FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE (2022): J.K. Rowling Attends Premiere of Eagerly Awaited Film

J.K. Rowling Shows Up at Premiere of Hugely Anticipated Sequel Film

Harry Potter writer, J.K. Rowling, made an appearance at the recent premiere of Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore in London.

After being absent entirely from new footage for the HBO Max Harry Potter reunion special, J.K. Rowling has turned out to support the upcoming release of the eagerly awaited third film in the popular Fantastic Beasts series. This premiere was held at The Royal Festival Hall in London. Rowling co-wrote the script for this new two-hour plus movie in the wildly popular franchise and she also served as a producer of the picture as well. This film is set to unveil itself in theaters domestically on April 15th.

It was previously reported that Johnny Depp will not be in this new picture as its studio, Warner Bros., had asked him to step down from the role due to personal issues of his that were prominent in the media. However, the new picture has a terrific cast which includes Mads Mikkelsen, Katherine Waterston, Jude Law, Ezra Miller, Eddie Redmayne and Dan Fogler, to name a few.

While J.K. Rowling has been controversial due to her beliefs regarding trans women, she nevertheless came out in support of the new film which is poised to be a box-office goldmine when it is released in April. Audiences were tough critics on the last picture in the franchise, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald which earned a mere “B+” CinemaScore. That grade was certainly a come down from the solid “A” that the original 2016 picture, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them earned. The original film made a whopping $580 million internationally with a nice $234 million domestic take. The 2018 sequel earned just $159 million domestically but saved face with $495 million in additional international grosses.

Eddie Redmayne, one of the prominent stars of the upcoming film, is an acclaimed Oscar winner who won his Best Actor trophy for his work in 2014’s The Theory of Everything. Katherine Waterston made a name for herself when she appeared in renowned filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice the same year Redmayne’s Oscar-winning (for Best Actor) movie was released.

J.K. Rowling is not only a writer but is the head of Lumos which is a children’s charity that helps kids worldwide reunite with family. While the Harry Potter reunion special, Return to Hogwarts, earned terrific ratings on HBO Max due to its built in fan base, without Rowling’s help promoting Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, the film could have spiraled downward in box-office grosses when compared to the last picture in the series. I will venture the new film will make at least $200 million domestically coming out right around the Easter holiday when it will most likely dominate the box-office charts.

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