Tag: Albus

07 JUN

‘Fantastic Beasts’ Sequel Casting Teen Versions of Newt Scamander, Albus Dumbledore & More

Have you always wanted to be in a Harry Potter movie? Now might be your chance. Warner Bros. Pictures has put out an open casting call for teenage versions of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them characters Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) and Leta Lestrange (Zoe Kravitz), as well as wizarding friends turned enemies, Albus […]

12 APR

Jude Law to Play Young Albus Dumbledore, a.k.a. “Youngledore,” in ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Sequel — and Perhaps Have More Than Just a Goddamn Gay “Moment”

Some Fantastic news: Jude Law has just been cast as Young Pope Albus Dumbledore in the sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a spinoff-prequel to the Harry Potter books. (There will be five Beast movies altogether, unless J.K. Rowling runs out of gibberish names for CGI animals sooner.) Variety broke the news that Law would be filling (well, pre-filling) the shoes of Michael […]

12 APR

‘Fantastic Beasts 2’ Casts Jude Law as Young Albus Dumbledore

When we first meet Albus Dumbledore, the eccentric headmaster at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Harry Potter series, he is a wizened old man with a complex past and a powerful reputation. We’ve known that the upcoming sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which takes place decades before Harry […]