Gellert Grindelwald will definitely make an impact to 1926 New York City and Wizarding World at large, as confirmed by this new synopsis of the upcoming
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them released by Warner Bros. on Monday.
The summary finally sheds some light on the actual plot of
Fantastic Beasts' first installment, including Newt Scamander's inadvertent involvement into events much bigger than his beasts running amok the city, and how he and his new friends find themselves in the midst of what could blow into a full-out Wizarding World War.
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There are growing dangers in the wizarding world of 1926 New York. Something mysterious is leaving a path of destruction in the streets, threatening to expose the wizarding community to the Second Salemers, a fanatical faction of No-Majs (American for Muggles) bent on eradicating them. And the powerful, dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald, after wreaking havoc in Europe, has slipped away… and is now nowhere to be found.
Unaware of the rising tensions, Newt Scamander arrives in the city nearing the end of a global excursion to research and rescue magical creatures, some of which are safeguarded in the hidden dimensions of his deceptively nondescript leather case. But potential disaster strikes when unsuspecting No-Maj Jacob Kowalski inadvertently lets some of Newt’s beasts loose in a city already on edge—a serious breach of the Statute of Secrecy that former Auror Tina Goldstein jumps on, seeing her chance to regain her post. However, things take an ominous turn when Percival Graves, the enigmatic Director of Magical Security at MACUSA (Magical Congress of the United States of America), casts his suspicions on both Newt… and Tina.
Now allied, Newt and Tina, together with Tina’s sister, Queenie, and their new No-Maj friend, Jacob, form a band of unlikely heroes, who must recover Newt’s missing beasts before they come to harm. But the stakes are higher than these four outsiders—now branded fugitives—ever imagined, as their mission puts them on a collision course with dark forces that could push the wizarding and No-Maj worlds to the brink of war.
For now, it can be assumed that American Auror Percival Graves
absolutely has a tie to the dark wizard Grindelwald (whom Dumbledore fought and defeated in the 1940s). How that affects his new relationship with Credence Barebone (Ezra Miller), whom he tries to manipulate into showing his true magical colors, is the bigger question.
Also, do note that Dumbledore has not been cast (as far as has been stated) for the first part, though director David Yates said that the Hogwarts Transfiguration Professor (at the time) could make an appearance in the second installment. No word yet at all on if or when Grindelwald will show up in the series.
Read SnitchSeeker's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them set visit reports right here, including about the great things the cast said about author J.K. Rowling, and how 1926-era New York City came to life.
'Fantastic Beasts' new official summary confirms Grindelwald & Wizarding War coming 
