Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

The Crimes of Grindelwald is a 2018 fantasy film directed by David Yates and written by J.K. Rowling. It is the second instalment in the Fantastic Beasts film series and the tenth overall in the Wizarding World franchise. It features an ensemble cast including Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Zoë Kravitz, Callum Turner, Claudia Kim, Kevin Guthrie, Jude Law and Johnny Depp. It grossed over USD 654 million worldwide, becoming the tenth highest-grossing film of 2018.

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Summary Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of GrindelwaldFantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is a 2018 fantasy film directed by David Yates and written by J.K. Rowling. It is the second instalment in the Fantastic Beasts film series and the tenth overall in the Wizarding World franchise. It features an ensemble cast including Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Zoë Kravitz, Callum Turner, Claudia Kim, Kevin Guthrie, Jude Law and Johnny Depp. It grossed over USD 654 million worldwide, becoming the tenth highest-grossing film of 2018. An untitled third film is scheduled for release in summer 2022. The film received mixed reviews, with praise for its entertainment value, direction, and performances, but criticism of the \”needlessly complicated, low-stakes plot\”, and felt it was \”overburdened\” with details setting up future sequels. It premiered in Paris on 8 November 2018 and was released worldwide on 16 November 2018, in RealD 3D, Dolby Cinema, IMAX 3D,. 4DX,IMAX, and ScreenX Formats, by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was nominated for two awards at the 72nd British Academy Film Awards in the categories of Best Production Design and Best Special Visual Effects. The sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was released on November 16, 2015. It follows Newt Scamander and Albus Dumbledore as they attempt to take down the dark wizard Gellert Grindalwald while facing new threats in a more divided wizarding world.

In 1927, the Magical Congress of the United States of America transfers the dark Wizards to Europe to stand trial. Three months later in London, Newt visits the Ministry of Magic to appeal his international travel ban, and runs into Leta Lestrange, his Hogwarts classmate and the fiancée of his Auror brother Theseus. The Ministry agree to grant Newt’s request if he helps Theseus locate Credence Barebone in Paris, but Newt declines after learning he must work with ruthless bounty hunter Gunnar Grimmson. Newt is visited by his American friends Queenie Goldstein and Jacob Kowalski, a Muggle, who has regained his memories erased the previous year. In Paris, Newt is disappointed to learn Queenie’s sister Tina Goldstein is seeing someone after mistakenly believing Newt and Leta were engaged. The search leads them to the tomb of Mustafa Mustafa, who reveals that he is carrying out an Unbreakable Vow to kill his half-brother, whom he believes to be CredENCE. Theseus and Tina reconcile after he explains he was never engaged to Leta, and Newt and Newt reconcile. In the tomb, they find the family tomb, where they are discovered by Leta and Tina, who are discovered to be carrying out her father’s tomb tomb tomb. They are then forced to leave the tomb to find their real father, who is also holding them hostage.