It’s happening: Fantastic Beasts 3 will start filming in 2020, so let’s all pray they learn from The Crimes of Grindelwald’s mistakes.
WATCH: Production has been delayed on next Fantastic Beasts Movie
Dan Fogler – who plays adorable baker Jacob Kowalski – confirmed that the third iteration of the Harry Potter prequel series was set to begin filming last winter, with a release date set for November 2020.
The reason the film stalled – according to Fogler – was due to the critical failure of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, that massively underperformed at the box office.
Understandably, Warner Bros. figured they had to change more than just a few things, and so stalled productions.
According to ScreenRant, this now means Fantastic Beasts 3 will hit cinemas November 2021 instead.
So far, all we know is the intended release date and the fact it will start filming next year, however, we do know that the legend herself J.K. Rowling is currently “furiously” writing to finish the script in time.
While at LeakyCon 2019 in Boston, Dan said J.K. Rowling has “been writing furiously, everyone was really happy with what she submitted, and we’re all just waiting for the new script”.
As for the future of Jacob Kowalski and his girlfriend Queenie Goldstein, Dan says that there’s a potential for their story to turn much darker.
“[On] a philosophical level, it’ll be interesting… We’re in the middle of the Depression, he’s just on a bender of loss. He lost her … I’m just saying this is the thing that I have in my head, that he’s lost his appetite”.
The big question remains as to whether J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. will keep on Johnny Depp as Gellert Grindelwald.
WB got hit with some pretty major backlash after thet decided to keep Depp on as one of the leads, even after his ex-wife Amber Heard levied domestic abuse allegation against him in 2016.
According to ScreenRant, the execs over at WB are (rightfully) worried if they allowed Depp to continue to play Grindlewald on the series, it may hurt Fantastic Beasts 3 chances at success.
Their decision to keep Johnny Depp in the second film undoubtedly hurt them – well that, and the confusing plot.
While no formal announcement as to Depp’s involvement has been made, we can’t help but think it would be wise if J.K. Rowling and WB did the right thing and parted ways with him.
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