J.K. Rowling noted that the current header image of her Twitter page is an old street shot from 1930s Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The
Harry Potter author has commented in the past that the header generally changes based on whatever project she's working on.
The
Fantastic Beasts scribe revealed this tidbit on Thursday.
Rowling and director David Yates already confirmed that each of the five
Fantastic Beasts movies will take place in a different city around the world. Rowling also commented that the third may go beyond North America and Europe.
This does not necessarily confirm that Rio may be the center stage for
Fantastic Beasts 3 (and the 1920s timeframe works perfectly with the saga), set to begin production next summer, but it is one of the stories she has been writing in the past few months (as noted on
her official site), along with a children's book, and the fifth installment in the Strike mystery saga.
Again, nothing has been confirmed straight out from Rowling or anyone else involved in the
Fantastic Beasts movies. Given that promo is set to begin soon for the second movie,
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - including the world premiere in Paris in a week's time - it's very possible someone from the cast or crew may slip some spoilers about part three.
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the return to Hogwarts and London, and entering
Paris's Wizarding world.
Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” is the second of five all new adventures in J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World™.
At the end of the first film, the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) was captured by MACUSA (Magical Congress of the United States of America), with the help of Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne). But, making good on his threat, Grindelwald escaped custody and has set about gathering followers, most unsuspecting of his true agenda: to raise pure-blood wizards up to rule over all non-magical beings.
In an effort to thwart Grindelwald’s plans, Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) enlists his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.
The film features an ensemble cast led by Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Zoë Kravitz, Callum Turner, Claudia Kim, William Nadylam, Kevin Guthrie, Carmen Ejogo, Poppy Corby-Tuech, with Jude Law and Johnny Depp.
“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” is directed by David Yates, from a screenplay by J.K. Rowling. The film is produced by David Heyman, J.K. Rowling, Steve Kloves and Lionel Wigram. Tim Lewis, Neil Blair, Rick Senat and Danny Cohen serve as executive producers.
The film reunites the behind-the-scenes creative team from the first “Fantastic Beasts” film, including Oscar-winning director of photography Philippe Rousselot (“A River Runs Through It”), three-time Oscar-winning production designer Stuart Craig (“The English Patient,” “Dangerous Liaisons,” “Gandhi,” the “Harry Potter” films), four-time Oscar-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood (“Chicago,” “Memoirs of a Geisha,” “Alice in Wonderland,” “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”), and Yates’ longtime editor Mark Day (the last four “Harry Potter” films). The music is by eight-time Oscar nominee James Newton Howard (“Defiance,” “Michael Clayton,” “The Hunger Games” films).
Slated for release on November 16, 2018, the film will be distributed worldwide in 2D and 3D in select theatres and IMAX by Warner Bros. Pictures.
This film is rated PG-13 for some sequences of fantasy action.