Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald - Trailer Highlights

The Harry Potter Franchise is one of the most iconic in modern cinema. With a global fanbase that only so very few film franchises can rival and a total of $7.7 billion made worldwide from the original 8 films. And now, Warner Bros. and author J.K Rowling are hoping to continue the success of the Wizarding World with the Fantastic Beasts films. Whilst Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them (2016, David Yates) didn't exactly hit the box office highs of its predecessors it has generated new interest in the Wizarding World, which is expected to grow with the sequel Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald (2018, David Yates). 

First Thoughts

This trailer is really intriguing! It doesn't really give a lot away but gives the audience an idea of what to expect. The characters from the first film are back, and the actors seem to be in top form. But the new characters (Or new actors in some cases) also really stand out! The visuals seem to be on point, giving us new things we haven't seen yet in the Wizarding World, so it'll be good to see this universe expand. For those who haven't yet seen the trailer, here it is:

1. Hogwarts

Yes, we return to Hogwarts. This version of the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is set back in the 1920s. So, with the very few shots that we saw of the school... it looks exactly the damn same! Like, do they even try to update it in the 70+ years between these films and the first The Philosopher's Stone (2001, Christopher Columbus)? Then again, when everyone can do magic, does the place really need refurbishing? But, apart from that, it's good to see Hogwarts again. A good callback to the roots of this franchise.

2. Newt & Dumbledore

In the trailer, it seems that Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) has indoctrinated Newt (Eddie Redmayne) into the war against Grindelwald (Johnny Depp). So it seems that Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) wasn't the only Hogwarts student that Dumbledore enrolled in a war against a dark wizard! But Jude Law looks pretty good as Dumbledore. He doesn't seem to have that much of a resemblance to his older incarnation from the original films, particularly with his dress sense, but I can forgive that. Jude Law's a good actor and I have no doubt that he'll make this role his own.

3. Jacob Kowalski

Jacob (Dan Fogler) is back! After having his memory restored after seeing Queenie (Alison Sudol) at his bakery at the end of Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them it seems that he's being brought back into the Wizarding World. A personal highlight of mine from the previous film. The relationship between him and Newt was really good! It was funny, heart-warming and very human. And now the two will get into more hijinx together! So long as there are more Newt/Jacob scenes I'll be happy!

4. Creedence

We already knew that Creedence (Ezra Miller) would be back for this sequel. At the end of the first film, after being destroyed by a bunch of Aurors, a small fragment of him escaped. But now it seems that he's gotten stronger! In one part of the trailer, it looks like he's able to use his Obscurus as some kind of force, instead of just becoming it. Which looks kinda cool! I'm not sure what the film plans to do with Creedence but I'm very intrigued to know what it is!

5. Grindelwald

There has been quite a bit of backlash towards the casting of Johnny Depp (Pirates Of The Caribbean, Edward Scissorhands) in this role. Primarily for the conflict between him and his Ex-Wife, Amber Heard (Never Back Down, Justice League). But also because of his more recent body of work, where he more or less just hammed in his performances Personally, I'm not too sure what to make of Johnny Depp in this role, since we haven't really seen enough of him to make a judgement. I'll admit that he looks good as the character. He's got a sinister vibe going on, which is good. Hopefully, he does a better job than he did as his last entry as Captain Jack Sparrow in Salazar's Revenge (2017, Joachim Ronning, Espen Sandberg).

Conclusion

Yeah, I'm excited to see what this film has in store for fans! The characters look good, the visuals look great and the story is very intriguing. I think Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them did a lot to set up a good story so hopefully this film can pick up where that film left off!

So those are my highlights for the teaser trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald. What did you think of the trailer? Leave a comment down below. And, if you liked this post, please follow this blog for more content. Thank you for reading. :)