Honestly, I'll probably read CC at some point...

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. by Huinesoron on 2017-11-16 15:43:00 UTC Reply

The reveal

It's a Fantastic Beasts film, so in keeping with my role last time... let the madcap theorising begin.

(Um, technically I guess some of this is 'spoilers'? Look, there's a couple of new characters who we know like one thing about each, if the idea of finding that out terrifies you then stop here.)

~

H'okay. From left to right, we have:

-Young Dumbledore, played by Jude Law (wutuf). Looks a bit grumpy. He's wearing what's basically a dressing gown, so points for staying on form. His wand is probably the black one from this tweet, which is of course not the one he used in the books. ^_~

-The Fla... uh, Credence Barebone, from the first film. Looks a little less formal this time round. Also! Not dead.

-Claudia Kim's unnamed character, who is apparently a 'Maledictus' - a were-something. Looking at that outfit, I would guess something reptillian. Also! Being of Asian descent (Ms. Kim is Korean), she could be a point of entry for some of JKR's other Wizarding Schools.

-Leta Lestrange, with her fiance...

-~~The Eleventh Doctor~~ ~~Sherlock~~ Theseus Scamander, who... look, these two are blatantly evil, right? The spread-legs is a huge red flag, and Leta (aside from being a Lestrange) is doing the 'yessssss, my seductive master' pose. I'm not the only one seeing this, am I?

Leta is also, I think, the first blood-Lestrange seen on screen, Bellatrix being there by marriage; okay, there was also a cameo by Flashback Lestrange in HBP, but that barely counts.

-Porpentina, played by Katherine Waterston, who actually has a fantastically distinctive face that nevertheless looks completely different under different hairstyles. Weird. Anyway, she's leaning on Newt's suitcase, so they're clearly hanging out together.

-Some bloke in a naff suit. Oh, Newt, where is your fashion sense? Interestingly, in the animated version of the image, he shifts his wand to point at Jacob, or rather tucks it behind Jacob's back. Hmm.

-Jacob the ~~Muggle~~ ~~No-Maj~~ Ethnic Slur. In the animation, he looks over at Grindelwald, along with...

-Queenie, who clearly gets on very well with Jacob. I'm gonna guess she's the reason he gets back into things. Hopefully his bakery doesn't get blown up. (He got a bakery, right? I didn't imagine that?)

-Gelert Grindelwald, who is frankly a mess. What did Albus see in him?! Interestingly, his wand flashes to start the animated image moving - time magic, a hint at the plot, or just graphic design? Speaking of his wand...

It's definitely the white(r) one here, and... yep, that's the Elder Wand. Bit shinier than in the last films. I wonder about those designs on the handle... the Elder Wand seems to be of English manufacture, but that designwork puts me more in mind of the Nazca Lines than anything over here. I dunno; the design was invented before they ever heard of the Elder Wand, but it's still a possible lead...

Okay, so there's honestly not much to go on in one image. But it wouldn't be a Fantastic Beasts movie if I didn't do this.

One last thought: the title. Is that a hint that Grindelwald's crimes involve Fantastic Beasts? Does he have an army of monsters at any point? One wonders...

hS

An improvement: by Scapegrace on 2017-11-18 16:57:00 UTC Reply

Credit to @JillPantozzi on Twitter.

Agreed. by Neshomeh on 2017-11-18 19:32:00 UTC Reply

Not sure whose face that is, but just about anything would be better than Johnny Depp's pale, flaccid rubber mask. Why did they do that? {= (

~Neshomeh is so over Johnny Depp.

That's Christopher Plummer. by Scapegrace on 2017-11-18 22:14:00 UTC Reply

You may want to read this article for why someone did that. =]

There's gonna be another one?! YEAASSSS! by twistedwindowpane on 2017-11-17 23:46:00 UTC Reply

But anyway, lemme react- oh wait there's a seductive villain dude. Oh boy. Lovely. Another villain for me to possibly hormone over (I predict this one will only be temporary, but nonetheless.) As if I don't hormone over villains nearly enough, even non-romantically. bg vhv (that was me doing a faceplant on the keyboard.)

-Twistey

It's already been announced there will be five. (nm) by Iximaz on 2017-11-18 00:42:00 UTC Reply

Five? by Zingenmir on 2017-11-21 10:45:00 UTC Reply

We need five?

I see the trend continues. At least for these they'll probably have to make up a bunch of plot instead of stretching what there is? I guess?

~Z has not seen the first one (or read Cursed Child, actually)

I quite enjoyed the first one. by Iximaz on 2017-11-21 19:02:00 UTC Reply

You're right to stay away from Cursed Child, but you knew that already. :P

Honestly, I'll probably read CC at some point... by Zingenmir on 2017-11-22 07:08:00 UTC Reply

...just out of curiosity. Probably not anytime too soon, though, unless I run into it and am in the right mood.

And I know the movie was generally well received (I think? I wasn't paying a ton of attention, but people generally seem to be okay with it?) but so far I don't really feel like watching it. I'm only vaguely curious. Like Cursed Child, right now it'd basically have to blunder into my path, but even more so. (If it ever shows up on Netflix, chances I'll watch it go up, of course. By a little bit.)

Now, in other news...raaaiiiiiiin. We has it. Lots of it. :D Unfortunately, it comes with a chill in the air, but still--it's rain!

~Z

Sweet, thanks for the info! by twistedwindowpane on 2017-11-18 22:30:00 UTC Reply

I'm pretty lazy about keeping up with fandom stuff XP

-Twistey

Re: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. by Miah on 2017-11-17 14:52:00 UTC Reply

Am I imagining this or was young Dumbledore supposed to be ginger? Or at least have auburn hair? As sibling to a ginger and mom to a kid with auburn hair, this is an important detail. Although Jude Law would look weird with red hair, rigt?

Yeah, auburn. by Neshomeh on 2017-11-17 15:32:00 UTC Reply

And Jude Law looks weirdly like Timothy Omundson in this picture. This is not in and of itself a bad thing, because Timothy Omundson is awesome, but it's a little confusing. ^_^;

~Neshomeh

A lil' sumthing sumthing from my humble self! by Matt Cipher on 2017-11-16 17:12:00 UTC Reply

Brace yourselves: More cast members!

Brontis Jodorowsky as Nicolas Flamel

Supreme Leader Pickles and Mr. "Broomstick-up-his-shute" Abernathy were confirmed to return.

We also may be getting some early starts of Death Eaters, as Derek Riddell and Poppy Corby-Tuech play two Dark Wizards who eventually join up Voldemort during the first and second war.

About Claudia Kim's character: If she was referred to as maledictus, it doesn't tell us much as the term is just a masculine form of the word 'slandered' or 'cursed'.