Warner Bros. Pictures has released a new trailer for the third Fantastic Beasts film. Called Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, the movie is set for an international release on April 7, followed by a North American release on April 15. Ahead of the premiere, you can check out the brand new trailer below, which was originally teased to come out last Thursday.
The synopsis reads: "Professor Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) knows the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen) is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts Magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) to lead an intrepid team of wizards, witches and one brave Muggle baker on a dangerous mission, where they encounter old and new beasts and clash with Grindelwald’s growing legion of followers. But with the stakes so high, how long can Dumbledore remain on the sidelines?"
The film features an ensemble cast, including Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything), two-time Oscar nominee Jude Law (Cold Mountain, The Talented Mr. Ripley), Ezra Miller, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, William Nadylam, Callum Turner, Jessica Williams, Victoria Yeates, Poppy Corby-Tuech, Fiona Glascott, Katherine Waterston, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Richard Coyle, Oliver Masucci, Valerie Pachner, and Mads Mikkelsen.
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore was directed by David Yates, from a screenplay by J.K. Rowling & Steve Kloves, based upon a screenplay by J.K. Rowling. The film was produced by David Heyman, J.K. Rowling, Steve Kloves, Lionel Wigram, and Tim Lewis. Neil Blair, Danny Cohen, Josh Berger, Courtenay Valenti, and Michael Sharp served as executive producers.
Fantastic Beasts 3 Introduces Mads Mikkelsen As a New Grindelwald
After Johnny Depp was asked by Warner Bros. to step down from the role of Grindelwald, Mads Mikkelsen was brought in to replace him. Per USA Today, the incoming actor previously spoke about how it felt to step into this established role. Though he's playing the same character, Mikkelsen explained how he knew not to replicate what Depp had done, instead adding something new to Grindelwald.
"I'm just this guy trying to fill out these shoes that somebody else has been wearing," Mikkelsen said. "It's difficult to come three months into shooting while taking over for someone like that. They did their best to make me feel at home, each knocking on my trailer door."
"Nobody's interested in me going in there and trying to copy anything, that would be creative suicide immediately, especially when it's been done before and masterfully," he added. "So everybody's expecting us to find a different path. We need a bridge between what he did and what I'm gonna do, so those bridges you have to find together, whether it's a certain look, whether it's a certain attitude in certain situations, but you have to make it your own. Anything else would be plainly just creatively stupid."