Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is a 2018 fantasy film directed by David Yates and written by J. K. Rowling. The sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), 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, William Nadylam, Kevin Guthrie, Jude Law, and Johnny Depp. Set in 1927, it 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. A second Fantastic Beasts film was announced in October 2014, and Rowling confirmed in July 2016 that she had completed the script. Depp was cast in November 2016, causing some controversy due to domestic violence allegations made against him. Law signed on in April 2017. Principal photography began in July 2017 at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden, in England. Filming also took place in London, Switzerland, and Paris, and wrapped in December 2017. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald premiered in Paris on 8 November 2018 and was released worldwide on 16 November 2018 by Warner Bros. Pictures. It grossed $654.9 million worldwide, making it the tenth highest-grossing film of 2018. It became the lowest-grossing instalment of the Wizarding World franchise upon release, which it remained until the release of its sequel, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, in 2022. It received generally mixed reviews from critics, as it was viewed to have been filled with too many characters and "overburdened" with sequel-dependent details. The film was nominated for two British Academy Film Awards, in the categories of Best Production Design and Best Special Visual Effects. The sequel, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, was released in April 2022.
I want you to go to the circus now. Give my note to Credence. Begin his journey. When we've won, they'll flee cities in the millions. They've had their time. We don't say such things out loud. We want only freedom. Freedom to be ourselves. To annihilate non-wizards. Not all of them. Not all. We're not merciless. The beast of burden will always be necessary.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
You told me where to find that trafficked Thunderbird, Dumbledore. You knew that I would take him home, and you knew I'd have to take him through a Muggle port. I've always felt an affinity with the great magical birds. There's a story in my family that a phoenix will come to any Dumbledore in desperate need. They say my great-grandfather had one. And that it took flight when he died, never to return. With all due respect, Professor, I don't believe for a minute that's why you told me about the Thunderbird.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
A baby whom everyone thought lost. Not Leta's brother? That's what they're whispering. And pureblood or not, I know this. An Obscurus grows in the absence of love as a dark twin, an only friend. If Credence has a real brother or sister out there that can take its place, he might yet be saved. Wherever Credence is in Paris, he's either in danger or a danger to others. We may not know who he is yet, but he needs to be found. And I rather hope you might be the one to find him.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
What's that? An address of a very old acquaintance of mine. A safe house in Paris reinforced with enchantments. Safe house? Why would I need a safe house in Paris? One hopes you won't, but should things at some point go terribly wrong, it's good to have a place to go. You know, for a cup of tea. No. No, no, no. Absolutely not. No, no, 'cause I'm banned from international travel, Dumbledore. If I leave the country, they will put me in Azkaban, and they will throw away the key. Do you know why I admire you, Newt? What? More, perhaps, than any man I know. You do not seek power. Or popularity. You simply ask, is a thing right in itself. If it is, you do it no matter the cost. That's all very well, Dumbledore, but forgive me for asking. Why can't you go?
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald