Fantastic Beasts Sequel Gets Release Date

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If you didn’t know, the upcoming Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them is actually going to be a trilogy with J.K Rowling already writing the script for the sequel of Newt Scamander’s adventure, it should come to little surprise Warner Bros have already set a release date for the next instalment.

The next film of Rowling’s Wizarding World is set to be released (in the States anyway) on November 18th, 2018. The press release also confirms David Yates will be returning to director after helming the original and previous Harry Potter films.

Nothing is known about the plot (probably because of spoilers), but WB did give some insight saying “The second “Fantastic Beasts” movie moves deeper into an increasingly dark time for the wizarding world, where Newt and our heroes have to decide on their allegiances.

We also know nothing about casting, but expect Eddie Redmayne to return in the lead role probably alongside Dan Fogler and Katherine Waterston.

The first Fantastic Beasts arrives in UK cinemas on November 18th.