Fantastic Beasts franchise grows to 5 films
1st instalment hits theatres Nov. 18
J.K. Rowling's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them isn't going to be a movie trilogy, it's going to be a pentalogy.
At a fan event for the upcoming film in London on Thursday, the author revealed that the budding franchise will now stretch to five films.
Before Harry Potter. Across an ocean. A new world of magic awaits! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FantasticBeasts?src=hash">#FantasticBeasts</a> <a href="https://t.co/rwB9FwHSPq">pic.twitter.com/rwB9FwHSPq</a>
—@FantasticBeastsFive. Not seven. Not three. Five.<br><br>(Got a feeling this is going to be the new 'not a prequel'). <a href="https://t.co/ZkjEeeDQjj">https://t.co/ZkjEeeDQjj</a>
—@jk_rowlingThe first, starring Eddie Redmayne, opens November 18.
The announcement, which Warner Bros. confirmed, immediately fueled conjecture that the Harry Potter prequel, set decades before Potter's birth, could lead right up to the young wizard.
The second Fantastic Beasts is already in pre-production, and due in theatres November 2018.
