'Fantastic Beasts' sequel to take audiences back to Hogwarts

by RYAN PAINTER, KUTV

Fri, August 31st 2018 at 11:11 AM

Updated Fri, August 31st 2018 at 12:02 PM

A scene from Warner Bros. Pictures' fantasy adventure "FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. (Warner Bros.){ }

L-R) JUDE LAW plays a young ALBUS DUMBLEDORE, taking on the mantle of one of J.K. Rowling's most beloved characters; EZRA MILLER makes a return as the enigmatic CREDENCE, whose fate was unknown at the end of the first film; CLAUDIA KIM appears as a Maledictus, the carrier of a blood curse that destines her ultimately to transform into a beast; ZOË KRAVITZ plays LETA LESTRANGE, who had once been close to Newt Scamander but is now engaged to his brother; CALLUM TURNER joins the cast as Newt's older brother, THESEUS SCAMANDER, a celebrated war hero and the Head of the Auror Office at the British Ministry of Magic; KATHERINE WATERSTON returns as TINA GOLDSTEIN, who has been reinstated as an Auror for MACUSA; EDDIE REDMAYNE stars again as wizarding world Magizoologist NEWT SCAMANDER, who has now gained fame in the wizarding world as the author of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them; DAN FOGLER reprises the role of the only No-Maj in the group, JACOB KOWALSKI; ALISON SUDOL reprises the part of Tina's free-spirited sister, QUEENIE GOLDSTEIN, a Legilimens who can read minds; and JOHNNY DEPP returns as the powerful Dark wizard GELLERT GRINDELWALD in Warner Bros. Pictures' "FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD." (Photo: Warner Bros.){ }

ZOË KRAVITZ as Leta Lestrange in Warner Bros. Pictures' fantasy adventure "FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. (Photo: Warner Bros.){ }

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A scene from Warner Bros. Pictures' fantasy adventure "FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. (Warner Bros.)

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SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) - Feeling the pull of nostalgia for the hallways and rooms that housed the early adventures of Harry Potter, Ron Weasley andHermione Granger? The latest behind-the-scenes feature for "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald" takes us back to the legendary Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry decades before the famous trio orHe-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named etched their names into Wizarding World history.

Introducing the clip, authorJ.K. Rowling explains, "It looks very familiar to anyone who saw the Potter movies but obviously the teaching staff are different."

The footage includes brief interviews with Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law, Zoë Kravitz and visual effects supervisor Christian Manz.The actors and filmmaker reflect on the opportunity to walk the familiar halls of Hogwarts.

Set decades before the Harry Potter films, "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald" continues the adventures of Newt Scamander (Redmayne) as he is tasked by a young Albus Dumbledore (Law) to face the infamous wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp).

"The Crimes of Grindelwald" is due in theaters Nov. 16.

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