The original movie offered up a primer to set up certain characters and establish a series of ground rules, and now the sequel has far more room to tell a more complex story that goes to far darker places and has the tone of a thriller.
So, if Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them opened the door to this new avenue of the wizard world, then Eddie Redmayne’s remarks during his recent interview with EW make it sound like the sequel will go all in on embracing darker tones and immersing Newt Scamander and his friends in the landscape constructed by J.K. Rowling.