Granted, it wasn’t the most radical personnel change, but if Kloves could elevate the material then Yates has long proven himself more than capable of bringing these stories to the screen. But this time, for Fantastic Beasts 3, back came Steve Kloves, the screenwriter for the bulk of the Harry Potter saga, and who’d been instrumental in wrestling Rowling’s books to the screen. The first two movies had been penned by Rowling – her first screenplays – and directed by David Yates, who also steered the final four Potter films ( Secrets Of Dumbledore marks his seventh consecutive film in the series). The plan with film three was to bring back a key member of the Potter gang. The magic of the first collection of Potter movies seemed to have long gone by the end credits of Grindelwald, and even without other matters, the Wizarding World had hit a bump purely on the basis of the films themselves.Ī response was expected, and we got one. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald saw the box office returns tumble, but perhaps more damningly, it garnered precious little enthusiasm for the film from all but the most devoted of Potter fans. The second movie though was an absolute slog and I can’t pretend I was a fan. The first Fantastic Beasts was okay and set up the latest take on the world that Rowling wanted to explore, bringing in new character and chief protagonist Newt Scamander, played by Eddie Redmayne.
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