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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is a 2018 fantasy drama film produced by Heyday Films and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. A co-production of the United Kingdom and the United States, it is the sequel to the 2016 film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. It will serve as the second film installment in the Fantastic Beasts series and the tenth overall in J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World, the franchise that began with the Harry Potter film series. The film is directed by David Yates, with a screenplay by Rowling, and features an ensemble cast that includes Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Zo? Kravitz, Callum Turner and Claudia Kim. The plot follows Newt Scamander and Albus Dumbledore as they attempt to take down the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald, while facing new threats in a more divided wizarding world.



Principal photography for the film began at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden in July 2017. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is scheduled to be released in theaters, Real D 3D and IMAX 3D on 16 November 2018.