As a baby, Harry ( Daniel Radcliffe) survived an attack by Voldemort that backfired on the dark lord, disembodying him, and claimed the lives of Harry’s parents. In addition to Dumbledore, The Crimes of Grindelwald introduces other characters who will later play a significant role in the Harry Potter films, including a young Minerva McGonagall and Nagini, a circus performer whose blood curse will permanently transform her into a giant snake.Īt this point we jump ahead over a half-century and begin the main series, which will track the orphan Harry Potter’s yearly adventures at Hogwarts as he battles against various dark forces, including the evil wizard Lord Voldemort. RELATED: Every 'Harry Potter' Movie Ranked From Worst to Bestįantastic Beasts: The Crimes of GrindelwaldĪ few months after the events of the first Fantastic Beasts, Newt is back in England, but he’s soon tasked by the by Albus Dumbledore ( Jude Law), who will one day look over Harry as the Headmaster of Hogwarts, to track down Credence Barebone ( Ezra Miller), a troubled young wizard who is also being sought out by a recently escaped Grindelwald.
Set in 1926, roughly seven decades prior to Harry Potter beginning his education at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the first Fantastic Beasts movie focuses on the New York adventures of Newt Scamander ( Eddie Redmayne), a British wizard and Ministry of Magic employee who finds himself embroiled in an insidious scheme involving the Magical Congress of the United States and a powerful wizard named Gellert Grindelwald (revealed late in the film to be Johnny Depp), who believes wizards should reign over non-magical humans.
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