Warner Bros. released the first footage from the upcoming release of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald at A Celebration of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando Resort on Saturday. The clips included a few behind-the-scenes shots of Newt Scamander and his comrades presumably in Paris, Johnny Depp as the titular Grindelwald, and Jude Law as Dumbledore holding a wand on a rooftop.

The new movie footage was featured alongside interview blips with the main cast, including Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Zoe Kravitz, and Law on various sets of the sequel. The clip can be seen starting at the six-minute mark.



While the cast teased the movie, one particular note from Fgoler emphasized that sides will be chosen in the war between good and Grindelwald.

Warner Bros. Pictures announces Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald as the title of the second of five all new adventures in J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World™. Opening exactly one year from today, November 16, 2018, the film features an ensemble cast led by Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, with Jude Law and Johnny Depp.

At the end of the first film, the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Depp) was captured by MACUSA (Magical Congress of the United States of America), with the help of Newt Scamander (Redmayne). But, making good on his threat, Grindelwald escaped custody and has set about gathering followers, most unsuspecting of his true agenda: to raise pure-blood wizards up to rule over all non-magical beings.

In an effort to thwart Grindelwald’s plans, Albus Dumbledore (Law) enlists his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is being directed by David Yates, from a screenplay by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, and produced by David Heyman, J.K. Rowling, Steve Kloves and Lionel Wigram.