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Topics: Harry Potter, TV And Film, Warner Bros
Once upon a time, today’s news would have shattered the hearts of all Harry Potter fans out there.
However, a recent announcement from Eddie Redmayne has gone down… well, fine?
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According to the actor, the Fantastic Beasts saga will not be continuing and with it, we have seen the last of Newt Scamander on the big screen.
Kicking off in 2016 with the release of the Harry Potter spinoff, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the saga began quite well with Redmayne taking on the role of famed Magizoologist and author, Newt Scamander.
Despite plans for the saga to stretch across five instalments, which not only told Newt’s story but also those of a young Grindelwald and Voldemort, it seems as though the series is coming to an end after just three movies.
With the sequels receiving quite a mixed reception, it is perhaps no wonder that the series has been cancelled and it seems as though fans agree with the decision.
In an interview with ComicBook about his new thriller series, Day of the Jackal, talk quickly turned to the Fantastic Beasts series.
“I think they probably have [seen the last of Newt],” Redmayne said.
“That was a very frank answer, but yeah.
And that’s as far as I know. I mean, you’d have to speak to the people at Warner Bros. and J.K Rowling, but as far as I know, that’s it.
I think he may come back in a glimpse in the Universal world in Florida that they’re opening up, in which you may catch a glimpse of what he was up to in Paris.”
With 2018’s Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald and 2022’s Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore earning less than half of the box office total of the original movie, it seems as though Warner Bros. didn’t have much choice in the matter.
“And nothing of value was lost,” one user said over on Twitter.
“I really wish they would have just done the original one and left it as that, really enjoyed it. Didn't need to be a trilogy.”
Another said: “Good, sell the Potter rights to Universal now. They do a better job immersing fans than WB.”