Fantastic Beasts 4 has yet to be formally confirmed by Warner Bros, and the series’ future is shrouded in uncertainty. JK Rowling revealed in 2016 that the planned trilogy would be stretched to five films. However, a lot is riding on Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore to get the series back on track after the box gross failure of The Crimes of Grindelwald.
Warner Bros. is waiting to see how the third film is received before approving the next two films, according to Variety. Early reviews were more good than those for the sequel, although it hasn’t had the best start at the box office. Its worldwide premiere brought in $58 million, a substantial dip from the sequel, and its US debut is expected to be the series’ lowest. (However, estimates are subject to error, so we’ll have to wait and see.)
Behind-the-scenes issues for the third instalment included Johnny Depp’s recasting and backlash over Rowling’s tweets about transgender people.While we wait to see if The Secrets of Dumbledore is good enough to guarantee Fantastic Beasts 4 and 5, here’s all you need to know about the next Fantastic Beasts film.Warning: There are big spoilers for The Secrets of Dumbledore ahead, so don’t continue on if you haven’t seen the film yet.
We can only assume because we don’t have a confirmed release date for Fantastic Beasts 4 or Fantastic Beasts 5.The Secrets of Dumbledore was released in April 2022, over four years after the sequel, after multiple delays. The continuing global epidemic affected filming, which contributed to a substantial chunk of the delay.
Following the release of the first two films in November 2016 and November 2018, we expected the fourth and fifth films to arrive in November 2022 and November 2024, respectively.Obviously, this will no longer be the case, but if the fourth film is made, we may be able to anticipate a shorter wait. However, you’ll most likely have to wait until 2024 at the earliest.
Producer David Heyman said in February 2022 that production on the fourth film’s script had yet to begin (via ScreenRant).We can’t predict when Fantastic Beasts 5 will be released because it will be determined by the release of the fourth film. We may have to wait until 2026 unless they film them back-to-back.
We’re about to head into some spoilers for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, so don’t read on past the photo if you haven’t seen it.Nothing regarding the fourth film’s cast has been revealed, but all of the main characters survived the events of the third.
The future of Ezra Miller’s Credence Barebone is less certain. He is a Dumbledore, however he is Aberforth’s (Richard Coyle) son rather than Albus’s sibling, as revealed in the third film.However, it is discovered that he is slowly dying as a result of the Obscurus inside him, and Aberforth returns him home at the end of the film. He’ll probably die off-screen, although he might make an appearance in the future film.