After the success of the famous Harry Potter movies by renowned author J.K. Rowling, we get to travel new lands away from Hogwarts School and Ministry of Magic in England to MACUSA (The Magical Congress of the United States of America) in United States. Featuring yet another ensemble cast with Eddie Redmayne, Colin Farrell, Ezra Miller, Katherine Waterston and Dan Fogler leading the way in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, viewers will be witnessing another exciting journey to the world of magic!! The special effects are supercool and the visualization is just fantastic!!!
The movie is directed by Harry Potter veteran David Yates and produced by David Heyman, J. K. Rowling, Steve Kloves and Lionel Wigram. The biggest name to be added in the cast has to be the one and only Johnny Depp as Gellert Grindelwald whom we had heard a lot in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. To those muggles or No-Maj people who still do not know about who he is, Grindelwald was once the best friend of Albus Dumbledore who was power hungry and was the most dangerous wizard of all time before You-Know-Who. Readers are hereby told that Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them will be a trilogy and we will come to know more about Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald in the coming movies.
As the movie has released this Friday only, therefore I will not reveal the storyline yet, though you can go through Wikipedia for the full synopsis. Link will be present at the end of the post. I can tell you that this movie may lead to the answers on how Ariana died, was it because of a curse hitting Ariana when Dumbledore, Grindelwald and Aberforth were dueling or because she was possessed by “Obscurus” which is known to be a dark force unintentionally created by young children who subdue their magical abilities out of fear of people from non-magical community.
Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamader is terrific and did full justice to his role. Dan Fogler was an able muggle ally to him. Colin Farrell, saw him in many movies before, never expected him to be a part of the magical universe, was great too! Erza Miller as the troubled adopted son of Mary Lou also did his best. We will get to see Erza in the latest Justice League movie as the Flash. But the biggest twist was the inclusion of Johnny Depp as Grindelwald. Just took my breath away!! Though I would say it was rather injustice to Colin Farrell who did a great job as Percival Graves, Director of Magical Security for MACUSA.
Directed by David Yates
Produced by David Heyman, J. K. Rowling, Steve Kloves & Lionel Wigram
Written by J. K. Rowling
Based on Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J. K. Rowling
Produced by David Heyman, J. K. Rowling, Steve Kloves & Lionel Wigram
Written by J. K. Rowling
Based on Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J. K. Rowling
Cast:
Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander
Katherine Waterston as Porpentina "Tina" Goldstein
Dan Fogler as Jacob Kowalski
Alison Sudol as Queenie Goldstein
Colin Farrell as Percival Graves
Johnny Depp as Gellert Grindelwald
Ezra Miller as Credence Barebone
Carmen Ejogo as President Seraphina Picquery
Samantha Morton as Mary Lou Barebone
Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander
Katherine Waterston as Porpentina "Tina" Goldstein
Dan Fogler as Jacob Kowalski
Alison Sudol as Queenie Goldstein
Colin Farrell as Percival Graves
Johnny Depp as Gellert Grindelwald
Ezra Miller as Credence Barebone
Carmen Ejogo as President Seraphina Picquery
Samantha Morton as Mary Lou Barebone
