The 11th part of a huge fantasy series that will probably remain unfinished after 21 years

The third Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts: Dumbledore’s Secrets streams from now on September 30, 2023 on Amazon Prime *. However, the third part of the series, which was actually planned to consist of 5 films, fell short of expectations when it was released in theaters in 2022 and even director David Yates advised fans to dampen their expectations for Fantastic Beasts 4.

Last film in the Harry Potter universe: Fantastic Beasts 3 will soon be streaming on Amazon Prime

After eight Harry Potter and three Beasts films, Fantastic Beasts: Dumbledore’s Secrets is the 11th entry in the successful fantasy series – and probably the last one. But more on that later.

In Fantastic Beasts 3, the evil wizard Gellert Grindelwald (new: Mads Mikkelsen instead of Johnny Depp) has begun his rise to power. International elections are coming up in the wizarding world and so that the villain cannot manipulate them, Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) is dependent on the help of Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) and Co. A rare beast called Qilin is essential to their plan. You can stream the entire magical agent film on Amazon Prime from September 30th.

Even before its release, Fantastic Beasts 3 was in crisis. Already the predecessor Fantastic Beasts 2 fell short of financial expectations. Added to this was the Johnny Depp exchange and the JK Rowling controversy, which inundated Harry Potter fans with negative feelings about their favorite fantasy franchise.

When comparing the box office receipts of all Harry Potter films, Dumbledore’s Secrets set negative records at the box office: While the first and last Harry Potter films cracked the billion mark, Beasts 3 only grossed $400 million worldwide and was therefore the least successful part of the series.

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The fact that the future of the Fantastic Beasts series was already on shaky ground before the third part is also reflected in the film’s plot itself. Screenwriter Steve Kloves rewrote JK Rowling’s original Dumbledore’s Secrets script without her. How strong is not exactly known.

But the fact that the third Beasts film now solves all the Dumbledore family mysteries in one fell swoop and even delivers a Dumbledore-Grindelwald duel, which was originally planned as a showdown for Film 5, shows clearly: This was To be on the safe side, create a temporary ending. In case films 4 and 5 are no longer coming. However, this provisional conclusion does not resolve questions about the escaped Grindelwald or the Elder Wand riddle.

The fact that a Harry Potter series is now reissuing the novel series is another clear indication that those responsible at the Warner Bros. studio. little confidence in further animal spin-offs have. Officially, the possibility of further Beasts sequels is not yet completely off the table. But director David Yates, who directed Harry Potter 5 through 8 and all of the Beasts films, told Deadline about the status of Fantastic Beasts 4:

The pandemic shoot [von Phantastische Tierwesen 3] without vaccinations has taken its toll. It was a tough ride putting the film together. I love all the people I worked with on this, but we have since the end [des 3. Films] there were no more discussions about it. It was more like, ‘Let it park this and stop doing it for a while.’ But I would never say never.

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