Over the course of six years, and the latter four movies, Yates took the franchise from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and carried the story all the way through Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2.
It’s difficult to overstate how vital David Yates’ return to the Wizard World is for Fantastic Beasts.
Although Fantastic Beasts is an entirely new story altogether, Yates’ visual style will go a long way towards maintaining a sense of visual continuity that fans have come to expect.
Although a number of highly regarded filmmakers took the reigns on the Harry Potter franchise over the course of the eight films, none of them had quite as big of an impact as him.