David Yates revealed a few interesting tidbits regarding how Dumbledore's sexuality will be played out in the Fantastic Beasts film series, as noted in the November issue of Empire magazine (out in the UK this week).
Yates admitted that Dumbledore will not be directed outed as gay in the second installment,
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, but that more of his sexuality, feelings, and relationship with Grindelwald will be explored in the rest of the saga (there are three more films after November's release).
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David Yates: “Dumbledore is not out as a gay man in this film.”
“This part of this huge narrative that Jo [J.K. Rowling] is creating doesn’t focus on his sexuality, but we’re not airbrushing or hiding it. The story [of the romantic relationship] isn’t there in this particular movie but it’s clear in what you see… that he is gay.”
“A couple of scenes we shot are very sensual moments of him and the young Grindelwald. I think people just have to wait and see and appreciate that in movies to come that relationship with be explored much more fully.’
Jude Law, who plays Dumbledore in the saga, mentioned that there is more to come in the series regarding his character, one he knows the fully story about (as J.K. Rowling undoubtedly told him).
Note that actors Jamie Campbell Bower and Toby Regbo returned to portray teen Grindelwald and Dumbledore, respectively, in the
Fantastic Beasts movies. They previously had small roles as the duo in the
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows movies.
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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, including
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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.
Yates talks 'sensual moments' between Dumbledore & Grindelwald in 'Fantastic Beasts' 
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