Warner Bros. Pictures confirmed an official 2018 release date for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2 (official title TBA) with Fantastic Beasts director David Yates returning behind the camera, before the first installment was released in theaters.
With Fantastic Beasts having eclipsed its $180 million budget at the global box office after its first week of theatrical release in the U.S., it’s safe to assume that WB is going to be moving forward with Fantastic Beasts 2 as planned.
That’s going to take me a couple of years – we’ll be back here in two years’ time presenting it.
Fantastic Beasts has been by and large well-received by critics and general moviegoers so far, yet the overall reaction has (arguably) been less enthusiastic than it was for the Harry Potter film franchise before it.
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