Fantastic Beasts 2: Who stars in the Crimes of Grindelwald? Who plays Dumbledore?

Eddie Redmayne returns in Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald as Magizoologist Newt Scamander. Scamander joined the Ministry of Magic, spending two years in the Office for House-Elf Relocation before joining the Beast Division. Early in life Scamander developed an interest in magical creatures, influenced by his mother’s breeding of hippogriffs. In The Crimes of Grindelwald, […]

Fantastic Beasts 2: ‘Dumbledore is NOT out as a gay man in this film’ confirms director

Back in 2007 JK Rowling revealed that Albus Dumbledore is gay and fell in love with Gellert Grindelwald, the dark wizard. Now the two characters’ relationship is being explored across the five Fantastic Beasts films and the second one is released next month. Harry Potter fans have been wondering how Dumbledore’s sexuality will be handled […]

New ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Sequel Images Feature Hot Dumbledore, Johnny Depp With Bad Hair

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, the sequel to the Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, recently wrapped shooting, and two new photos have arrived to tide fans over until the 2018 release date. The images depict Jude Law as Hot Dumbledore, and Johnny Depp as Villain With Terrible Hair, aka Grindelwald. See the Fantastic […]

The Morning Watch: ‘Archer’ and ‘Bob’s Burgers’ Crossover, Young Dumbledore Auditions & More

(The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.) In this edition, see Patton Oswalt, Nick Offerman, Aubrey Plaza and […]

‘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 […]

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 […]

‘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 […]

Why Ian McKellen Turned Down Playing Dumbledore in the ‘Harry Potter’ Films

Sir Ian McKellen is known for playing one of the greatest wizards in cinematic history as Gandalf in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy. (What’s that? What Hobbit trilogy? Nice try – we both know that never happened. Good joke!) But the actor almost had the chance to play another beloved on-screen conjurer: Harry Potter’s Albus Dumbledore. It turns […]

Here are 6 fables of fixed-income investing — in cartoon form narrated by the actor who played Dumbledore

Aberdeen Asset Management Aberdeen Asset Management is channeling its inner brothers Grimm. The UK-based investment firm, which has $ 374 billion in assets, on Thursday released six videos that illustrate the common mistakes made by fixed-income investors. Each lesson plays off of a well-known childhood fable in a fun 60-second cartoon. The firm enlisted the […]