Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

[Andrew NDB]

Ouch... after a whole month Fantastic Beasts 3 only made 87 million domestic, 365 total internationally... against a 200 million dollar budget. This one landed in the red for sure. Compare this to the last one, which also had a 200 million dollar budget but made 159 domestically and 648 internationally.

No way they make a part 4 now, financiers would be fools to throw money at one. Unless they cut the budget in half.

Originally Posted by AquaParade

What's up with Aquaman 2? Has it really been years already since the first? You'd think that'd be a high priority film for them. Obviously covid changes everything, but I have to imagine they will still keep Jason Mamoa attached and start filming asap.

lol... and this post was 2 years ago. And the movie still isn't coming out for almost a solid year. Imagine, you could be in the 8th grade when you saw Aquaman 1 in the theaters, then go through all 4 years of high school and a whole year of college by the time Aquaman 2 comes out. And this is assuming they don't delay it again.

wtf?

[superstaff]

Meh.

I liked the first Fantastic Beasts, and was a solid movie, in my opinion. Loved Newt, Jacob, Tina, the beasts, the Credence plotline, etc.

FB2 was awful, easily the worst Wizarding World movie. A huge blemish on an otherwise entertaining fantasy franchise. Due to how bad FB2 was, I stopped caring about the Fantastic Beasts movies. I didn't watch this yet, though I read spoilers, and...I feel like it wrapped almost everything up nicely, and could/should serve as the finale. I don't even know where they could go from here anyhow based on what spoilers I read, it just seems done.

I think they should just leave the Wizarding World alone, movie-wise. Wait a few years. Do something new, maybe a sequel series, or another spin-off. .......But this is Warner Bros we're talking about. Expect a Fantastic Beasts 4 starring Jason Momoa, Gal Gadot, LeBron James, and Keanu Reeves.

Oh, and on the topic of Depp and Herd's drama, I agree with you, Leo. Screw them both, and I am also not surprised that a marriage between two dysfunctional (celebrity) druggies is a sh*tshow. Whenever people gossip about the current trial, I just roll my eyes, and go back to doing something more productive.

[Andrew NDB]

The plan was for 5 of these things. No way they make it to a 4th. This property as a movie franchise will be dormant until they do a sequel trilogy with Harry and the other kids as adults. And no, that may not necessarily be an adaptation of the Cursed Child play.

[superstaff]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

No way they make it to a 4th.

I dunno, I think they're working on drafting up a 3 picture deal for LeBron as I type this comment.