s London, with the Ministry of Magic itself being the main attraction. According toEW,Redmayne has already filmed his scenesfor the Ministry of Magic park, though it’s unknown exactly where he will appear and what his narrative will be. Given the time setting of the character and the park’s areas,Newt will be found in the Parisian part.
As exciting as it would be to see Redmayne back as Newt Scamander in a newFantastic Beastsmovie (or any movie in the Wizarding World, really), his return in Ministry of Magic is also special. By making him part of the park’s narrative, Newt’s legacy in the Wizarding World is being recognized despitethe failures of theFantastic Beastsmovies, and it’s to be seen exactly where he will be found in the park.
Eddie Redmayne’s Return Is A Reminder Fantastic Beasts 4 Should Happen
Newt Scamander Deserved A Lot Better
The Fantastic Beasts branch wasn’t supposed to be about Dumbledore and Grindelwald’s past – it was meant to be about Newt.
As special as it will be to visit Ministry of Magic and find Redmayne’s Newt somewhere in the Parisian area, it only makesFantastic Beasts 4not happening a lot worse.TheFantastic Beaststrilogy began with Newt Scamanderand his love for all magical creatures. These same creatures got him into trouble and took him on some wild adventures, but as mentioned above,the sequels completely forgot who their main character was supposed to beand shifted their focus to Dumbledore and Grindelwald.
Surely, the complex history ofthe relationship between Dumbledore and Grindelwaldhadn’t been explored on the big screen, with theHarry Pottermovies only casually mentioning (and briefly showing) Grindelwald, and it’s an important part of the history of the Wizarding World. However, the Fantastic Beasts branch wasn’t supposed to be about Dumbledore and Grindelwald’s past – it was meant to be about Newt, the title fantastic beasts, and the many adventures they could go on together.
Redmayne’s return is a reminder thatFantastic Beasts 4should happen to do justice to Newt and his story– after all, he was the one who started the franchise. In addition to Newt, the trilogy left some loose ends with Dumbledore and Grindelwald, as their long-awaited duel didn’t happen – however, they finally broke the blood pact, meaning that the duel could finally happen if a fourth movie also did. However,Fantastic Beasts 4should return the focus to Newt and his magical adventures, and leave Dumbledore and Grindelwald as a secondary plot.
Why Fantastic Beasts 4 Probably Isn’t Happening
Fantastic Beasts Didn’t Succeed As Expected
Despite not underperforming at the box office, theFantastic Beastssequels were a critical failure.
Unfortunately, Newt won’t get another chance asFantastic Beasts 4is unlikely to happen. TheFantastic Beastsfranchise went through many controversiesbehind the scenes that ended up tainting the movies and their reception. In addition to that, the uneven tone and messy plots of the sequels led to the decline of theFantastic Beastsmovies. Despite not underperforming at the box office, theFantastic Beastssequels were a critical failure, which, along with the franchise’s many other problems, led to its end.
AlthoughFantastic Beastswas planned to be a saga of five movies, its future doesn’t look promising anymore. At the time of writing, the most recent update was David Yates sayingthe franchise had been parked and development wasn’t moving forward.Fantastic Beastshas reached its end, but luckily, it wasn’t the end of Eddie Redmayne’s Newt Scamander.
Source:EW.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
In 1926, British magizoologist Newt Scamander travels to New York City in his ongoing field research into magical creatures. Here, he finds himself caught up in some trouble involving a No-Maj, local wizarding law enforcement, and the Dark Wizard Grindelwald.
