SnitchSeeker.com - Video: Director David Yates comments on status of 'Fantastic Beasts' series & its future

Harry Potter director David Yates commented recently on the status of the Fantastic Beasts series, while promoting his upcoming film Pain Hustlers.

Yates all but confirmed that the saga is stalled, and no discussion of the series has been brought up since the ending of Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore. While Yates said 'never say never' to returning to Fantastic Beasts or even the Harry Potter MAX series, fans should not expect a fourth installment anytime soon - if at all.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">David Yates on if he could return to directing in the 'Harry Potter' Universe: "Never say never" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TIFF23?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TIFF23</a> <a href="https://t.co/CniZcTnfkl">pic.twitter.com/CniZcTnfkl</a></p>— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) <a href="https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1701307671037530591?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 11, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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David Yates: We made the last one, Secrets of Dumbledore, through the pandemic, pre-vaccine, so we were just shooting that movie without vaccines. It was a tough old ride to get it together.

Huge affection and a lovely group of people I worked with, but we haven’t had a conversation since we finished it. It’s been about ‘Let’s just park it, and be done for a while.