The Harry Potter-spinoff series “Fantastic Beasts 3” has been greenlighted with production beginning on spring 2020, Deadline reports.
According to reports, the film will move the story to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, bringing a new location of the wizarding world to the theater.
The new film will bring back much of the same cast from “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.”
Actress Jessica Williams’ character, professor Eulalie “Lally” Hicks, will see a bigger role this time around, though.
Eddie Redmayne will return as Newt Scamander and Jude Law will be back as Albus Dumbledore. And, yes, Johnny Depp will make a return as Gellert Grindelwald. The film will also star Ezra Miller (Credence / Aurelius Dumbledore), Alison Sudol (Queenie Goldstein), Dan Fogler (Jacob Kowalski) and Katherine Waterston (Tina Goldstein), according to Deadline.
David Yates will return for the third film, too. JK Rowling will pen the script with former collaborator Steve Kloves, according to Entertainment Weekly.
Redmayne teased a special announcement about the film in late September, according to CinemaBlend.
“Well, we’re meant to start shooting in the beginning of next year. The script is still being worked on. That’s nothing — I’m literally giving you nothing! I’m trying to do that thing of talking about it and saying nothing, because of the fear of getting told off. But no, it’s happening, and it’s really exciting,” Redmayne said, according to CinemaBlend.
Fogler, who plays Jacob Kowalski, said earlier this year that this new film will be bigger than the previous two, according to Entertainment Weekly.
“We haven’t started filming yet. We start in February,” Fogler said. “Last we heard, J.K. … she’s been writing furiously, everyone was really happy with what she submitted, and we’re all just waiting for the new script. And that’s where we’re at … The reason we were given is that the movie is bigger than the first two combined. They needed more time to prep and they didn’t want to rush anything so they pushed it back ... I can tell you that we are going to Brazil. I don’t really know much… (laughs). I’ll get a script closer to when we start shooting.”