Filming is underway onFantastic Beasts 2, and Warner Bros. has announced some new additions to the cast. Previously, we knew that a large portion of the original cast would be returning includingEddie Redmayneas Newt Scamander,Katherine Waterstonas Tina Goldstein,Alison Sudolas Queenie Goldstein,Dan Fogleras Jacob Kowalski, andEzra Milleras Credence. Pottemore reveals thatCarmen Ejogois also set to return as MACUSA President Seraphina Picquery, so hopefully they’ll actually give her something to do in this movie. Additionally,Jude Lawis on board to play young Dumbledore and (sigh),Johnny Deppwill return to play Grindelwald.
Among the new cast announcements is thatBrontis Jodorowsky(El Topo) is set to play Nicolas Flamel, who you may recall as the eponymous Sorcerer ofHarry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stonewho discovered the stone that could produce the elixir of life. Whether or not he’ll have that stone in his possession when we meet him inFantastic Beasts 2remains to be seen. Other new additions includeZoë Kravitzas Leta Lestrange (glimpsed in a photo in the first movie);Callum Turneras Theseus Scamander;Claudia Kimas a woman in a wizarding circus;William Nadylamas Yusuf Kama;Ingvar Sigurdssonas Grimmson;Ólafur Darri Ólafssonas Skender;Kevin Guthrieas Abernathy;Wolf Rothas Spielman;Victoria Yeatesas Bunty;Derek Riddellas Torquil Travers;Poppy Corby-Tuechas Rosier; andCornell S. Johnas Arnold Guzman.Harry Potterdevotees will recognize the names “Travers” and “Rosier” as belonging to Death Eaters.
Additionally,Fiona Glascott(Brooklyn) andJessica Williams(The Daily Show) have joined the cast in undisclosed roles. Williams is aHarry Potterfan and earlier this summer, she toldStephen Colberthow she met author and screenwriterJ.K. Rowling:
And here was her reaction today at the news of being cast:
Fantastic Beasts 2opens August 02, 2025. Here’s the official synopsis:
J.K. Rowling wrote the screenplay for the film, which opens in 1927, a few months after Newt helped to unveil and capture the infamous Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald. However, as he promised he would, Grindelwald has made a dramatic escape and has been gathering more followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only one who might be able to stop him is the wizard he once called his dearest friend, Albus Dumbledore. But Dumbledore will need help from the wizard who had thwarted Grindelwald once before, his former student Newt Scamander. The adventure reunites Newt with Tina, Queenie and Jacob, but his mission will also test their loyalties as they face new perils in an increasingly dangerous and divided wizarding world.
