No matter your opinion on Fantastic Beasts, or its expansion to five films, it’s fair to say that Rowling won’t be light on story to explore.
This means that Fantastic Beasts is indeed going to be detailing Albus’ torturous backstory as hinted at in the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
We wanted to be honest with people that it was going to be more than one movie, but we were feeling our way.
This is a major reveal for Potterheads, not only pointing towards the Fantastic Beasts series having an epic scope, but all but confirming it is indeed likely to be the Dumbledore prequel that many fans have long hoped for.