Fantastic Beasts。has found its young Dumbledore. 。

Warner Bros. officially announced today that Jude Law has been cast as Albus Dumbledore for the sequel, opposite Johnny Depp as Gellert Grindelwald.。

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Dumbledore was previously played by Richard Harris and then Michael Gambon in the。 Harry Potter 。movies.。

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is set roughly 70 years earlier than the Harry Potter saga was, when the Hogwarts headmaster was a much younger man. 。 David Yates will return to direct the next 。Fantastic Beasts。 movie, after helming the last。Fantastic Beasts。 movie and the last four。Harry Potter。

movies. J.K. Rowling wrote the screenplay.。Fantastic Beasts 2 。

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(or whatever it winds up being called) is out November 16, 2018. It'll be the second in a planned five-film series from Warner Bros. 。

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