![]() The Harry Potter prequel series would in part have itself to blame: the second instalment, 2018’s distinctly sub-fantastic The Crimes of Grindelwald, wasn’t much more than a hectic brand-extension exercise, and it made ploughing through another three of these things (five in total are planned) a less-than-wizard prospect.īut the havoc seemingly wrought by Covid on this latest part – six months of delays, and by all appearances some drastic on-the-hoof rewrites due to filming and travel restrictions, plus the additional recasting of the villain two months into the shoot following Johnny Depp’s disastrous libel case – leaves you wondering whether Fantastic Beasts 3 will even make it to the end of its own closing credits. ![]() ![]() The pandemic has wounded cinema in all sorts of ways, but the Fantastic Beasts series may prove to be its biggest victim to date. ![]()
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