Eddie Redmayne's latest Fantastic Beasts update suggests the Harry Potter spin-off is officially dead
Oct. 30, 2024Don’t expect to see Newt Scamander again
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Fantastic Beasts star Eddie Redmayne has given a pretty dire update on the status of the franchise.
The actor played Newt Scamander in all three Harry Potter spin-off movies. The last film, The Secrets of Dumbledore, debuted to middling to negative reviews and grossed $407.2 million at the box office, a steep decline from the first movie’s $816 million.
“I think they probably have [seen the last of Newt],” Redmayne toldComicBook.com. “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.”
While you wait, check out our guide to all the upcomingnew TV showsworth getting excited about in this year and beyond.
The upcoming HBO Harry Potter series, on which J.K. Rowling is an executive producer, has been the subject of criticism and debate due to the author’s public stance on gender identity, which continues to challenge the inclusivity at the heart of the Harry Potter community. It was a similar situation with the Hogwarts Legacy launch, and you can read more about theHogwarts Legacy controversyin our explainer.
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I’m a Senior Entertainment Writer here at GamesRadar+, covering all things film and TV for the site’s Total Film and SFX sections. I previously worked on the Disney magazines team at Immediate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English.
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