Word has gone out that WB Pictures may not be pushing forward with Fantastic Beasts after Secrets of Dumbledore, but there were definitely plans for more, and Jude Law had an idea of what was to come.
In a recent talk with Variety, Law talks about the notes he got from J.K. Rowling about the characterization of Dumbledore, “I had a pretty clear sense of where it was going to go,” and he explained that young Dumbledore always saw himself as a monster “And that’s why he liked Newt… because Newt took care of monsters.”
It also had something to do with Dumbledore having been smitten by Grindelwald—which ultimately led to his sister’s death. Law continues:
“Because of Dumbledore’s past… I think he always felt guilty that he had been misled because he was in love. It followed him. He found himself to be unlovable because he trusted his heart.”
When it comes to the future of the Fantastic Beasts franchise, Law explained, “I know it’s certainly on hold.” For now, WB is currently working on a full reboot of Potter with the production on the search for new child actors to play the lead trio of Harry, Ron and Hermoine. Law continues, “My guess would be that, now that they’re doing ‘Harry Potter’ as a TV show, they’ll probably put their energy into that. I certainly haven’t heard that there’s anything on the horizon.”
Personally, I thought that it was a mistake to pivot the Fantastic Beasts franchise from Newt to Dumbledore. Newt already had his own thing going on in a whole new era, but the movies just decided to make him a sort of spectator to the clash between Dumbledore and Grindelwald.
A lot of fans think that they should have just focused on Dumbledore from the get-go, but what happened has happened, and now a whole new bunch of kids are going to have to spend a good chunk of their adolescence playing child wizards on television.
No release date has been set for the Harry Potter reboot, but fans are expecting a 2026 release.
