Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

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Mads Mikkelsen (TV’s Hannibal) may be absolved of Johnny Depp’s crimes, but Grindelwald is still causing problems in the third Fantastic Beasts adventure by rigging an election in his favor. Is baker Dan Fogler heartbroken enough to use his new snakewood wand to assassinate the Mads-churian Candidate? Will The Secrets of Dumbledore prevent Jude Law from being able to intervene in the coming war between wizards and Muggles? And is there any saving bad seed Ezra Miller? Brock, Stuart, and Arnie know where to find the answers… if you donate this Spring!

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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

2022 PG-13 2h 22m

Professor Albus Dumbledore knows the powerful, dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts magizoologist Newt Scamander to lead an intrepid team of wizards and witches. They soon encounter an array of old and new beasts as they clash with Grindelwald's growing legion of followers.

Release Date

April 6, 2022

Director

David Yates

Writer

Steve Kloves, J.K. Rowling, J.K. Rowling

Stars

Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law, Mads Mikkelsen, Ezra Miller, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Callum Turner, Jessica Williams, Katherine Waterston, Oliver Masucci, Richard Coyle, William Nadylam, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Poppy Corby-Tuech, Victoria Yeates, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Dave Wong, Fiona Glascott, Cara Mahoney, Maja Bloom, Wilf Scolding, Kazeem Tosin Amore, Noor Dillan-Night, Manuel Klein, Valerie Pachner, Ramona Kunze-Libnow, Lucas Englander, Jan Pohl, Matthias Brenner, Peter Simonischek, Jacqueline Boatswain, David Bertrand, Stefan Race, Jessica Cartledge, Rahda Sthanakiya, Isabelle Coverdale, Dónal Finn, Paul Low-Hang, Hebe Beardsall

Producer

David Heyman, J.K. Rowling, Steve Kloves

Cinematography

George Richmond

Music

James Newton Howard

Genre

Adventure, Fantasy

Country

United Kingdom, United States of America

Language

English

Budget

$200,000,000

External Links

IMDb | TMDB

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