Fantastic Beasts

Fantastic Beasts
Fantastic Beasts
	Fantastic Beasts logo as used in the films
Directed by	David Yates
Screenplay by	J. K. Rowling; Steve Kloves
Produced by	David Heyman; J. K. Rowling; Steve Kloves; Lionel Wigram; Tim Lewis;
Starring	Eddie Redmayne; Katherine Waterston; Dan Fogler; Alison Sudol; Ezra Miller; Samantha Morton (1); Jon Voight (1); Carmen Ejogo (1–2); Ron Perlman (1); Colin Farrell (1); Johnny Depp (1–2); Zoë Kravitz (1–2); Callum Turner (2–3); Claudia Kim (2); Jude Law (2–3); William Nadylam (2–3); Jessica Williams (2–3); Victoria Yeates (2–3); Poppy Corby-Tuech (2–3); Fiona Glascott (2–3); Maria Fernanda Cândido (3); Mads Mikkelsen (3); Richard Coyle (3); Oliver Masucci (3); Aleksandr Kuznetsov (3) (See below); ;
Cinematography	Philippe Rousselot (1–2); George Richmond (3)
Edited by	Mark Day
Music by	James Newton Howard
Production; companies	Warner Bros. Pictures; Heyday Films
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	2016–2022
Running time	409 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom; United States
Language	English
Budget	Total (3 films); $575–600 million
Box office	Total (3 films); $1.865 billion

Fantastic Beasts is a film series directed by David Yates, and a spin-off prequel to the Harry Potter novel and film series. The series is distributed by Warner Bros. and consists of three fantasy films as of 2022, beginning with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), and following with Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022). Following the 2001–11 Harry Potter film series, Fantastic Beasts marks the second film series in the Wizarding World shared universe media franchise.

The series was mainly produced by David Heyman, and stars Eddie Redmayne as the leading character: Newt Scamander, with Jude Law portraying Albus Dumbledore and with Colin Farrell, Johnny Depp and Mads Mikkelsen (replacing Depp in the third film) all portraying the third leading character: main antagonist Gellert Grindelwald. Ezra Miller, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler, Victoria Yeates, Jessica Williams, Callum Turner, and Richard Coyle also star. Rowling wrote the screenplays for each film, with Steve Kloves returning from the Harry Potter film series to co-write the third film: The Secrets of Dumbledore. Production has taken place over six years, with the main story arc following Dumbledore and his agents' quest to overcome Grindelwald, his lost love, as the First Wizarding War and Second World War approach.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was released worldwide in 2016, followed by The Crimes of Grindelwald in 2018, and The Secrets of Dumbledore in 2022. The series has been commercially successful, having collectively grossed $1.8 billion across three films so far. While the first film received positive reviews, the last two films have received mixed reviews, with many critics deeming the series to be inferior to the Harry Potter films.

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