‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ now showing

‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ is showing from yesterday, 16 November, at Colombo City Center – Scope Cinemas and Liberty Cinema. 

‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ is a fantasy film directed by David Yates, with a screenplay by J. K. Rowling. A joint British and American production. It is the second instalment in the Fantastic Beasts film series, and the 10th overall in the Wizarding World franchise, which began with the Harry Potter film series. The film’s plot follows Newt Scamander and Albus Dumbledore as they attempt to take down the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald, while facing new threats in a more divided wizarding world.

At the end of the first film, the powerful dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald was captured by MACUSA (Magical Congress of the United States of America), with the help of Newt Scamander. But, making good on his threat, Grindelwald escaped custody again and has set about gathering followers, most unsuspecting of his true agenda: to raise wizards and witches up to rule over all non-magical beings. 

In an effort to thwart Grindelwald’s plans, Albus Dumbledore enlists his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.

Starring: Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander; Katherine Waterston as Tina Goldstein; Dan Fogler as Jacob Kowalski; Alison Sudol as Queenie Goldstein; Ezra Miller as Credence Barebone; Zoë Kravitz as Leta Lestrange; Callum Turner as Theseus Scamander; Claudia Kim as Nagini; William Nadylam as Yusuf Kama; and Jude Law as Albus Dumbledore.