‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore’ Gets HBO Max Release Date
thewrap.com“Fantastic Beasts 3” will be streaming on HBO Max next week, the streamer announced on Monday.As expected, “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” will be available to all HBO Max subscribers 45 days after it first hit theaters, landing on the streaming service on May 30.The third installment in the “Fantastic Beasts” franchise delves deeper into the backstory of Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) all the while the evil Gellert Grindelwald (now played by Mads Mikkelsen in a recasting following Johnny Depp’s exit) amasses his forces.
Unable to stop Grindelwald alone, Dumbledore entrusts Magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) to lead an intrepid team of wizards, witches and one brave Muggle baker on a dangerous mission, where they encounter old and new beasts and clash with Grindelwald’s growing legion of followers.
But with the stakes so high, how long can Dumbledore remain on the sidelines?The film serves as both a bit of a course-correction and an abrupt conclusion to the series, which was originally intended to span five feature films.
Beset by lower-than-anticipated box office for each entry (“Secrets of Dumbledore” has grossed half of the previous installment’s worldwide box office) and the increasingly controversial nature of series creator and writer J.K.
Read more on thewrap.com