Interrupting Tolkien Week With Special Update

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore to hit theaters on April 15, 2022 (and first synopsis!)

CREDIT: The Rowling Library

The title for the third film in the Fantastic Beasts series has been revealed: Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore. The movie release date has changed as well, with the new date being April 15, 2022.

Wizarding World has shared a first brief synopsis of the plot:

Professor Albus Dumbledore knows the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts Magizoologist Newt Scamander to lead an intrepid team of wizards, witches and one brave Muggle baker on a dangerous mission, where they encounter old and new beasts and clash with Grindelwald’s growing legion of followers. But with the stakes so high, how long can Dumbledore remain on the sidelines?

Actors from the first two Fantastic Beasts films will return, such as Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander and Jude Law as Albus Dumbledore along with Ezra Miller (Credence/Aurelius Dumbledore), Alison Sudol (Queenie Goldstein), Dan Fogler (Jacob Kowalski) and Katherine Waterston (Tina Goldstein). Actress Jessica Williams, who had a brief appearance in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, will return as Ilvermorny professor Eulalie ‘Lally’ Hicks, while Mads Mikkelsen will debut as Gellert Grindelwald.