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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)

In the third and final installment of the Fantastic Beasts trilogy, the threat of Grindelwald grows ever larger. To defeat him, Albus Dumbledore recruits Newt Scamander, along with other talented witches and wizards, to fight Grindelwald and his acolytes before their plans to destroy the non-magic world come to pass.

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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
PG-13
Adventure
Fantasy
Family
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Director
David Yates
Release Date
April 15, 2022
Studio(s)
Warner Bros. Pictures , Heyday Films
Distributor(s)
Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast
Eddie Redmayne , Jude Law , Ezra Miller , Mads Mikkelsen , Dan Fogler , Alison Sudol , Callum Turner , Jessica Williams , Katherine Waterston
Writers
Steve Kloves , J.K. Rowling
Runtime
142 minutes
Franchise(s)
Harry Potter
Budget
$200 million

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